1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from NaijaPrey.TV 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 3 00:00:40,083 --> 00:00:43,208 This film is adapted from the novel of the same name by Giuliano da Empoli. 4 00:00:43,375 --> 00:00:46,708 Although inspired by historical events, it remains a work of art. 5 00:00:46,875 --> 00:00:50,375 The characters, as well as their words and opinions, are fictional. 6 00:01:30,208 --> 00:01:32,750 Since Vadim Baranov was no longer an advisor... 7 00:01:32,917 --> 00:01:35,958 ...of Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, the Tsar... 8 00:01:36,125 --> 00:01:39,708 ...the legends about him, far from dying out, had multiplied. 9 00:01:40,375 --> 00:01:44,000 Most powerful men derive their aura from their position. 10 00:01:44,167 --> 00:01:47,625 When they lose it, it's like a hold has been ripped out. 11 00:01:48,333 --> 00:01:50,792 Baranov was of a different race. 12 00:01:51,917 --> 00:01:55,625 According to some, he had retired to a monastery on Mount Athos. 13 00:01:55,792 --> 00:01:57,792 Others swore they had seen him in Ibiza... 14 00:01:57,958 --> 00:02:00,417 ...surrounded by cocaine-addled models. 15 00:02:01,375 --> 00:02:05,583 Still others claimed to have spotted him on the Donbass front. 16 00:02:07,542 --> 00:02:11,500 Vadim Baranov moved through life in a whirlwind of enigmas. 17 00:02:12,333 --> 00:02:15,708 The only certainty was his influence on the Tsar. 18 00:02:17,208 --> 00:02:19,000 In fifteen years of service to him... 19 00:02:19,167 --> 00:02:22,750 ...he had made a decisive contribution to extending his power. 20 00:02:23,708 --> 00:02:26,583 He was known as the Kremlin Magician... 21 00:02:26,750 --> 00:02:28,417 ...the new Rasputin. 22 00:02:31,458 --> 00:02:35,000 He arrived at the President's office in the middle of the night... 23 00:02:35,167 --> 00:02:37,167 ...to handle urgent matters. 24 00:02:38,500 --> 00:02:42,125 Perhaps the Tsar himself summoned him on his direct line. 25 00:02:44,208 --> 00:02:47,042 A prominent minister sometimes joined them... 26 00:02:47,208 --> 00:02:50,125 ...or the head of a large state-owned company. 27 00:02:51,625 --> 00:02:54,042 But these witnesses shed no light on the matter... 28 00:02:54,208 --> 00:02:57,167 ...the nocturnal activities of the Tsar and his advisor. 29 00:03:00,375 --> 00:03:04,417 When I returned to Moscow a few years after his disappearance... 30 00:03:04,542 --> 00:03:07,583 ...the memory of Baranov hung like a shadow. 31 00:03:08,167 --> 00:03:09,792 The press persisted in attributing... to him 32 00:03:09,958 --> 00:03:12,542 ...the Kremlin's most obscure measures. 33 00:03:13,292 --> 00:03:14,417 As for me... 34 00:03:14,542 --> 00:03:18,708 ...my recent essay in Foreign Affairs had caused quite a stir. 35 00:03:20,167 --> 00:03:24,375 It was titled: "Vadim Baranov and the invention of Fake Democracy". 36 00:03:30,042 --> 00:03:33,042 If needed, dial 9. 37 00:03:33,208 --> 00:03:35,875 Have a good day, Mr. Rowland. -You too. 38 00:03:39,667 --> 00:03:41,708 I was on sabbatical from Yale... 39 00:03:41,875 --> 00:03:44,792 ...to write the first biography of Yevgeny Zamyatin... 40 00:03:44,958 --> 00:03:46,625 ...great Russian writer... 41 00:03:46,792 --> 00:03:50,417 ...and an early opponent of Stalin's communist regime. 42 00:03:52,875 --> 00:03:54,792 I was walking in the pale winter light... 43 00:03:55,458 --> 00:03:57,542 ...I was leafing through old books. 44 00:03:58,625 --> 00:04:01,042 Zamyatin became my obsession. 45 00:04:01,208 --> 00:04:02,500 He was a visionary. 46 00:04:02,625 --> 00:04:07,375 Not only about Stalin, but about all dictators to come. 47 00:04:07,500 --> 00:04:11,208 From Silicon Valley oligarchs to the Chinese single-party system. 48 00:04:11,375 --> 00:04:14,208 From Mark Zuckerberg to Xi Jinping. 49 00:04:16,250 --> 00:04:18,416 His dystopian novel, We... 50 00:04:18,541 --> 00:04:21,541 ...had inspired George Orwell for 1984. 51 00:04:24,542 --> 00:04:27,083 Are Zamyatin taught in American universities? 52 00:04:31,750 --> 00:04:34,250 Zamyatin is the oracle of our time. 53 00:04:49,125 --> 00:04:50,667 Are you staying in Moscow for a long time? 54 00:04:50,833 --> 00:04:52,500 I have something to show you. 55 00:05:10,292 --> 00:05:12,167 Leaving the city... 56 00:05:12,333 --> 00:05:16,417 ...endless, dark forests stretched all the way to Siberia. 57 00:05:18,583 --> 00:05:21,792 My curiosity was mixed with apprehension. 58 00:05:22,667 --> 00:05:26,042 In Russia, things generally go rather well. 59 00:05:26,208 --> 00:05:29,458 But when they go wrong, they go very wrong. 60 00:05:48,250 --> 00:05:49,500 Good morning. 61 00:05:53,250 --> 00:05:55,292 Please follow me, Mr. Rowland. 62 00:05:57,042 --> 00:05:58,667 May I take your coat? 63 00:06:01,750 --> 00:06:03,458 I'll bring you some tea. 64 00:06:35,708 --> 00:06:38,125 Do you collect old books? 