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Filmmakers Jean-Michel Carre and Jill Emery investigate thirty years of socio-political history in Russia by exploring the rise of the politician who played the game of politics so masterfully that he ultimately ascended to the highest office of power. Thanks to Vladimir Putin Russia has re-emerged as one of the most powerful players on the global map, and now his career is placed under the microscope so that the curious can gain a greater understanding of just how politics in post-Soviet Russia really work.