Putin and the Presidents (full documentary) | FRONTLINE
FRONTLINE investigates Russian President Vladimir Putin’s clashes with five American presidents as he’s tried to rebuild the Russian empire.
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Drawing on in-depth conversations with insiders from five U.S. presidential administrations, former U.S. intelligence leaders, diplomats, Russian politicians, authors and journalists, “Putin and the Presidents” reveals how the miscalculations and missteps of multiple American presidents over two decades paved the way for Putin’s attack on Ukraine - as seen through the eyes of people who were in the room.
The documentary traces how, prior to launching the war on Ukraine, Putin tested the waters by defying American presidents for 20 years - including by invading Georgia, seizing Crimea, and interfering in a U.S. presidential election. The documentary provides unique insight into the icy relationship between Putin and current U.S. President Joe Biden, both of whom were shaped by the Cold War, and into the evolution of Putin’s grievances with the U.S. and the West.
As Russia’s war on Ukraine continues, “Putin and the Presidents” gives essential context for this historic moment.
“Putin and the Presidents” is a FRONTLINE production with the Kirk Documentary Group. The director is Michael Kirk. The producers are Michael Kirk, Mike Wiser and Vanessa Fica. The writers are Michael Kirk and Mike Wiser. The reporter is Vanessa Fica. The editor-in-chief and executive producer of FRONTLINE is Raney Aronson-Rath.
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CHAPTERS:
Putin and the Fall of the Soviet Union - 2:21
President Clinton Meets Russia’s New President: Vladimir Putin - 4:40
Putin Sees President Bush’s Agenda to Spread Democracy as a Threat - 8:35
Putin’s ‘Red Line’ & the 2008 Russian Invasion of Georgia - 16:38
President Obama’s Relationship with Putin - 20:59
Vice President Biden and Putin: Shaped by the Cold War - 22:52
Russia Seizes Crimea From Ukraine in 2014 - 28:11
Russia’s Interference in the 2016 U.S. Election - 33:00
Putin and President Trump - 35:30
Putin, President Biden and Russia’s 2022 Invasion of Ukraine - 41:25
Credits - 51:27
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Hello USA..why USA want to be "king" in this world?..how about crimes in Iraq at times BUSH as president of America..so many people's dies..now .how about president Joe Biden handle war in Palestine..?so many innocent people's killed by Israeli terrorist army..!!
Why nobody talk about that China has imprisoned more than 1 million Uyghurs! Why nobody talk about that Mongolian, during their expansion of Mongol empire, has slaughtered more than 100 million around the world, which, more horribly all done by blades and arrows. Why everyone think that Chinese is a more decent ruler who deserve take control of Siberia.
28:57 " Putin sending his military to a neighboring country was such a shock "...,say the exact people who had imvaded countless foreign countries ...😅😅😅
underrated comment.
Under the name of freedom and democracy, so it must be a good thing. ;)
Exactly!! Lol
say those people who used atomic bombs in Japan against peaceful cities - Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Title :"Oil deposits discovered on Antarctica!" President Biden: "Democracy will prevail. Criminal, terrorist regime of Penguins will be dealt with!"
Putin is the kind of guy who reads all terms and conditions and clicks "i disagree"
😂 this got me laughing
true
@kennedymwatha7634 You copied this comment from the comment sections of one of his interviews. Apart from the fact that you stole somebody’s comment it is actually funny.
Terms? Like NATO boundaries?
I am the person who never reads anything and clicks on agree, I say Yes, when i have to No, say No when I have to say Yes, sometimes I say Yes when I have to say Yes and sometimes I say No when i have to say No. Many could say, I might be a mental case that needs serious attention from every world renowned asylum & physician on this planet, but it is all Crazy, i know😅
Anthony Blinken callin someone liar is hilarious
When can we get an unbiased political documentary about Russia and Putin?
Aaron Mate probably has something out.
@@Dpinks7522what is the video called that Aaron mate did ?
The Russian side of war... or something like that... It made zelansky rolling in his grave and all lefties and globalist puppet calling this documentary as normalising evil bigoted russia lolol 🤣😁🤡🤡
Author Masha Gessen, Russian, best you will find. "The Man Without A Face." (You do read?)
this is brutal neocon proaganda at its most deranged. and part of reason americans are a lobotomized people.
Lmao, Bush saying "we're a peaceful nation" while having the blood of millions of women, men and children on his hands is just pinnacle of irony
Absolutely! Right on point.
You nailed it 💯% (So true )
Again left-wing Americans talking about the unjust invasion of Iraq. Why do you forget about the thousands of deaths of Iraqis who wanted to live in a democratic country, but Saddam decided to completely deprive them of their lives? Why do you forget about the millions of Kurds whom Saddam poisoned with chemical weapons? Why do you forget about the invasion of Kuwait, whose consequences led to an environmental disaster (due to burning oil) and, as a result, a million cancer cases? Why do you forget Iraq's war against Iran, in which many millions died?
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Father and son were two of our worst presidents
The author of this video, when talking about the Russia-Georgia conflict in 2008, forgot to mention to us that the UN officially declared Georgia an aggressor in this conflict. This is not a very convenient fact for the context of this video.
Not the UN but the European Commission, but you are right, Georgia was really the aggressor, by the way, the European Commission changed its decision after 6 years
@@anodkato1707 "Not the UN but the European Commission" - The Chairman of the UN General Assembly, Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann, at a press conference at UN headquarters (63rd session on September 17, 2008), officially stated: “By invading South Ossetia, Georgia committed an act of aggression and violated the UN Charter.”