65 00:06:38,292 --> 00:06:40,125 I don't collect them, I read them. 66 00:06:40,292 --> 00:06:41,708 Big difference. 67 00:06:43,417 --> 00:06:45,125 Are you reading Zamyatin? 68 00:06:47,042 --> 00:06:50,083 I have something to show you that you will appreciate. 69 00:06:59,625 --> 00:07:01,375 Do you know what it is? 70 00:07:02,500 --> 00:07:04,833 A letter from Zamyatin to Stalin. 71 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:08,292 He asks her for permission to leave the USSR. 72 00:07:08,458 --> 00:07:10,458 "Cher Iossif Vissarionovitch. 73 00:07:10,583 --> 00:07:12,750 "Just as Christians invented the devil..." 74 00:07:12,917 --> 00:07:15,833 "...to personify all forms of evil..." 75 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:20,125 "...critics made me out to be the devil of Soviet literature." 76 00:07:21,500 --> 00:07:24,583 Zamyatin understood too much, too quickly... 77 00:07:24,750 --> 00:07:27,333 ...and made the mistake of writing it down. 78 00:07:32,542 --> 00:07:33,875 Sit down. 79 00:07:36,875 --> 00:07:38,833 Have you read it? -Of course. 80 00:07:41,458 --> 00:07:43,667 You took the time to annotate it. 81 00:07:43,833 --> 00:07:45,000 I am flattered. 82 00:07:45,167 --> 00:07:47,167 Let's not get carried away. 83 00:07:48,125 --> 00:07:51,333 But unlike the others, you understood something. 84 00:07:51,500 --> 00:07:53,458 Not much, but something. 85 00:07:55,625 --> 00:07:56,625 THANKS. 86 00:07:58,708 --> 00:08:00,792 Do you consider yourself an artist? 87 00:08:01,625 --> 00:08:04,833 Let's just say I played a supporting role. Now I'm retired. 88 00:08:05,417 --> 00:08:06,708 Don't you miss the adrenaline rush? 89 00:08:06,875 --> 00:08:10,083 There is no greater pleasure than waking up in the morning... 90 00:08:10,250 --> 00:08:11,375 ...to have his coffee... 91 00:08:11,500 --> 00:08:13,458 ...and to take his daughter to school. 92 00:08:14,250 --> 00:08:15,625 How did the others react? 93 00:08:15,792 --> 00:08:18,458 My departure? Bad, of course. 94 00:08:19,250 --> 00:08:22,833 At court, everything is forgiven: thieves, murderers, traitors. 95 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:24,667 But not the deserters. 96 00:08:24,833 --> 00:08:27,792 "Don't you want what we're willing to kill for?" 97 00:08:27,958 --> 00:08:30,000 And the Tsar? 98 00:08:30,167 --> 00:08:32,000 The Tsar is something else entirely. 99 00:08:34,792 --> 00:08:37,875 My father was afraid of that library. 100 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:40,417 It belonged to my grandfather. 101 00:08:40,875 --> 00:08:44,042 Custine, Gratian, Machiavelli... 102 00:08:44,207 --> 00:08:46,500 ...the skeptics, the disillusioned. 103 00:08:46,667 --> 00:08:48,542 Not exactly the Soviet orthodoxy. 104 00:08:48,708 --> 00:08:51,500 But to his credit, he never tried to deprive me of it. 105 00:08:51,625 --> 00:08:52,500 Your father? 106 00:08:52,667 --> 00:08:56,542 He ended up as director of the Party's Academy of Social Sciences. 107 00:08:56,708 --> 00:08:59,792 His only goal was to avoid being woken up at dawn... 108 00:08:59,958 --> 00:09:02,000 ...by the KBG knocking at his door. 109 00:09:02,500 --> 00:09:05,500 In his position, it shouldn't have worried him. 110 00:09:05,667 --> 00:09:08,375 No one was safe in the Soviet Union. 111 00:09:08,500 --> 00:09:11,167 Nobody is in Russia, period. 112 00:09:11,333 --> 00:09:12,625 Not me. 113 00:09:12,792 --> 00:09:14,250 Not even you. 114 00:09:17,208 --> 00:09:18,417 In my childhood... 115 00:09:18,542 --> 00:09:21,583 ...the most sought-after privilege was the Kremliovka... 116 00:09:21,750 --> 00:09:25,375 ...a basket of provisions reserved for apparatchiks. 117 00:09:25,500 --> 00:09:26,875 What are we eating today? 118 00:09:27,042 --> 00:09:28,708 Pirojki au saumon... 119 00:09:29,875 --> 00:09:31,417 ...lamb chops. 120 00:09:31,542 --> 00:09:34,792 Ultimately, my problem is that I had a happy childhood. 121 00:09:34,958 --> 00:09:37,417 In Russia, this is not normal. 122 00:09:37,542 --> 00:09:40,125 The entire Russian elite experienced Soviet poverty... 123 00:09:40,292 --> 00:09:43,583 ...before accessing the villas of the French Riviera. 124 00:09:43,750 --> 00:09:45,417 She still hasn't gotten over it. 125 00:09:46,250 --> 00:09:47,292 Even the Tsar: 126 00:09:47,833 --> 00:09:50,500 "Me, the kid who grew up in a kommunalka..." 127 00:09:50,625 --> 00:09:52,708 "...in the back of a filthy courtyard in Saint Petersburg..." 128 00:09:52,875 --> 00:09:55,625 "...here I am, received at Buckingham Palace!" 129 00:09:57,542 --> 00:10:00,083 Things have changed. -Not that much. 130 00:10:00,250 --> 00:10:02,208 In your home, money is essential. 131 00:10:02,375 --> 00:10:05,042 In Russia, what matters is proximity to power. 132 00:10:05,208 --> 00:10:08,792 The Soviet system was based on privilege, not cash. 133 00:10:08,958 --> 00:10:12,250 Yesterday there were none. Tomorrow, who knows? 134 00:10:12,417 --> 00:10:14,625 Might as well slam it right away. 135 00:10:15,792 --> 00:10:18,125 Do you know what a vertushka is ? 