The TrumpPutin relationship is examined. Russia. Putin has an untrammeled authority. I dont see any checks on his power. He is able to make singular, rapid decisions. The absolutism there is unlike anything ive ever seen in russia. All that power is propped up by an astonishing Approval Rating, over 80 . And thats according to american pollsters. Donald trump wins the presidency. But when the United States elected a new president , it looked like russia had fallen for a new leader. There were toasts all over moscow. At the parliament, known as the duma. On talk shows. And at bars. [ laughter ] we are the champions of the world but one man seemed utterly unsurprised by trumps victory. Hes happy to take credit. And that means that he won the u. S. Election. The man who is simultaneously president of russia and in charge of the United States. At the heart of all this are some deadly serious questions. Does Vladimir Putin have some kind of hold over donald trump . We simply dont know. But
people were desperate for strong leadership. under president boris yeltsin, the new democracy was a mess. the entire soviet system, it just collapsed. the oligarchs, the men who profited on the spoils of communism, became fantastically rich. mercedes benz is selling more of the top line cars in russia than in all of the rest of europe. but ordinary russians were sinking into desperate poverty. there were dire food shortages, even starvation. translator: i don t know how to feed my kids without milk. i just don t know what we re going to do. president boris yeltsin was in charge. but he seemed increasingly
he commissioned this rarely-seen documentary, about himself. presenting vladimir putin, the credits read, in power. weirdly, the soundtrack is from the broadway show cats. the ambitious putin may have already been looking toward moscow, because the russian people were desperate for strong leadership. under president boris yeltsin, the new democracy was a mess. the entire soviet system, it just collapsed. the oligarchs, the men who profited on the spoils of communism became fantastically rich. mercedes benz is selling more of its top line cars in russia than in all of europe.
clearly had big dreams. he commissioned this rarely-seen documentary, about himself. presenting vladimir putin, the credits read, in power. weirdly, the soundtrack is from the broadway show cats. the ambitious putin may have already been looking toward moscow, because the russian people were desperate for strong leadership. under president boris yeltsin, the new democracy was a mess. the entire soviet system, it just collapsed. the oligarchs, the men who profited on the spoils of communism became fantastically rich. mercedes benz is selling more of its top line cars in russia than in all of europe.
he commissioned this rarely seen documentary about himself, presenting vladimir putin, the credits read, in power. weirdly the sound soundtrack from the broadway show cats. the ambitious putin may already have been looking towards moscow because the russian people were desperate for strong leadership. under president boris yeltsin the new democracy was a mess. the entire soviet system, it just collapsed. the oligarchs, the men who profited on the spoils of communism became fantastically rich. mercedes-benz is selling more of its top line cars in russia than in all the rest of europe. but ordinary russians were sinking into desperate poverty.