😂😂😂
That's the same reason they tend to ignore the Dagestan War and the second Chechen war
Exactly👍
If Iraq was fair game then so is Ukraine 😂😂
There are literally no similarities between Ukraine and Iraq. Iraq under Saddam Hussein's rule started numerous wars against its' neighbors in the middle east. Hussein himself wasn't a good guy, he was a tyrant whose death Iraqis celebrated. Ukraine did not start any wars against its' neighbors, Zelensky unlike Hussein is a democratically elected president of Ukraine. What you did is called "whataboutism". American invasion of Iraq was wrong but it doesn't justify what Russia did to Ukraine
@@robertking4645 That's where you are confused at. It has a lot to do with everything. If Bush has the right to go into somebody else country and remove the president then so does Vladimir Putin shut your fucking mouth and mind your business dude. You don't even know what's going on in this world. What the United States did was beyond wrong. It was murder and now look they. Caused in the region. You are white so you are never going to see things for what it really is. You are going to put on your rose colored glasses and just go with the regular program. If United States can do it, what makes Russia not able to do it? President Bush should have been in jail
@@robertking4645 The only reason they attract Saddam Hussein was for oil. As soon as he started burning his oil fields that's when they attacked him because that's what it really was about. If you are that naive you need to go look up this stuff. It's facts. You are just a dummy who don't know what's going on in the world
Exactly Saddam kept iran in check
@@robertking4645It does actually. If Russia lets Ukraine join NATO it would give access to the USA to station their troops in the country. And probably place their nuclear weapon there as well. All ukraine had to do was agree that they wouldn't join NATO. Let's say if russia places their troops on US borders,what would you think will happen ?. Move on to iraq. So what does justify the US to kill saddam hussein ? They claimed that iraq has WMD. They didn't attack iraq because saddam hussein was a bad guy but because they made a false accusation that iraq has WMD backed by israel. I think nentanyahu's full speech is still somewhere in the medsos. He talked about how these countries will threaten israel's existence in the future
You know, sometimes pretending to be a fool is the smartest thing.
A Fool For Christ
"It is proper to play the fool at the appropriate occasion." ~~~ The Bard
1000 percent
Vladimir Putin is a very beautiful man
Why nobody talk about that China has imprisoned more than 1 million Uyghurs! Why nobody talk about that Mongolian, during their expansion of Mongol empire, has slaughtered more than 100 million around the world, which, more horribly, all were done by blades and arrows. Why everyone think that Chinese is a more decent ruler who deserves taking control of Siberia.
I loose my count for how many times americans discovered who Putin really is
Yea
😁 yet they never learn.
It is the problem of a democracy that doesnt allow dictators because they only get 8 years. Each of our presidents takes some time to learn. Each, except for Biden tried to give Putin a reset opportunity.
seriously. flip the subject to general armageddon a bit. that's where we are heading anyways
In a distant future this video will be used to teach how US intelligence not only manipulated foreign nations but also it`s own nation
Exactly they fail to realise "democracy" has an expiry date, even for the creators of it.
I agree.
Well it still doesn’t justify Putin invading Ukraine 🇺🇦 does it? Do you people know how many innocent women and children have died?
I agree😊
Using tax dollars to lie to and manipulate the people they force to pay for this propaganda.
Now that the truth is coming out this documentary looks more and more ridiculous!
Frontline is awesome 👍🏻 I need to hear this.
Putin is living proof how to deal with the U.S foreign policy
It is not that. He was willing to cooperate with the US but from bush to Obama and now Biden with the stupidity ruined everything. Now Putin won't trust the west one bit anymore. Despite still open for western companies to continue their business in Russia
True
True
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PBS = MSM AIDs YOUR tax dollars go to these fools to pump out propaganda against YOU. Like Musk said to Igor F off PBS.
Bush saying "we are a peaceful nation" is surrealistic. Like all American democracy.
Yes he forgot the Atomic Bomb in Iroshima🎉etc etc
And destroying hundreds of countries
well...we live in a world.
And it’s clear that this is why Putin smiled at Trump because he is not a gold digging dog chasing after other countries’s fuel, lithium , other resources… and taking their lives for it.
It was very funny indeed
Very interesting
Putin's speech in Munich was taken out of context. I recommend that you watch his speech in full and understand that he was indignant that a country in which the death penalty is prohibited publicly executes the ruler of another country. he also asks directly about the expansion of Nato and new American military bases in Bulgaria and Romania
goodplace=stupid?=Russian trolls?=MAGA?=the rapist Trump's supporter?
This 👆 but again are we really surprised that they took it out of context with this narrative... the speech is still available on yt if anyone is interrested
Did anyone noticed how and why Syria was completely ignored in this video
*LOTS* of important things were completely ignored in this video! It's a deep-state propaganda film!
Not me.
Yes
There's a lot completely ignored in this video. I'm as opposed to the Russian invasion of Ukraine as anyone but it's ridiculous how much this piece leans into the "Putin actually thinks the United States has had ulterior motives and it's foreign policy has had harmful consequences" bit, which is just objectively true and plain obvious to the rest of the world. Then again PBS basically is US State media so I guess that's to be expected.
Two words American version
It's still strange to think that in the time we've had 5 Presidents in the U.S., Putin has been either President or Prime Minister during all that time
Yep, but his dictatorship won't last for much longer.
That is the system they have, I don’t see anything wrong, is better than having a president ( United States) receiving orders from the elite
Like the queen?