136 00:10:18,292 --> 00:10:20,083 A phone without a dial... 137 00:10:20,250 --> 00:10:23,417 ...allowing the Party bigwigs to communicate directly with you. 138 00:10:23,542 --> 00:10:25,458 Having one was a sign of success. 139 00:10:25,583 --> 00:10:27,875 Look. Here is a vertushka . 140 00:10:28,042 --> 00:10:30,167 Grey, like everything Soviet. 141 00:10:30,333 --> 00:10:33,000 If you find Moscow grey, try Washington. 142 00:10:33,167 --> 00:10:35,542 Over there, they are not grey, they are dead. 143 00:10:35,708 --> 00:10:39,208 In any case, I am banned from entering the USA and Europe. 144 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:42,500 Is your father still alive? -No. 145 00:10:42,667 --> 00:10:45,333 In his world, he could have survived for a long time. 146 00:10:45,500 --> 00:10:48,792 But Gorbachev arrived with his glass of milk. 147 00:10:48,958 --> 00:10:50,500 His glass of milk? 148 00:10:51,292 --> 00:10:54,542 You don't need to listen to Gorbachev to know that he would destroy the USSR. 149 00:10:54,708 --> 00:10:56,500 All you had to do was look at him. 150 00:10:56,625 --> 00:10:59,833 He would go up to the podium and they would bring him a glass of milk. 151 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:02,667 Then he doubled the price of vodka... 152 00:11:02,833 --> 00:11:05,458 ...and tried to get everyone on milk. 153 00:11:05,583 --> 00:11:06,708 In Russia! 154 00:11:06,875 --> 00:11:08,375 Do you realize? 155 00:11:09,833 --> 00:11:12,792 No wonder everything went haywire. 156 00:11:14,083 --> 00:11:17,208 That was the end of communism and of my father. 157 00:11:17,375 --> 00:11:19,083 He lost everything. 158 00:11:19,250 --> 00:11:22,208 His job, his privileges, his reputation. 159 00:11:22,375 --> 00:11:24,583 And you? What were you doing at the time? 160 00:11:25,125 --> 00:11:27,833 My father wanted me to be a diplomat. 161 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:31,125 But I didn't want to study. I did odd jobs. 162 00:11:31,292 --> 00:11:34,833 I was reselling TVs and cassette players. 163 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:36,833 It worked well. 164 00:11:37,750 --> 00:11:41,708 I started earning more than my father, much more. 165 00:11:42,292 --> 00:11:44,125 I was an ignorant kid. 166 00:11:44,292 --> 00:11:47,375 That's why I was better adapted to the new world. 167 00:11:48,250 --> 00:11:50,250 THE NEW RUSSIANS 168 00:11:50,417 --> 00:11:52,167 In the early 1990s... 169 00:11:52,333 --> 00:11:54,000 ...Moscow was an electric city. 170 00:11:54,167 --> 00:11:57,875 There were a few brief years full of hope. 171 00:11:58,042 --> 00:12:00,292 Forbidden books were being released every week. 172 00:12:00,458 --> 00:12:03,500 Soljenitsyne, Pasternak, Boulgakov... 173 00:12:03,625 --> 00:12:06,542 ...Art and literature magazines were selling in the millions. 174 00:12:06,708 --> 00:12:09,458 The Russians' appetite for freedom was insatiable. 175 00:12:12,417 --> 00:12:16,292 I enrolled at the Moscow Academy of Dramatic Art... 176 00:12:16,458 --> 00:12:19,625 ...and I immersed myself in the dissolute life of theatre people. 177 00:12:28,458 --> 00:12:31,708 We were twenty years old and a whole new world was opening up to us... 178 00:12:31,875 --> 00:12:35,042 ...just when we had the strength to conquer it. 179 00:12:56,042 --> 00:12:57,208 Open the door! 180 00:12:57,375 --> 00:12:58,958 Open the door, you bitch... 181 00:12:59,125 --> 00:13:00,375 ...or I'll blow you up! 182 00:13:04,500 --> 00:13:08,292 We were too excited to sleep more than three or four hours a night. 183 00:13:08,458 --> 00:13:10,958 We were convinced that our turn had come... 184 00:13:11,125 --> 00:13:13,792 ...to rebuild society on new foundations. 185 00:13:44,875 --> 00:13:46,833 We could see pieces that had come from Europe... 186 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:50,167 ...discussing until dawn with the actors and directors. 187 00:13:50,333 --> 00:13:53,250 Do you really think that freedom will change everything...? 188 00:13:53,417 --> 00:13:56,292 ...that you will live in a world of culture and poetry? 189 00:13:56,458 --> 00:13:58,417 Our generation rejected the system. 190 00:13:58,542 --> 00:14:01,750 Our parents bowed their heads, but we didn't. 191 00:14:01,917 --> 00:14:03,417 At the risk of displeasing you... 192 00:14:03,542 --> 00:14:06,500 ...communism was the reign of culture and poetry. 193 00:14:06,667 --> 00:14:08,583 How can you say that? 194 00:14:08,750 --> 00:14:10,417 Under communism, being a failure... 195 00:14:10,542 --> 00:14:13,250 ...was the only way to remain dignified. 196 00:14:13,417 --> 00:14:14,917 At least we weren't making any deals. 197 00:15:16,750 --> 00:15:17,750 Get lost! 198 00:15:21,375 --> 00:15:22,583 Kiss my ass ! 199 00:15:31,875 --> 00:15:32,875 Perfect. 200 00:15:35,500 --> 00:15:36,625 You impressed me. 201 00:15:38,792 --> 00:15:39,833 Oh yes ? 