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Putin, Russia and the West is a four-part British documentary television series first shown in January and February 2012 on BBC Two about the relationship between Vladimir Putin's Russia and the West.
Original Release
12/11/2011 on BBC
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Rupert Graves | Narrator |
| Condoleezza Rice | Self - U.S. Secretary of State / Self - National Security Adviser / Self - National Security Adviser, U.S. |
| Sergei Prikhodko | Self - National Security Adviser, Russia / Self / Self - National Security Adviser |
| Sergei Ivanov | Self - Minister of Defence, Russia / Self |
| Colin Powell | Self - Secretary of State, U.S. / Self - U.S. Secretary of State |
| Sergey Lavrov | Self - Foreign Minister, Russia / Self |
| Mikheil Saakashvili | Self - President of Georgia / Self |
| Stephen Hadley | Self - National Security Adviser, U.S. / Self - Deputy National Security Adviser |
| Dan Fried | Self - Assistant Secretary of State, U.S. / Self - National Security Council, U.S. / Self |
| George Robertson | Self - Secretary General, NATO / Self |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taking Control | Monday, 19 December 2011 |
| 2 | Democracy Threatens | Tuesday, 20 December 2011 |
| 3 | War | Wednesday, 21 December 2011 |
| 4 | New Start | Thursday, 22 December 2011 |
Directors
Paul Mitchell, Wanda Koscia, David Alter
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Rupert Graves | Narrator |
| Condoleezza Rice | Self - U.S. Secretary of State / Self - National Security Adviser / Self - National Security Adviser, U.S. |
| Sergei Prikhodko | Self - National Security Adviser, Russia / Self / Self - National Security Adviser |
| Sergei Ivanov | Self - Minister of Defence, Russia / Self |
| Colin Powell | Self - Secretary of State, U.S. / Self - U.S. Secretary of State |
| Sergey Lavrov | Self - Foreign Minister, Russia / Self |
| Mikheil Saakashvili | Self - President of Georgia / Self |
| Stephen Hadley | Self - National Security Adviser, U.S. / Self - Deputy National Security Adviser |
| Dan Fried | Self - Assistant Secretary of State, U.S. / Self - National Security Council, U.S. / Self |
| George Robertson | Self - Secretary General, NATO / Self |
| Dmitry Medvedev | Self - President of Russia / Self - Russian President / Self |
| Robert Gates | Self - Secretary of Defense, U.S. / Self |
| Igor Ivanov | Self - Foreign Minister, Russia |
| Aleksey Kudrin | Self - Minister of Finance / Self - Minister of Finance, Russia |
| Bill Burns | Self - U.S. Ambassador to Russia / Self - Under Secretary of State, U.S. |
| Anatoly Antonov | Self - Chief Nuclear Negotiator, Russia |
| George W. Bush | Self - U.S. President / Self |
| Vladimir Putin | Self - President of Russia / Self - Russian President / Self |
| Nicolas Sarkozy | Self - President of France / Self |
| Gordon Brown | Self - UK Prime Minister / Self |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Fiona Campbell | Executive Producer |
| Brian Lapping | Executive Producer |
| Masha Slonim | Producer |
| Norma Percy | Producer |
| Wanda Koscia | Producer |
| Tim Stirzaker | Producer |
| David Alter | Producer |