@@eavyeavy2864 Does Biden make any meaningful decisions, do you think?
don't forget, that you have a deep state, a "swamp" like Trump said, and he is right. There are people in US. They are in shadow, but they are rule this country since Kennedy was killed, and they don't want to loose their power
Why isn't this on our other news channels
Why nobody talk about that China has imprisoned more than 1 million Uyghurs! Why nobody talk about that Mongolian, during their expansion of Mongol empire, has slaughtered more than 100 million around the world, which, more horribly, all were done by blades and arrows. Why everyone think that Chinese is a more decent ruler who deserves taking control of Siberia.
Well Done
The American movies are the best truth indicators- when you watch them, you know that the truth is totally opposite.
Obviously this video hurt your feelings.
The reason why eastern Europe hates Russia is imperialism, lack of economic opportunity that get, dictatorship... Look at Russia's Only Eastern Europe puppet Belarus, do they rich or poor? Look at Poland a country choose the path to erase dictatorship and communism in their ideology do they got richer or poorer in when they communism and now at capitalism
Like Crimson tide?
@@change691Not obvious to me. Get a grip.
@@change691LE ORANGE MAN BAD! Oh please🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱
Putin isn’t wrong about most of our foreign policies, we are terrible when it comes to regime change, makes complete sense why he wouldn’t like US at all.
He is wrong though. US was racist with its regime change and only targeted the Middle East (brown people). It didn’t have much to do with the color revolutions in Eastern Europe (white people) except encourage democracy. So Putin is paranoid on us involvement and fails to see his role in the revolutions
I don't think "regime change" is included in the modern-day foreign policy of the US. It just happens that regime change is almost always possible only from an Autocrat/Communist type of government to a more democratic type. The west will always support and welcome that change of course, and Russia will always prevent that. That is how it will always be.
Putin hates US not because of his strong beliefs in sovereignty of every country. The only reason is putin’s fear. He doesn’t want to die saddam’s or gaddafi’s death
Russian bot everywhere
...and we do not like him....
loved this
Truer advice has never been given. ❤❤❤❤❤
Why nobody talk about that China has imprisoned more than 1 million Uyghurs! Why nobody talk about that Mongolian, during their expansion of Mongol empire, has slaughtered more than 100 million around the world, which, more horribly, all were done by blades and arrows. Why everyone think that Chinese is a more decent ruler who deserves taking control of Siberia.
"US Presidents come and go but their policies remain the same." - Vladimir Putin.
THE TRUTH EVERYTHING U SAID IS THE TRUTH🚬🗿
Russia's president came and stayed through dictatorship 😅 but it was nice try to spread the dictator's propaganda. 🫳 🎤
@@steveborgmalta Hey, but it is ok to spread the American double stadard, right? Or American exceptionalism?
Amen 🙏
@@commanderiosifstalin4938 Am I lying? Three U.S. presidents have changed while Putin has been President. Are you naive enough not to understand that this happens partly because he kills and jails his opposition? What double standards? These are facts. Putin was elected with over 75% of the votes. Such high margins are huge red flags for dictatorships. You can see similar patterns in Belarus, Congo, Uganda and so on.
I hope all viewers are aware of what American Democracy means.
We are a republic!
@@tommyverenini4653 You only know that because its been brought up so much in the last couple of years!
aah... u do know that americans were forced to give up their freedoms in exchange for security bcoz of a certain bush lead 911 action team right..... how can u claim democracy if u dont have freedom in the first place?
@@chhansen9813 Because YOU say so? I have known that for years. I paid attention to history. Nice assumption!
@@tommyverenini4653 LMMFAO! BS!
This is a really good documentary showing the progression of putin and the US
Why nobody talk about that China has imprisoned more than 1 million Uyghurs! Why nobody talk about that Mongolian, during their expansion of Mongol empire, has slaughtered more than 100 million around the world, which, more horribly, all were done by blades and arrows. Why everyone think that Chinese is a more decent ruler who deserves taking control of Siberia.
there are few people i trust less than putin. they include virtually everyone interviewed for this 'documentary'
Facts
Lol love it. Anthony blinken 💩 John Bolton 💩, interviewers 💩
Мало тебя те кому "доверяешь" опускали? Продолжай!
Big cap
Me to and I’m American.
Imagine Russia causing problems to the USA in Cuba or mexico...it would have been different story.
Putin made a promise that he would never use a country against another. Instead of being thankful, Democrats still do the opposite that
ENG-LUNDIANS ' DESCENDANTS ARE CRIMINALS
Buddy missed the whole part about election interference lol
@@noone4474 after they sponsored UkrAine uprising and forced regime change
As an American I stand with you brother
I used to respect PBS.
Trump troll
When Bush said I looked at his eyes and I could see his sense of his soul: Putin's reaction is priceless 😂😂
🤣🤣🤣 Буш, который не мог открыть открытую дверь "заглянул в душу"??? Это не просто смешно, это дико смешно. Он себя то в зеркале не всегда видит. Какое самомнение!😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@juliablake9427😂😂😂😂
It is really hilarious that they spoke like in movie :D
yea putin and baby g bush had something going they love money and hate there own people in there country
USA and NATO wants the Capitalism World and Western Centralization. Some Random KGB Officers in 2000:
During the Bush years they could have mentioned the wars in Chechnya and the Baltic states joining NATO, while during Obama and Trump's years they forgot to mention Syria.
But that would either make Republicans look good or Democrats not always be our saviors. This is Frontline's leftist agenda, not news.