202 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:43,250 I wanted to tell you this because it rarely happens to me. 203 00:15:45,583 --> 00:15:46,833 That's interesting. 204 00:15:47,667 --> 00:15:49,208 You are not just anyone. 205 00:15:49,792 --> 00:15:52,500 What impressed you? -You. 206 00:15:52,625 --> 00:15:54,167 Your performance. 207 00:15:54,333 --> 00:15:55,500 What a performance! 208 00:15:55,625 --> 00:15:57,167 You didn't just sing? 209 00:15:57,333 --> 00:15:59,000 You call that singing? 210 00:15:59,167 --> 00:16:00,542 What do you call that? 211 00:16:00,708 --> 00:16:02,583 Trendy nonsense. 212 00:16:03,208 --> 00:16:04,625 I did it to be helpful. 213 00:16:05,208 --> 00:16:06,292 To whom? 214 00:16:07,292 --> 00:16:10,125 To the KGB agents who are watching us. 215 00:16:10,750 --> 00:16:14,500 I'm delighted to give them something to spice up their relationships. 216 00:16:15,583 --> 00:16:17,458 That's a shame. You have talent. 217 00:16:17,583 --> 00:16:21,167 To do what New Yorkers were doing 15 years ago? 218 00:16:21,833 --> 00:16:23,208 You are a true Soviet. 219 00:16:23,375 --> 00:16:26,833 You think the world is waiting for you. 220 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:29,000 And you're not a real Soviet? 221 00:16:29,792 --> 00:16:32,708 My parents were poor fools. 222 00:16:32,875 --> 00:16:34,833 Hippies. 223 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:37,708 They shuttled me from community to community. 224 00:16:37,875 --> 00:16:41,792 Today they are old, sick, and have lost faith in their values. 225 00:16:42,333 --> 00:16:45,500 One thing is for sure, I will not end up like them. 226 00:16:45,625 --> 00:16:46,875 I have a role for you. 227 00:16:47,042 --> 00:16:49,708 Will you deign to take me seriously? 228 00:16:49,875 --> 00:16:50,833 A role. 229 00:16:55,083 --> 00:16:57,500 Like the ones offered to actresses? 230 00:16:57,625 --> 00:16:58,958 Like the ones offered to actresses. 231 00:16:59,125 --> 00:17:00,667 Alas... 232 00:17:00,833 --> 00:17:04,583 ...I am not an actress and I have no desire to be one. 233 00:17:04,750 --> 00:17:08,125 I would even say that I've always done everything... 234 00:17:08,291 --> 00:17:09,791 ...so as not to be. 235 00:17:09,958 --> 00:17:12,625 Are you familiar with Yevgeny Zamyatin? 236 00:17:12,791 --> 00:17:17,250 An icon of the most conventional avant-gardes. 237 00:17:17,833 --> 00:17:19,333 That's not my thing. 238 00:17:19,500 --> 00:17:21,291 With all due respect, you are wrong. 239 00:17:21,458 --> 00:17:25,291 I will be staging his novel Nous at the Institute of Dramatic Art. 240 00:17:25,458 --> 00:17:29,250 You're taking risks. You're starting to interest me. 241 00:17:30,208 --> 00:17:32,125 Do you have a car? -Yes. 242 00:17:33,917 --> 00:17:35,208 Walk me back. 243 00:17:35,375 --> 00:17:37,375 I'm fed up with this evening. 244 00:17:38,500 --> 00:17:39,625 In a hurry? 245 00:17:40,792 --> 00:17:42,833 Am I going too fast for you? 246 00:17:45,917 --> 00:17:49,292 I don't know how I establish contact with the planet Ksenia... 247 00:17:49,458 --> 00:17:52,833 ...but I knew at once that, even if I were to live a thousand years... 248 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:55,333 ...I would never meet anyone like her. 249 00:17:55,500 --> 00:17:58,458 Everyone in starting position. 250 00:17:58,583 --> 00:18:01,333 Scissors, D-503, in position. 251 00:18:01,500 --> 00:18:02,792 What scene are we filming? 252 00:18:02,958 --> 00:18:05,417 Always the same, Yuri. The mirror scene. 253 00:18:05,542 --> 00:18:07,542 Am I sitting or lying down? 254 00:18:07,708 --> 00:18:11,458 You are lying down, and when you feel the light of the Integral, you sit up. 255 00:18:12,042 --> 00:18:14,667 Above all, be repetitive. 256 00:18:14,833 --> 00:18:16,625 It was excellent, thank you. 257 00:18:16,792 --> 00:18:20,125 The dinner was too casual. Be more methodical. 258 00:18:20,292 --> 00:18:22,667 Is the Complete Collection ready? - Ready! 259 00:18:23,583 --> 00:18:25,042 Continue your actions... 260 00:18:25,208 --> 00:18:27,792 ...and when you feel the light of the Complete... 261 00:18:27,958 --> 00:18:30,875 ...you all get up and walk towards the windows. 262 00:18:31,042 --> 00:18:33,208 Milana, ready? 263 00:18:33,375 --> 00:18:34,333 Yes ! 264 00:18:41,458 --> 00:18:43,375 A nasty case! 265 00:18:43,500 --> 00:18:45,500 Clearly, you have developed a soul. 266 00:18:45,667 --> 00:18:47,833 Is it very serious, doctor? 267 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:49,292 Incurable. 268 00:18:49,458 --> 00:18:52,833 But what exactly is this about? I don't understand. 269 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:54,792 How can this be explained? 270 00:18:54,958 --> 00:18:56,375 Take a surface. 271 00:18:56,500 --> 00:18:58,250 Here, this mirror. 272 00:18:58,417 --> 00:19:01,292 You know that an ordinary mirror reflects reality. 