Putin, Russia and the West

Overview

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. The series is produced by Norma Percy, whose previous series include The Death of Yugoslavia, Israel and the Arabs: Elusive Peace, and Iran and the West. The documentary was criticized by some dissidents for being an apology for Putin's regime.

Network

• BBC Two

Seasons & Episodes

Cast

• 

  Rupert Graves

  Narrator

  4 eps

• Lyudmila Alexeyeva

  Self - Moscow Helsinki Group

  1 ep

• 

  Vladimir Putin

  Self (archive footage)

  1 ep

• 

  Dmitry Medvedev

  Self (archive footage)

  1 ep

Themes

• miniseries
• russian politics

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