@Michael Singleton yeah I'm not a Republican but I did feel/see the bias against Trump watching this. If you're gonna criticize previous US presidents for failing on Russia, then you can't ignore Obama failing his "red line" on Syria or how Mitt Romney tried to warn Obama about Russia being a rival only for Obama and Dems to brush it off at the time. Plus it was under Trump's presidency that the US started sending lethal aid to Ukraine. Feels very important in the history of modern US/Russia relations.
They should also have mentioned the cause of the troubles in Ukraine 2014 which ultimately led to this situation today!
Great point.
@@irynaohara6645 As well as the Divison of territory during the Soviet Union that was cohesive, and after the break up that is causing these problems today.
31:19 i wanna see what this guy crying tears of joy would look like. 😂
John McCain's face says it all
Amazing how they completely fail to mention WHY Russia went into Georgia.
Why?
@@minadiesel4506 Because Georgia was attacking civilians and Russian peacekeepers.
@@myronplatte8354 Just as Poland attacked a German radio station and thus provoked an invasion in 1939. The Nazi’s methods don’t change over time.
@@Rezistons So? This is irrelevant.
@@myronplatte8354we Russians wish to take Alaska as we owned Alaska before. We invading Ukraine for that exact reason so why not Alaska? We need daddy Putin to do this. America is weak. Probably don’t even have a military now
As an American, listening to the interviews with Blinken, Yovanovitch, Sullivan, Bolton... is profoundly insulting and embarrassing.
They call him a liar when they are bigger liars themselves.
Why? Those men are doing what’s in America’s interests. What else should they do, try to be objective about things? Why? Their job is to push the American agenda. That’s good and that’s exactly what they should be doing. It should inform their world view. If a secretary of state gets interviewed and starts saying “You know America is just as bad because of x y z and imperialism etc etc imperialism” then I want someone else to be our secretary of state.
@@rinoking88 🤣🤣🤣🤣👍
@ohdear8888 “You know america is just as bad because of xyr..” that’s literally every democrat talking point and justification for all of there horrible policies
@@miguelfluendez88 Might want to look a little deeper into each of their backgrounds. Their actions are literally who your reply refers to.
expressed a true feelings about his family. Because, he is truthful human being.
It’s funny to see these pictures of Putin in black and white (grey) collars accompanied by a gloomy announcers voice.
Why nobody talk about that China has imprisoned more than 1 million Uyghurs! Why nobody talk about that Mongolian, during their expansion of Mongol empire, has slaughtered more than 100 million around the world, which, more horribly, all were done by blades and arrows. Why everyone think that Chinese is a more decent ruler who deserves taking control of Siberia.
Very nice documentary, We would like to see alo a ducumentary about USA presidents, also about wars in Cambodia, Vietnam, Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, Iraq,Sirya, Libya, and many more counties and their war, expecially who start the war and how many casualties have all together in all those conflicts and wars.
Especially the very very sad story about former Yugoslavia, unique country with values and harmony totally destroyed by deep state of America... never forgiven or forgotten
This documentary is just straight propaganda
@@svetlana7904 Broz-Tito was a dictator , even with the fact that he made country live better than before him . He , just like a Putin , prolonged his term until the time of his own death , even arrested his own wife ( !!! ) , etc. Nevertheless , there were also good things as federalisation in 70's , mixed economy and other stuff . So , don't consider all regimes and states as terrible or ideal , there are always both minuses and pluses . And all these communists and socialists are just too radical and conservative either ( if you ask me , I am social-democrat )
hawai
good one ,was thinking of it also , ofc us will finds putin but not themselves
Bush : Looked the Man in the Eye, and I got a sense of his soul. Putin: 😁😁😁
What do you get from the soul if you try to kill it ? Soulless
Putin has a soul?
@boardcertifiable he doesn't have democracy in his heart! - President Clinton to President Yeltsin.
iraq : 😭😭
@@ihatesummers3153 AFGANİSTAN SYRİA LİBYA ....
I love how you call him racist just basing on made up stuff 😂
RAS TERKUAT DAN BENAR KENYATAAN, BAIK IBU JALANG MIGRAN,INVASI KEAMERIKA, BERANAK PINAK LANTAS MENGINVASI NEGARA APA TIDAK TAUNAMANYA, 😘SAYA MENYUKAI INI 😘😘👏👏
vatnik bot
@@mcmaster2722 how so
This is typical PBS alt left propaganda. making idiot Biden who Obama said was the dumbest person ever in foreign policy to be a tough guy with Putin what a joke. And the fact is the intelligence agencies did lie about the interference in the 2016 election. The only known election interference was the Obama administration in England’s Brexit election and Israel’s election Obama use taxpayer dollars to interfere with two different countries and their elections ! FACTS ❗️This documentary is nothing but DNC propaganda.
You have a point. Obama was an empty suit. As for Biden his dementia gets worse geometrically. I do hope there’s a debate between Trump and Biden.
I like how its "Putin gets away with Georgia" right after usa unvaded iraq
If the us government find someone strong, they say we don't approve it like they were the owners of this planet 😂
you're correct..they never looking to the mirror that they're hypocritical country
Zelensky is strong, and liked by the USA...
@@nicolasoltonstrongest summoning jutsu for sure
And then we proceed to send in the CIA and foment anger, protests and trouble, eventually toppling the leaders the US does not approve of. We are a war mongering country who should take care of our business at home. Look at the mess Biden has put us in today. Sickening. We have veterans who fought for our freedom which Biden's actions cause to be made homeless over and over again. Our veterans are kicked out of housing to make room for the many criminals and illegals that Biden invites to come into our open southern border.
So you’re justifying this POS Putin? You people are sick
And Putin led up to it in 2007 with some words about "democracy" at a world conference. What democracy exists in Russia?