273 00:19:01,458 --> 00:19:03,458 He absorbs it... 274 00:19:03,583 --> 00:19:06,167 ...and keeps track of everything. 275 00:19:13,750 --> 00:19:15,292 My brothers! 276 00:19:15,458 --> 00:19:16,583 You all know it... 277 00:19:16,750 --> 00:19:20,500 ...over there in the city, they are building a spaceship: the Integral. 278 00:19:26,500 --> 00:19:29,333 Down with the Complete Collection! Down with it! 279 00:19:30,583 --> 00:19:31,750 My brothers. 280 00:19:32,625 --> 00:19:35,792 The Complete Collection must belong to us. 281 00:19:37,417 --> 00:19:39,458 And it will belong to us. 282 00:19:40,750 --> 00:19:44,125 When she ascends to heaven for the first time... 283 00:19:44,292 --> 00:19:47,375 ...we'll be the ones on board. 284 00:19:49,125 --> 00:19:53,167 Because we have the Builder of the Integral with us. 285 00:19:54,417 --> 00:19:57,375 He left the city, he came here with me... 286 00:19:58,625 --> 00:20:00,083 ...to be among you. 287 00:20:00,250 --> 00:20:02,292 Long live the Manufacturer! 288 00:20:21,333 --> 00:20:23,500 His ambitions may have been vague... 289 00:20:24,125 --> 00:20:28,125 ...but the avant-garde Moscow theatre was unlikely to satisfy them. 290 00:20:28,292 --> 00:20:30,708 I know. I lived through those years in Moscow. 291 00:20:30,875 --> 00:20:32,292 There were no limits. 292 00:20:32,458 --> 00:20:36,125 Everything was collapsing and rebuilding itself at the same time. 293 00:20:36,792 --> 00:20:39,750 It was fascinating and frightening at the same time. 294 00:20:39,917 --> 00:20:42,042 Ksenia and I lived in a bubble... 295 00:20:42,208 --> 00:20:45,125 ...when life around was overflowing with possibilities. 296 00:20:45,292 --> 00:20:48,500 Every day, a former classmate would come to see me with an idea... 297 00:20:48,667 --> 00:20:50,250 ...a matter to be developed. 298 00:20:50,417 --> 00:20:53,125 First on his grandfather's bicycle... 299 00:20:53,292 --> 00:20:56,500 ...then in an armored Bentley, surrounded by bodyguards. 300 00:20:57,375 --> 00:20:59,583 That's more or less what happened with Dmitry. 301 00:20:59,750 --> 00:21:01,583 Sidorov ? -Sidorov, oui. 302 00:21:01,750 --> 00:21:03,292 Dmitry Sidorov. 303 00:21:04,292 --> 00:21:05,667 I knew him from high school. 304 00:21:05,833 --> 00:21:08,792 He was now leading the Young Communists at the university. 305 00:21:08,958 --> 00:21:10,958 Don't picture an apparatchik. 306 00:21:11,125 --> 00:21:12,375 In the late 1980s... 307 00:21:12,500 --> 00:21:15,875 ...the student cooperative was the incubator of Russian capitalism. 308 00:21:16,917 --> 00:21:19,000 I loved it when he told me about his adventures. 309 00:21:19,167 --> 00:21:22,417 I wanted to write a play about entrepreneurs like him. 310 00:21:22,542 --> 00:21:23,750 Have you seen Dmitry? 311 00:21:23,917 --> 00:21:26,417 Five minutes ago. Try the bar. 312 00:21:26,542 --> 00:21:29,833 A new social class, which appeared out of nowhere. 313 00:21:30,417 --> 00:21:32,167 That was quite surprising. 314 00:21:32,875 --> 00:21:34,167 Bitch ! 315 00:21:35,708 --> 00:21:37,083 Glad to see you. 316 00:21:37,250 --> 00:21:38,875 This cafe was my first business... 317 00:21:39,042 --> 00:21:41,750 ...but it helped me launch more lucrative businesses. 318 00:21:41,917 --> 00:21:43,417 Not all of them are legal. 319 00:21:43,542 --> 00:21:46,542 There's no more legality, forget it. Let me tell you. 320 00:21:46,708 --> 00:21:49,167 Stop writing. Listen. I'm your mom. 321 00:21:49,333 --> 00:21:52,500 Once upon a time... I acquired a stock of cognac. 322 00:21:52,625 --> 00:21:55,167 Fake cognac. -Fake, real, who cares. 323 00:21:55,333 --> 00:21:58,042 I'm selling it for $50 a bottle. 324 00:21:58,208 --> 00:21:59,417 Do you hear? 325 00:22:01,417 --> 00:22:03,333 Nothing. Nobody wants it. 326 00:22:03,500 --> 00:22:06,000 I put them at $500, people fight to buy them. 327 00:22:07,083 --> 00:22:08,958 You didn't stop at the cognac. 328 00:22:09,125 --> 00:22:11,208 Computers, faded jeans, souvenirs, software... 329 00:22:11,375 --> 00:22:13,292 ...thanks to the student cooperative. 330 00:22:13,458 --> 00:22:16,667 A few minor scams. I find it hard to believe you. 331 00:22:16,833 --> 00:22:18,250 You can't fool them! 332 00:22:18,417 --> 00:22:21,042 These are anecdotes to amuse your audience. 333 00:22:21,208 --> 00:22:22,458 It's a room. 334 00:22:23,042 --> 00:22:24,292 I've come up with a scheme... 335 00:22:24,458 --> 00:22:27,000 ...to facilitate payments between state-owned enterprises. 336 00:22:27,167 --> 00:22:29,500 I borrow money, I lend money to others. 337 00:22:29,667 --> 00:22:32,375 Actually, it's what we call a bank, but... 338 00:22:33,333 --> 00:22:36,167 ...in this country, who knows what a bank is? 339 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:40,875 Stupid questions! 340 00:22:45,917 --> 00:22:49,292 Indeed, I created the first commercial bank in Russia. 