He casts a long shadow over globe. Russian leader Vladimir Putin has outlasted three American presidents and is on track to stay in power until 2024. His incursions in Georgia, the Crimea and Ukraine have rattled the West, while his crackdowns inside Russia have riled his democratic opponents.
But a joint investigation by the fifth estate and PBS’ Frontline reveals an even darker side to one of the most powerful leaders in the world: Allegations of criminal activity dating as far back as his early days as a top official in St. Petersburg; ties to organized crime and money-laundering activities; and a secret personal fortune said to be in the billions.
“Putin’s Long Shadow” also raises disturbing questions about the role the Russian security services played in four apartment building bombings in Moscow and other cities in 1999 that killed nearly 300 people – a tragedy Putin blamed on terrorists and used to cement his power.
Host Gillian Findlay talks to a senior police officer who tried to arrest Putin on corruption charges; an investigator who was jailed for asking too many questions about the apartment bombings; and Russian businessmen who detail the levels of corruption and collusion.
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The Menace of Unreality: How the Kremlin Weaponizes Information, Culture and Money
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Dear user, Mr. Jan Sinagl,
Because of complaint about violation of copyrights from several countries, a video you put on YouTube has been blocked. That means that the video is still on YouTube, but viewers in some countries are unable to view it.
Vide’s name: Russian movie LEVIATAN shocks – and at the same time warns and calls, if we dare, to face the evil !
What’s involved: Audio-visual content
Demanded by: DOCO Digital
Why could that happen?
Some of your video could contain copyrighted material.
Copyright's author can ask to block any video shown on YouTube that contains his/her work.
Team YouTube
11.1.2015 2:48 a.m.
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I consider the complaint by DOCO – Digital (http://www.docodigital.com/) to be without any merit or any lawful reason, no law or regulation was broken. All I presented was already published Official HD Trailer for movie LEVIATAN. In this case, the distributor should rather thank me the complain for free additional adds of his movie when no financial reward on my side is involved. It sure would be quite interesting to specify country, or countries, that asked to block my video, and/or my article tconcerning the same. Muslim extremists do not like caricatures of Prophet Mohammed. So, who do not like, or who has an interest, to block publishing facts about today’s Russia? Fights for freedom of speech continues – now in a symbolic issue of the day “11”.
Jan Šinágl, 11.1.2015
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