№2 «Putin, Russia & the West: Democracy Threatens»

Vladimir Putin, after eight years as president of Russia and four more as prime minister, is stubbornly holding on to power. He has announced his intention to return as president and declared his party the winner in parliamentary elections that are widely seen as fraudulent. In Moscow 100,000 protesters have taken to the streets in the largest demonstrations since Putin took office.

Putin began his career as a KGB spy but when he became president, he made himself a valued ally of the West. How did he do it? And what made Washington and London turn against him?

The second episode includes an extraordinary interview with former Ukrainian president Leonid Kuchma, who was widely thought to be responsible for murder, corruption and sanctions-busting. He tells how, in the 2004 election, he set about getting his chosen successor elected president - with the help of Putin and his Kremlin advisers.

The opposition candidate, Victor Yushchenko, tells what it was like to be poisoned during the election campaign. It won him many voters and exit polls gave him a clear lead, but the Putin/Kuchma-backed candidate was still declared the winner. This result sparked the Orange Revolution.

Kremlin officials tell how they made sure that Putin would not face a similar revolution at home. It is claimed critics of Putin, including the British ambassador, were intimidated and some were even murdered. Tens of thousands of young Russians were mobilized to fight the threat of democracy.

Series Producer
Norma Percy
Director
Paul Mitchell
Director
David Alter
Producer
David Alter
Executive Producer
Brian Lapping

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• путин
• россия
• диктатор
• война
• коррупция
• ПЖиВ
• выборы-2012
• Vladimir Putin
• Russia
• West
• Ukraine
• Georgia
• Moscow
• Ussr
• единная_россия
• диктатура
• украина
• грузия
• Latvia

[Joanne872]

Thank you-brilliant. I hope you'll upload the next two xxx

[Thesovietstory666]

@Joanne872 Yes I will upload definitely cause essential reason of my uploads is to show not only western auditorium but mostly to russian fellow subscribers the real face of this ugly third grade KGB colonel who transformed Himself to an Dictator!

[ChukovAlex]

@Thesovietstory666 Thank you from Russia))

[Thesovietstory666]

@ChukovAlex You very welcome!

[whatismyname5151]

@Thesovietstory666 Yay will you upload part 3 today??? :D

[Thesovietstory666]

@whatismyname5151 I`ll begin to upload approximately at GMT 11.00PM

[LXL9]

I dont like Putin in last time. But this film is the BBC's propoganda, lie. This film is special for men with a chicken brain. Bad work. If Putin like this how can we watch this film on russian TV? Don't believe the BBC= Goebbels.

[mediumslice]

Thanks for uploading, missed these on iPlayer. 

[needtoalwayslearn]

@weloveachother Ideology is different. there have always been people in the world who just love to tell you what to do, like governments. There are others who just want freedom.

Hopefully freedom will win.

[Kiwichico]

passonthetruth has also uploaded this video and that person has a completely different take on it like many other people. they say it is western propaganda. yet a lot of people say it is pro putin. Confusing.

[Itsmemikey003]

What does Russia think of China?

[Krmaimak]

@weloveachother People fight not because of energy sources, but because of power. And it's never gonna end untill human nature is the same.

[MaxBogomolov]

thank you from russian guy for uploading this film!!!

this is a very truthful point of view

I hope that smth will change in our political situation

[weloveachother]

God damn it, ppl still fight today, if we spend same energy for finding new energy resourse it might stop all wars, but easyer ofcourse distroy than create... fucking goverments of the world, you supose work on ppl not against em... P.S. Who got oil pray on russia, why? cause poor Iraq... suddenly history alwase repeat it self (sory for my spelting)