Wecome❤❤❤❤
the washington post jounalist saying putin had racism towards obama was one of the stupidest things to have been said amidst the seriousness of the russia ukraine issue
It was most funny moment🤣
Absolutely.
Their idea of understanding global politics is differentiating between different shades of skin color. It's mind boggling these are supposed to be intellectuals.
Thats what they do. Trumps foreign policy was superior to the other.
I don't know how to like this a million times.
"In Russia, nothing is more dangerous than the appearance of weakness." Peter Stolypin, a provincial governor under the last Romanov tsar, Nicholas II.
People often Make the mistake of trying to compare Russian people or any other people from that region to the US. Night and day. I've been there. And it was very Humbling.
@@GrayGamer889 I didn't understand what you meant.
@jim2376 Then why do you people mourn the Czar as if he was Russia's Martin Luther King Jr?
@@BolshevikCarpetbagger1917 Objection. Assumes facts not in evidence. Sustained.
@@jim2376 Start by reading the comments section of virtually every video of the Romanovs. I pose the question again. Why is Czar Nicky II so cherished in the West?
Watching this after watching the Tucker Carlson interview with Putin in 2024 reveals the biased nature of this documentary.
You missed the whole point bru 🤦♂️ just like trump you fell victim to the lies and manipulation of Putin
As if Tucker Carlson's interview wasn't biased. If anything, watching putin speak directly confirmed many things described in this documentary. The guy is a revanchist, obsessed with the restoration of what he considers to be "russian greatness", he denies neighboring countries their right to exist based on his twisted view of history.
Let a man find himself. The truth is the answer to his personal experience with purpose.
How spineless is Bolton? If he was so smart when he was in the room, then why was he so incompetent at advising Bush and Trump? He's always the "I told you so" guy.
Bolton is the real fool.
He was an advisor
He's a War Crimes Walrus what do you expect
What did you expect? It was baby Shrub whose legacy is "My Pet Goat," and the Dumpster, whose legacy is granny panties on the golf-course.
@@nutsackmania expect more war, for lack of better advisement..
"Putin sees..." "Putin thinks...." I want to learn this skills these people have, to be able to get inside someone's head and know how he sees/thinks!
Thank you very much. These guys are thinking for Vladimir
oh, yes, even on my channel, for some reason people think for me. You don't have to say anything, and they'll start building theories about what you might have said... also with such a serious face 🤮🤢
THANK YOU! Usually this channel produces high quality content, but this one is so clearly biased and people using telepathy just to make Russia a villain -- like people forgot how bad USA actually is in it's own agendas. . I think that Putin and Russia are World's last hope of defense against USA (that doesn't mean that Russia is innocent or Putin tho)
me too :-)
Putin is not our enemy. The leaders of usa are the enemy.
OK. I am a citizen of Russia. In this movie, the Americans tell me that former KGB agent Vladimir Putin is hellbent to restore the power of the Russian Empire. OK, I've heard you. Will there be any disadvantages? :3
Add russian subtitles, please.
Забавно как данная документалка выставляет Путина злодеем, при этом очевидно что Америка толкнула его на это противостояние.
I disagree with you. The negative energy only comes from the interviewers in this documentary but you could see some parts of it giving him the main character vibe. Well I don’t like Putin but the way he gave his speech at Munich German was really brave and bold. Aside from nukes and soldiers they couldn’t match the US but he spoke is on the point and honest. That’s admirable.
@@Anistotle what makes America the one to criticize anyone they destroyed beautiful countries Since 1945, the United States has invaded or intervened in over 50 countries, including military invasions and covert operations.
But the thing America is the who controls most media and it's hard get unbiased opinions like what there motivations are and becomes stereotypical words like comminists and etc. I want information bro😢
Don't worry my Russian brother. The world no longer follow west.
Putin winnnnnnnnnn
This needs an update
Rip.....❤
As I approach my 70s, I often find it entertaining to go back and watch how ridiculous US propaganda is and was, although the problem is, like this show, that its often so dumbed down that I can never seem to force myself to get through a whole show without turning it off because of the ridiculous shading and twisting of true history that I have actually lived through and witnessed.
OK boomer
@@wasdgamings ...actually if I were a boomer, I would likely already be in my 70s, I'm a joneser, a member of the so called lost generation that came between the boomers and the Xers, to which no specific social engineering was targeted at, although the dates for jonesers has been manipulated too and combined in with the boomers because so many of the jonesers just adopted the social engineering and marketing that was aimed at the boomers. Keep in mind here, that the boomers were the first US generation to be greatly influenced and manipulated by television, as were and are most individuals of all generations hence, the generation classification itself is used to identify what particular social engineering and marketing that each generation hence was or is exposed to, however as a member of the "lost" generation, I had the unintended advantage to look at one or all. and consequently i noticed the changes between them perhaps more so than many others that were specifically being targeted and basically never completely vibed with any of them. Further, I am at the very beginning of the so called lost generation, before such loss was noticed and patched up. I never adopted or incorporated the social engineering/marketing targeting the boomers or those generations that followed, and rather than looking to any of the post TV generations for insight, I looked more to the WW2 and WW1 generations (as well as first editions of books) for guidance and education - to which my immediate boomer elders were already in the process of distancing themselves from their elders, parents and their knowledge base as a result of the social engineering/marketing and related control of pop culture via television that was already targeting them, just as current generations are so targeted and manipulated. Hence the boomers were also known for their "tune in, turn on and drop out" pop culture. This disconnect between elders, parents and their offspring provided for a block or disconnect in the ability for parents and other elders to pass down their acquired living experience and prime source knowledge, as such, this functioned to force the generations that followed to be more dependent on mass media and the written word as virtually their only source for historical information, of course both mass media and the written word can be colored, shaded and/or re-written to conform with any particular narrative or agenda that the controlling "elites" wish to present. :-)
I agree. I'm 30 and I've seen Americans being tricked in supporting wars abroad. By the time the Ukraine war came I knew there was so much more to the story. For example the 2014 coup in Ukraine which ousted the Russian friendly Ukrainian government that was democratically elected
@@stratomoryaan entire essay 😭
@@number1soobinstan😂
The audacity of this documentary, trying to paint Putin as the villain, while at the same time displaying the attrocities Bush did without any importance is soooo stupid amazing. This documentary, actually paints why Putin is the good guy.