341 00:22:49,458 --> 00:22:51,208 How? I had found a book. 342 00:22:51,375 --> 00:22:54,958 Commercial banks in capitalist countries. 343 00:22:55,125 --> 00:22:56,417 A remarkable work. 344 00:22:56,542 --> 00:23:00,125 He described the workings of the banking system simply and in detail. 345 00:23:00,292 --> 00:23:02,333 I thought to myself: not bad! 346 00:23:05,042 --> 00:23:07,250 Would you say you are greedy? 347 00:23:07,417 --> 00:23:08,583 Absolutely, yes. 348 00:23:08,750 --> 00:23:11,417 I wasn't, but I am becoming more and more so. 349 00:23:11,542 --> 00:23:14,375 It's an advantage in my field. I have the personality of a banker. 350 00:23:14,500 --> 00:23:15,875 I like money. 351 00:23:18,375 --> 00:23:20,500 Nice suit. -Nice shirt. 352 00:23:23,083 --> 00:23:24,292 You have good reading material! 353 00:23:24,458 --> 00:23:27,208 They're running late. You still had your mustache. 354 00:23:27,375 --> 00:23:30,667 Journalists are always a step behind. You already know that. 355 00:23:30,833 --> 00:23:32,083 What a hick mustache. 356 00:23:32,250 --> 00:23:33,667 You did the right thing by shaving it. 357 00:23:33,833 --> 00:23:35,708 Is your piece progressing? 358 00:23:35,875 --> 00:23:38,000 My coin on you? -Yes. 359 00:23:38,167 --> 00:23:40,208 I won't write it. -Why? 360 00:23:40,375 --> 00:23:42,875 It's over. You can't tell me the truth anymore. 361 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:46,250 You're right. 362 00:23:47,417 --> 00:23:49,583 But I was never able to tell you everything. 363 00:23:49,750 --> 00:23:52,083 Nevertheless, you told me a little more. 364 00:24:07,500 --> 00:24:10,625 So, you're the famous Dmitry? 365 00:24:10,792 --> 00:24:12,375 I don't see any other. 366 00:24:12,500 --> 00:24:15,333 Vadim says you are worth 80 million rubles a year. 367 00:24:15,500 --> 00:24:17,375 Is that true? -Maybe, I don't know. 368 00:24:17,500 --> 00:24:19,208 He also says you're a thug. 369 00:24:20,458 --> 00:24:21,583 Oh yes ? 370 00:24:21,750 --> 00:24:23,375 There's nothing wrong with that. 371 00:24:27,792 --> 00:24:29,083 Ulysse Nardin. 372 00:24:30,417 --> 00:24:32,958 A little too flashy to be elegant. 373 00:24:33,125 --> 00:24:35,833 Flashy? Says the girl with a bear on her head. 374 00:24:36,750 --> 00:24:40,458 In my world, it's better to be flashy than elegant to be respected. 375 00:24:42,167 --> 00:24:43,542 Hence that horrible tie. 376 00:24:44,125 --> 00:24:47,167 Eugenio Marinella from Naples, all right ! 377 00:24:47,333 --> 00:24:48,792 Beautiful tie. 378 00:24:48,958 --> 00:24:50,292 Never heard of it. 379 00:24:50,458 --> 00:24:52,500 Obviously. It's a tiny shop. 380 00:24:52,625 --> 00:24:54,583 He travels to make custom ties. 381 00:24:54,750 --> 00:24:56,458 Do we make custom-made ties? 382 00:24:56,583 --> 00:24:58,792 In the world I live in, yes. 383 00:24:59,333 --> 00:25:01,417 Do you like champagne? Too flashy? 384 00:25:03,250 --> 00:25:07,250 I should have known. From that encounter, my fate was sealed. 385 00:25:07,417 --> 00:25:09,375 Ksenia would choose Dmitry... 386 00:25:09,500 --> 00:25:12,042 ...his vulgarity, his energy. 387 00:25:12,208 --> 00:25:14,042 He sensed it immediately. 388 00:25:14,208 --> 00:25:15,625 Me too. 389 00:25:15,792 --> 00:25:18,500 But for a long time I refused to believe it. 390 00:25:23,042 --> 00:25:24,292 Yes ? 391 00:25:24,458 --> 00:25:25,917 I'm coming, I'm coming. 392 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:29,250 Am I at a bad time? 393 00:25:29,417 --> 00:25:31,000 I wanted to surprise you. 394 00:25:31,667 --> 00:25:32,667 Let's hurry! 395 00:25:32,833 --> 00:25:33,750 Are you hungry? 396 00:25:33,917 --> 00:25:36,458 Glitz galore! 397 00:25:36,583 --> 00:25:37,625 Caviar ! 398 00:25:40,750 --> 00:25:42,083 Since that moment... 399 00:25:42,250 --> 00:25:45,417 ...Dmitry started spending a lot of time with us. 400 00:25:45,542 --> 00:25:48,958 And here I was thinking it was out of deference to art... 401 00:25:49,125 --> 00:25:52,292 ...to which Ksenia and I had decided to dedicate our lives. 402 00:25:52,833 --> 00:25:56,458 As if culture still had any hold on the real world. 403 00:25:56,583 --> 00:25:57,875 I like that sound. 404 00:26:02,417 --> 00:26:06,208 The flamboyant world of money was Dmitry's natural habitat. 405 00:26:06,375 --> 00:26:08,458 Nothing could have deterred him. 406 00:26:10,208 --> 00:26:13,667 But he wanted Ksenia, so he agreed to stay with us... 407 00:26:13,833 --> 00:26:16,375 ...in the ruins of the city of the dead. 408 00:26:18,458 --> 00:26:20,042 As the months went by... 409 00:26:20,208 --> 00:26:23,917 ...Ksenia became increasingly grateful for his generosity. 410 00:26:24,917 --> 00:26:27,542 Everything that had marked the beginning of our relationship... 411 00:26:27,708 --> 00:26:31,167 ...readings, concerts, discussions until dawn... 412 00:26:31,667 --> 00:26:35,208 ...had given way to activities more focused on money. 413 00:26:35,375 --> 00:26:37,583 Gallery and nightclub openings... 