Putins Way (full documentary), FRONTLINE

In this 2015 documentary, FRONTLINE traces Vladimir Putins ascent from unemployed spy to modernday czar, and investigates the accusations of criminality and corruption that have surrounded his reign in Russia. (Aired 2015) This journalism is made possible by viewers like you. Support your local PBS station here: In this 2015 film, a coproduction with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, producer Neil Docherty and correspondent Gillian Findlay traced Putins career back two decades to his political start in St. Petersburg, where allegations of corruption began almost immediately. Drawing on firsthand accounts from exiled Russian business tycoons, writers and politicians, as well as the exhaustive research of scholar and bestselling Putins Kleptocracy author Karen Dawisha, the film examined troubling episodes in Putins past, from alleged moneylaundering activities and ties to organized crime, to a secret personal fortune said to be in the billions. Love FRONTLINE Find u