😂😂😂, putin don't need anyone to help hem look like a villain. The guy walks like a mobster bet the guy sees the godfather and scarface movies every night.
@@Ivan-tm9pd yet he's the one fighting for family, values and truth. Amazing.
@@abrahamcanales132 how is he fighting for family values and truth?
I find it funny the guy who obviously cant see thru the bullshite is name Ivan lmao....Ivan Drago another attempt by us to paint Russians as the "bad guys". I bet Ivan must think we (yes, I'm an american citizen) are the "good guys". Ivan you silly boy. In war there is no good guys and bad guys. Everyone loses except the ones who profit from it. Who are they? The ones that are in your screen telling that ukraine is winning, Russia is losing, and we need to keep sending billions to Ukraine to protect their "democracy". Its 2023, any updates about how well this is workin out for ukraine? Yeah we help butcher those people, having them as our front line crash test dummies. There will be no ukraine when its over and the way its goin now, shite there might not be any world if WE keep poking at as ivan describes a "mobster". I'd say hes actually an extremely patient man that has put up with alot of OUR bullshit because he cares about his country and people. He dont wanna go to war with us, not cuz he scared to lose, but because he knows there will be no one left to stand victorious. Think about it....just sit and think about it. By the way Putin actually only showed respect and some liking to trump...deny it with your own eyes. Your problem not mine. I'm proud to be american but when your wrong, your wrong, and we have been doing everything wrong for a last couple years. We've been dead wrong, and the whole world sees it except us. Putin isn't a pushover and wont be bullied by US, and that's why we dont like him cause he'll stand up to us. I respect that stance in any man on this planet. END THE WAR...IF YOU DONT WANT TO END THE WORLD YOU DUMBFUX IN DC. Maybe that's what they want. Who fuckin even knows at this point what the fuck they want Trump 2024 there is no other option
@@abrahamcanales132😂 good joke
this will not age well
The narrator's voice should be saved and used in other documentaries even 100 yrs from now
With AI it'll be possible.
You right about that voice....I think Chapelle used him in an episode...
we are close to that already with artificial intelligence, James Earle Jones will be Darth Vader forever, he's signed a contract that Disney can synthesize his voice from here on out
Voice ai could save it
America by pushing its democrazy hated by many, tries to advance its dominance which often result in wars, like Iraq, Afghanistan, Lydia. Syria. The US failed its democrazy advancement and chaos manage to in Syria. Will Ukraine become a shining beacon of democracy ??
"I have survived your predecessors, and I will survive you." -Vladimir Putin
🤢🤮
Imagine having same guy as president from birth to middle age, just say your a king already. Despotic and depressing.
@@abdiganiaden United Kingdom had queen Elisabeth II. as supreme despot on the throne since 1953 up to 2022. Saudi King - Abdullah is the supreme leader and commander of Saudi Arabia since 1940's. Or good old friend of Joe Biden - Xi Jin Ping who is the general secretary of the Communist Party of China.
@@abdiganiaden as long as he keeps the country strong and moving forward. That's great. Not some m0r0n in the west that serves the interests of the elite at the expense of the middle class
Lol. This is the end for him. Democracy lives because dictators die. People die ideologies live forever
They say great minds think alike, but none of these Presidents were ever on the same page 🤣
Complimentary to call them great
1 year later ???
Dear America, leave other countries and their views alone. Even if they don't align with yours
Russia’s literally invading another country at this exact moment💀
@@Ryandeanchickenpeen They do? Which one, Iraq?
@@harderway8568 nope but they beat us to invading Afghanistan💀
@@Ryandeanchickenpeen The US/NATO practically invented invading other countries
nope. other countries are low on transgender people
The narrator has the greatest voice in the history of narration.
Yeah too bad he is pushing 100% BS lies and american propaganda.
Yeah I’m trying to figure out his name. He did the intro to the game starfox 64 and it’s killing me not knowing who he is
Noooo James earl Jones is the best narrator 😂😂
The one on the old NFL Films was great also Morgan Freeman’s voice
whats he's name
52:47 minutes is lies.... enjoy this work of fiction
I thing when Mr.Eltsin tried western democracy, he understood that he did big mistake and chose Mr. Putin instead Mr. Nemtsov..
No matter what but Putin really got some characters that attract a lot of people
Its Putin's raw nationalist appeal,works the same way FDR did At this very moment in time,Russia is the (supposedly)second strongest nation on earth,while simultaneously being in one of the most isolated geopolitical horrible landscape one could possibly imagine And Putin's narcissistic optimistic nationalist appeal that one day Russia will tear the west down the same way they tore down the Warsaw Pact Also the trauma of a Democratic government by Boris Yeltsin,a complete shitshow
Who Medvedev? Lavrov? Patrushev? Peskov?
Is your mom attracted ?