414 00:26:37,750 --> 00:26:40,375 ...dinners at the White Sun or the Ermitazh. 415 00:26:40,500 --> 00:26:43,875 Ksenia was becoming more and more intoxicated by Dmitry's lifestyle every day. 416 00:26:44,042 --> 00:26:45,875 Vadia danse! 417 00:27:01,625 --> 00:27:03,333 Vadia! Smile! 418 00:27:03,833 --> 00:27:05,000 I'm smiling! 419 00:27:05,167 --> 00:27:08,042 Communism is dead. There is a whole new world to invent. 420 00:27:08,208 --> 00:27:10,042 You will be part of it. 421 00:27:19,042 --> 00:27:22,375 Vadia doesn't like going out. 422 00:27:22,500 --> 00:27:25,167 All he loves is going home. 423 00:27:45,292 --> 00:27:48,792 I remember waking up one night and looking at her for a long time. 424 00:27:49,583 --> 00:27:53,125 I felt so tired, yet I hadn't done anything yet. 425 00:27:53,292 --> 00:27:57,500 I had nurtured the illusion that Ksenia would perceive my greatness. 426 00:27:57,625 --> 00:27:59,375 But, day after day... 427 00:27:59,500 --> 00:28:02,458 ...I noticed that the way she saw me was changing. 428 00:28:02,583 --> 00:28:06,583 What had taken the form of irony was turning into contempt. 429 00:28:06,750 --> 00:28:09,792 "You are stronger than me because you don't love me...." 430 00:28:09,958 --> 00:28:11,458 I wanted to tell him. 431 00:28:12,583 --> 00:28:15,375 My suffering only increased his boredom. 432 00:28:21,417 --> 00:28:22,958 Stop. 433 00:28:23,125 --> 00:28:24,500 Stop! 434 00:28:25,750 --> 00:28:27,292 Stop, you fucking whore! 435 00:28:38,542 --> 00:28:40,167 Do you want some water? 436 00:28:56,708 --> 00:29:00,000 Dmitry, for the tenth time, you're driving too aggressively. 437 00:29:00,167 --> 00:29:01,125 There's nothing I can do about it. 438 00:29:01,292 --> 00:29:03,458 Let Vadim drive or I'll hitchhike home. 439 00:29:05,333 --> 00:29:07,750 Do you want to sit in the back? 440 00:29:07,917 --> 00:29:11,458 You're cute, but I'm even sicker in the back. 441 00:29:57,667 --> 00:30:00,083 I forgot to tell you something. 442 00:30:00,250 --> 00:30:01,417 I'm listening. 443 00:30:02,917 --> 00:30:03,875 I'm leaving. 444 00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:10,833 Is that all it does for you? 445 00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:13,875 You saw me with Dmitry. You think I missed that? 446 00:30:17,292 --> 00:30:19,875 Between us, it's been over for a long time. 447 00:30:30,917 --> 00:30:32,000 Approach. 448 00:30:32,500 --> 00:30:34,542 You don't bother me. 449 00:30:34,708 --> 00:30:36,167 I was afraid of waking you up. 450 00:30:36,333 --> 00:30:37,500 Sit down. 451 00:30:40,042 --> 00:30:43,792 I finally have an excuse to stay in bed all day. 452 00:30:43,958 --> 00:30:47,292 I reread the classics and doze off. That suits me. 453 00:30:47,458 --> 00:30:49,125 There is the illness. 454 00:30:49,292 --> 00:30:50,667 This might seem paradoxical to you... 455 00:30:50,833 --> 00:30:53,875 ...but the illness is not necessarily a serious matter. 456 00:30:54,042 --> 00:30:55,833 The serious stuff... 457 00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:57,583 ...like effort, work... 458 00:30:57,750 --> 00:31:00,500 ...are the burden of healthy people. 459 00:31:00,625 --> 00:31:02,542 The dying have nothing left to do. 460 00:31:02,708 --> 00:31:05,208 They can enjoy their days. 461 00:31:19,500 --> 00:31:21,625 I left Ksenia. 462 00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:24,292 I know. 463 00:31:25,500 --> 00:31:28,167 You will have the opportunity to rebuild your life. 464 00:31:29,458 --> 00:31:32,500 I expected to suffer a lot, but... 465 00:31:33,208 --> 00:31:35,167 ...I feel light. And strong. 466 00:31:36,083 --> 00:31:37,083 You see. 467 00:31:37,250 --> 00:31:40,125 The theatre is no longer enough for me. 468 00:31:41,167 --> 00:31:44,167 Losing Ksenia made me ambitious. 469 00:31:44,333 --> 00:31:45,625 Are you ambitious now? 470 00:31:46,708 --> 00:31:48,333 That's unexpected. 471 00:31:49,042 --> 00:31:51,250 But I take it as good news. 472 00:31:51,417 --> 00:31:54,625 I can no longer tolerate the writer's powerlessness in the face of reality. 473 00:31:54,792 --> 00:31:57,333 I want to be an actor of my time... 474 00:31:57,500 --> 00:31:59,375 ...not a mere witness. 475 00:31:59,500 --> 00:32:00,708 You know what? 476 00:32:02,292 --> 00:32:04,500 I'll leave you your era. 477 00:32:04,625 --> 00:32:05,625 And without regrets. 478 00:32:10,458 --> 00:32:11,750 It's Sputnik. 479 00:32:11,917 --> 00:32:13,958 The only one who has the right to enter here. 480 00:32:14,125 --> 00:32:16,333 Come here, say hello. 481 00:32:16,500 --> 00:32:18,250 My daughter loves it. 482 00:32:19,125 --> 00:32:22,708 Finally, my father had a stroke and died very quickly. 483 00:32:23,500 --> 00:32:27,250 The ceremony didn't exactly make headlines. 484 00:32:28,333 --> 00:32:31,500 Four yokels were following the hearse in a battered car... 485 00:32:31,667 --> 00:32:34,958 ...overtaken at breakneck speed by the SUVs of the nouveau riche. 