Putin: A Russian Spy Story

A portrait of a politician who modelled himself on the Russian James Bond and whose presidency reads like a spy thriller.

This second instalment finds Putin arriving in the Kremlin as an unknown president whom the Russian oligarchs hope to control, and charts how he gained a powerful stronghold over all affairs of state.

Putin returns to power under a storm after a four-year absence, but his attempts to improve his popularity are hobbled by accusations of corruption.