@@nicolasoltoni think by "characters" he meant a will, like the man of character. You get it?
@@VSYAC I think so. But who are they, if not the ones I mentioned?
It seems to me that the West does not fully understand what it is facing. I will explain - I live in a remote village on the edge of Russia, but nevertheless there is almost no Internet here, but people know about events in the world. When a Ukrainian rocket hit a house in the Kursk region on the territory of Russia 4 months ago, the next day 15 people from my village went to the front voluntarily
NOBODY CAN WIN OVER RUSSIA
Slava Rossii
Yet You sit in your home, good story, bot
@@imsusanov2287 damn, you still don’t understand what you face with
1500 Russian volunteers a day. But in Ukraine men and women between the ages of 25 and 70 are being pulled off the street, out of gyms and stores. The war is over the only thing left to be settled is how many more Ukrainians have to die before a negotiation happens.
30:20 Yep
Putin's facial reactions with every of the Americas presidents....
Putin is well aware U.S. politics is schizophrenic. The token black guy adds Putin didn’t respect Obama because he’s black - Putin didn’t respect ANY OF THEM, INCLUDING TRUMP. They wanted Putin to bow down & he said FCUK OFF.
This is closer to propaganda than it is to actual history
Ikr? As a Russian this feels like a cool badass 007 story made for Putin and making American leaders look bad. I love it. Is this written by a Russian?
Why does make trump look so honest! It terrible!
So why is negotiation canceled by other side than? It could be ended first day but no "We are to proud"... Well there . Here is your pride.
Wrong? I'm sorry to say with all respect to you, sir. President Putin never thought about President Trump what you said.
Anthony Blinken. He lies more than you blink😂
Истинный американец
All those presidents don’t amount the courage of Vladimir Putin long live mother Russia 🇷🇺
Documentry - my foot! 😂😂😂
Your spelling is my foot lmao 🤣
@@johnnykurplutzo8347 unlike yourself, English is my 4 language & I don't use spelling app. 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤪😩😱💩
@@annakaye1629 proliv
@@johnnykurplutzo8347 v tvoyu zhopu!
Judgement cannot b served by hearing only one side of story......😮
How about the insurrection of November 20, 2020?
That’s true, you know America is good at that. Everyone else is a devil while they ar😅god. Who had committed more atrocities in this world more than American government? Who has more blood on their hands? Who is the devil here?
That’s true, you know America is good at that. Everyone else is a devil while they ar😅god. Who had committed more atrocities in this world more than American government? Who has more blood on their hands? Who is the devil here? America must change his ways! And go back to the ways of God
They’ll never show you that true one 😅
Unfortunately
There are so many inaccuracies with this documentary. I thought I would give PBS another opportunity but between now and my last breath it will be the last time I watch anything put together by this channel. SMH 🙄
What do you expect of a group of Western funded news media built for western interests
It’s pure gaslighting and pure propaganda worse then what USSR did lol
I have never seen such a stream of lies against Putin. It's just unbelievable.
I agree
Where are the inaccuracies.
Bush junior was thinking Putin would be just another Russian president willing to be humiliated like Boris Yeltsin was by the USA .
"January 6th leads to the war in Ukraine" uhhh okay did you miss the whole 30 years before that?
Since you somehow managed to misunderstand something so easy to get, what they implied was that January 6th was Russia's identifier that "The US is weak enough to initiate the war-stage of the plan". They even continued to explain this in the documentary after that sentence, but you somehow checked out after that.
They left out Afghanistan and the pipeline Biden approved to Russia
The utter embarrassment of the pullout of Afghanistan in 2021
@@nathanenslow5116 Yeah they should've done it in 2022 or 2023 or 2024 or 2025 or 2026 or 2027 or 2028 or 2029 or 2030 or....
@@Cybergenesis interesting man I didn't know that. Hey on another note can I talk you privately about cyber security?
I want Will Lyman to narrate my life. There is no better ASMR than his voice in a Frontline documentary.
Absolutely right he’s the best of the best
It's either him or James Earl Jones to do my voice-mail.
Me too!
@@timgriffin3368 lol 😂
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Quotes I Pulled From This.... 1. "Confronted With Donald Trump Is Like An Open Field In Front Of A Football Player Carrying A Football. Putin Thought Trump Was A Fool!" 2. "He Learned How To Play Donald Trump Like A Violin." 3. "Putin Saw Him As Gullible, Stupid, & Easily Manipulatable... He Braided Him Like A Braid!" Exactly. Period. Point Blank. WAKE UP PEOPLE!!!
No doubt. And Sleepy Joe just called this dangerous man an s.o.b. (!). Joe, please go.
Putin's Munich speech is truly excellent he is spot on about the international aggression of the U.S.
The globalist puppets want war and to destabilize the EU.
Putin had Every right to be mad about nato expansion
@@hunterbidenparmesanimports5633so he’s right about invading other countries?
yea and ukraine never happen
@@Dailyopinion-uo5nw I’m sorry has the States ever said Mexico “is not a real country”? Lmao, how people are so much more worried about playing the “BUT WHAT ABOUT TJE STATES” instead of realizing that two wrongs don’t make a right is TRULY annoying
So this means Former Russian president Yeltsin made a very good choice to hand over the leadership to Putin.
He was friendly towards the west. But yet NATO still expanded
drunks make bad decisions. never heard of that before.
The only good thing he did was resigning
Yes, this is the only thing he did that Russians are thankful for
The only right decision of this drunk eltsin
Great amela::
The world must work for peace anywhere and everywhere we must treat ourselves with respect.
