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CBC's The Passionate Eye - The Putin System
Watch @:
http://video.google.ca/videoplay?doc...8720868203336#
(I am at work atm, will update to embed youtube link later)
CBC Newsworld
It isn't a bad documentary. Somewhat biased as they do interview a lot of dissidents and Yabloko, but still worth a watch.For three years, filmmakers Jean-Michel Carré and Jill Emery interviewed dozens of people to gain insight into the life and political motivations of Russia's most powerful politician, Vladimir Putin. They spoke to long-time supporters, like Putin's former schoolteacher, Vera Gurvich, to his harshest critics, like world chess champion Garry Kasparov, as well as many KGB and Kremlin insiders. What emerged is a point-of-view documentary that presents an ominous view of what Putin is willing to do to ensure Russia regains its position on the world stage.
Too many dissenting opinions?
Watch and find out. On most occasions, CBC is quite unbiased when it comes to their docu's. It is still fun to watch and very interesting (IMO). There are some things I disagree with or the fact that there will be people who are quite critical of him (Dissidents as in those banished from Russia (or so called) by Putin and the opposition party will definately say negative). But these are expected. They do try their best to get both sides opinions. And CBC does clarify that this is opinion based docu with various facts.Originally Posted by Atlantic Friend
I will. I half remember a very interesting documentary, a few years ago, about Putin's accession to power and the deals he cut with Yeltsin at the time. I'd like to find a good book about him as well, but so far the History books I found about Russia always deal either with Imperial Russia or the USSR.
Just about 2-3 months ago or so there was a good 4 part BBC documentary about Putin called "Putin, Russia and the West".
You might want to take a look at that, too.
The epitome of *reluctant* balance.
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