Russia: Putin Puzzle
16 minutes, 20xx
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It's been a year since Boris Yeltsin promoted Vladimir Putin out of nowhere to be Russia's new president. The former KGB boss with little political experience, but as it turned out, with the ambitions to get Russia back on its feet as a world power. It's been a dramatic first year. The war in Chechnya, the Kursk disaster, meetings with the world's top leaders, and a non-stop public relations campaign to show him as Russia's action man. A first hand look at Putin is rare and we obtained an interview.