George W Bush: "What are you doing in Georgia Vlad?!" Putin: "Oh I don't know.... What are you doing in Iraq 'W'? Who are you to lecture me?" Later in the day... "Condee, this guy's a tough cookie..."
CAN YOU GUYS TALT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO LISTEN (LIKE FOR REAL)
funny bunny???
Sums up pretty good lmao
Well, Georgia asked Russia for military assistance - it's why the Russian military was in Georgia.
@@AnnedolfFrankler911 how are you
West colonialism is already in the world. But they market it as a Democracy. Into the eyes of a real person will see the Integrity of a friend. There's a saying "actions speak louder than words". 🇵🇭
you had marcos.... twice.
Its the sound for 😂😂😂😂😂
Тут явно не хватает этого комментария: Было малое село Да на Волге где-то. Очень девкам не везло Во селенье этом. Шла молва по всей Земле По каналам разным, Что у девок на селе Не было оргазма ПРИПЕВ: Эх-ма, зёма, не было оргазму, Эх-ма, зёма, не было его! И гадал весь род людской Над загадкой бился, Что за парадокс такой Во селе случился. Вроде все у девок есть: Джинсы, сигареты, Совесть есть, и ум, и честь, А оргазма нету! Приезжали к ним надысь Бабки-ворожеи. Девки очень напряглись, Аж помыли шеи. Бабки лезли под подол, Купали в купели, Применяли панадол, Но не преуспели... Написали девки в Местную газету: Помогите нам хоть вы, больше мочи нету! Что, естественно, друзья, То не безобразно, Потому никак нельзя Жить нам без оргазма! Тут узнало все село С телетайпной ленты То, что дело их дошло Аж до президента. И сказал тогда народ: «Путина харизма Очень сильную дает встряску организму!» ПРИПЕВ: Эх-ма, зёма, встряску организму! Эх-ма, зёма, встряску органу! Девки глянули в окно: А в окне все ближе Едет Путин в кимоно И на горных лыжах. Девки выскочили вон В чем их мать родила... Поглядел на девок он. Тут их и накрыло! ПРИПЕВ Эх-ма, зёма, тут их и накрыло, Эх-ма, зёма, тут их и накрыло!
You cannot take someone at gunpoint and say I didn't fire yet . Taking Ukraine under NATO is just like putting Russia under gunpoint.
As suppose to Poland? Norway? Finland? Ukraine in nato would mean true independence and democracy for Ukraine at which point russian citizens would ask themselves why can’t they be cool like that. At would mean push for democracy in rissia. And end of the kgb zar. His nickname in kgb academy was cigarette butt and white moth.
Why? Because Ukraine suddenly wouldn't be a puppet state to Russia? Because they would refuse to kowtow to the demands and threats of a thug and autocratic dictator? Or maybe because Russia felt so threatened by Ukraine... a country so powerful and scary that the largest country in the world (once regarded as the 2nd most powerful in military) just walked right in and stole land twice before encountering any real resistance? How was this gunpoint again? Also, in order for NATO to be a threat to you, you have to attack NATO first. So yea.
@@irynahepburn2777Ukraine is one of the most corrupt nations in the world, first of all, no real democracy there. Just remember what America did when the Soviet Union tried to get Cuba into their alliance and plant military bases there. The US also made an agreement after WWII not to push NATO boundaries past West Germany. There are so many diplomatic errors that led to this.
Ah Shut up, it's not and you know that. Stop lying
agreed
This video can't be called documentary, more like fan-fiction film. Feelings and body language, how professional(no) to tell it in documentary.
So is the obama documentary and lets not even talk about the Biden one. 😂😂 that was a whole fangirl made video
Someone must have used all their monthly salary of 1700 rubles on a fake ADIDAS tracksuit and is salty AF about it. You live in a third world country ran by mobsters, Boris.
This is a documentary about the vilest and most hateful warmongers of the present world. And their propaganda against Putin and Trump.
It’s propaganda!
Plus dogging Trump really! Saying Putin played Trump like a violin. Really!!! Not true
Putin: 3 things you can look at forever: the delightful fire in fireplace, running spring water and the change of US presidents.
Putin be like Why have U.S all the fun😢
In a world with America : there always needs to be a Russia.
Russia is a gas station with nukes, with a midget mob boss starting dumb wars and a GDP lower than some states in the USA. The world would be better off without that joke of a nation called russia.
US created modern Russia as a boogie man to Keep Europe at bay
True bro
Gotta have a Boogy man!
I totally agree with you.
Bush: "we are a peaceful nation". 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I laughed so hard, I spilled my tea all over my desk. LOL
After invading Iraq 😂🤣😂🤣
@@abrahamlincoln6704 I think Bush really believed his own rhetoric. To Putin, this reinforced the idea that the U.S. acts with power in mind but covers it a veneer of liberty, freedom, and democracy. Putin can’t understand that the U.S.’s brand is selling peace and capitalism/consumerism, and that people in the traditionally Russian sphere want what the U.S. is selling, and not what Russia is offering.
Bush bears a lot of responsibility for everything that has gone wrong with US geopolitics in the past couple decades. As for his public speaking, he was just awkward and stumbling, but that is not what made him a sub-par president.
They are lying and every country buys it…. Colonialism
@@pesco3773 who the fu*k wants peace?? US? LOL
this is comedy gold lol. never more than a minute without a lie being told hahahaha
You are so right! Nothing but lies ALL the way through!! Unbelievable!!!
You are absolutely right. Nothing but lies and they call these lies "democracy" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Its pbs after all 😂
Propaganda at its finest
Путин , лучший наш президент .