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Putin: The New Tsar is 2018 a documentary produced by OxfordFilms/BBC and directed by Patrick Forbes, airing on BBC2. It discusses Vladimir Putin's rise to power. Interview subjects include politicians and non-politicians, with some being Russian and others being foreigners.^[1]

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Among the participants are Garry Kasparov, a chess prodigy;^[2] Mikhail Khodorkovsky, an oligarch;^[3] Sergei Pugachev, who was in Putin's power network;^[2] Ksenia Sobchak, a member of Russian high society;^[3] Ian Robertson, a psychologist from Trinity College Dublin; and Jack Straw, a British politician.^[1] Robertson stated that Putin's experience in a high political position "profoundly changed" his brain.^[3]

Ed Power of The Daily Telegraph stated that Putin: The New Tsar's "true purpose was to place in historical context Putin's unlikely rise from provincial obscurity in St Petersburg" to being the President of Russia.^[3] It was produced prior to the 2018 Russian presidential election. Power stated that it "fleetingly touched upon" allegations of Russian agents attacking enemies of the Russian government outside of Russia.^[3]

Reception

Sam Wollaston of The Guardian gave the film four of five stars and stated that Putin: The New Tsar "could almost be funny if it weren't so scary".^[2]

Power gave the film four of five stars. He stated that "an attempt to diagnose Putin as an addict to absolute power" as the film's "biggest error".^[3] He concluded the film was "otherwise an exemplary portrayal of" Putin.^[3]

The Moscow Times praised the dispassionate tone in the narrator and the " and " pace.^[1] It criticised the "clichéd title", the lack of coverage of Russian political opposition, and overstating the level of support Putin has among Russian citizens.^[1] The paper concluded that Putin: The New Tsar is "very much worth tracking down and talking up."^[1]

References

External links

• Putin: The New Tsar - BBC

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