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How did an obscure KGB bureaucrat suddenly become the president of Russia? This film retraces the events preceding his election—porn tapes and manipulations in Chechnya—and provides an unblinkered description of violence of Russian political mores. This is a history that has little to do with democracy and says a lot about the brutal exercise of power in modern-day Russia.

France / United Kingdom - 2005 - 52 mn - DV - Colour

Director Tania Rakhmanova Writer Tania Rakhmanova, Paul Mitchell Camera Vladimir Trivic Editing Joseph Petersson

Production Quark Productions, 22, rue du Petit-Musc, 75004 Paris, France Tél : +33 (0)1 4454 3950 Fax : +33 (0)1 4454 3951 E-mail : quarkprod@wanadoo.fr Co-Production Wilton Films, ARTE France

Sales Andana Films, Le Village, 07170 Lussas, France Tél : +33 4 7594 3467 Fax : +33 4 7594 2509 E-mail : contact@andanafilms.com