486 00:32:35,125 --> 00:32:36,542 He died too late. 487 00:32:37,083 --> 00:32:39,583 He would probably have preferred a proper funeral. 488 00:32:39,750 --> 00:32:41,708 But in the end, he didn't care. 489 00:32:41,875 --> 00:32:44,208 Finally, I hope so. 490 00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:54,125 I needed to clear my head... 491 00:32:54,292 --> 00:32:58,125 ...and Moscow in the mid-90s was the ideal place. 492 00:32:58,292 --> 00:33:00,292 Imagine all these young people... 493 00:33:00,458 --> 00:33:04,333 ...who suddenly saw the paths of the world open up before them. 494 00:33:04,500 --> 00:33:06,250 They could become whatever they wanted... 495 00:33:06,417 --> 00:33:08,875 ...to make a fortune, to travel the world. 496 00:33:09,042 --> 00:33:11,583 It was enough to drive you mad. 497 00:33:11,750 --> 00:33:13,792 The level of violence was unbelievable. 498 00:33:13,958 --> 00:33:17,417 They were shooting from all sides and for the most trivial reasons. 499 00:33:17,542 --> 00:33:20,458 Private militias were escorting insignificant men... 500 00:33:20,583 --> 00:33:23,042 ...until the day they jumped in the air. 501 00:33:27,167 --> 00:33:30,500 Converting my theatre experience into a career as a TV producer... 502 00:33:30,667 --> 00:33:34,333 ...was like going from a horse-drawn cart to a Lamborghini. 503 00:33:34,500 --> 00:33:36,292 A day... 504 00:33:36,458 --> 00:33:39,375 ...I was discussing Mayakovsky while drinking tea. 505 00:33:39,500 --> 00:33:41,167 The next day, I was sipping a latte... 506 00:33:41,333 --> 00:33:44,417 ...in an open-plan office designed by Dutch architects. 507 00:33:45,083 --> 00:33:48,292 Forget the First Channel, forget state television. 508 00:33:48,458 --> 00:33:50,333 RTP is a private company. 509 00:33:50,500 --> 00:33:52,625 We're going to play games and do politics. 510 00:33:52,792 --> 00:33:53,833 But in a different way. 511 00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:58,042 The Soviets tried to suffocate the country under a pall of boredom. 512 00:33:58,208 --> 00:34:01,042 First rule: don't be boring. 513 00:34:02,458 --> 00:34:05,792 There is one project that stands out from the rest. This one. 514 00:34:06,375 --> 00:34:07,917 Do you know why? 515 00:34:09,417 --> 00:34:12,583 Because it contains all the Russian stereotypes... 516 00:34:12,750 --> 00:34:13,917 ...without exception. 517 00:34:15,000 --> 00:34:16,542 The provincial babushka ... 518 00:34:16,708 --> 00:34:18,167 ...the nihilistic student... 519 00:34:18,333 --> 00:34:19,375 ...the ambitious little whore. 520 00:34:19,500 --> 00:34:21,750 I read it. It's rubbish. 521 00:34:23,375 --> 00:34:26,167 I've read them all, they're all rubbish. -Especially that one. 522 00:34:26,333 --> 00:34:28,750 Except that it will work. 523 00:34:28,917 --> 00:34:31,000 We don't just produce shows. 524 00:34:31,167 --> 00:34:34,000 All other institutions have collapsed. 525 00:34:34,167 --> 00:34:36,583 It's up to television to show the way. 526 00:34:36,750 --> 00:34:38,875 A reality show about schools... 527 00:34:39,042 --> 00:34:42,833 ...where young girls are taught how to attract nouveau riche men? 528 00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:44,958 Not bad. Does it really exist? 529 00:34:45,125 --> 00:34:48,458 It definitely exists. And it works like a charm. 530 00:34:51,333 --> 00:34:53,875 My dream is to be an international superstar. 531 00:34:56,792 --> 00:35:00,583 My dream is to buy my mother the most beautiful house in Krasnoyarsk. 532 00:35:04,750 --> 00:35:07,167 My dream is to be the trophy wife... 533 00:35:07,333 --> 00:35:10,208 ...of Russia's richest oligarch... 534 00:35:10,375 --> 00:35:13,208 ...and to live in Monte Carlo. 535 00:35:13,375 --> 00:35:15,042 She's doing a great job. 536 00:35:15,208 --> 00:35:17,500 Seriously, she's great. 537 00:35:17,667 --> 00:35:19,500 This is an excellent project... 538 00:35:19,667 --> 00:35:22,250 ...and this girl definitely belongs there. 539 00:35:25,625 --> 00:35:27,792 At that time, the RTP channel... 540 00:35:27,958 --> 00:35:31,875 ...belonged to a mathematician turned billionaire, Boris Berezovsky. 541 00:35:32,042 --> 00:35:35,833 He had bought an old palace on Novokuznetskaïa. 542 00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:38,333 This should have been the headquarters of his company... 543 00:35:38,500 --> 00:35:42,542 ...but Berezovsky made something much more special out of it. 544 00:35:42,708 --> 00:35:45,750 A kind of club, the LogoVaz club. 545 00:35:49,500 --> 00:35:51,208 It was a very exclusive club. 546 00:35:51,375 --> 00:35:55,625 The cream of the crop in politics, business, entertainment, and crime. 547 00:35:55,792 --> 00:35:56,750 Imagine the scene. 548 00:35:56,917 --> 00:35:59,083 We are in the Caucasus, in Chechnya. 549 00:35:59,792 --> 00:36:01,500 I have before me a warlord... 550 00:36:01,667 --> 00:36:04,333 ...who took Russian officers hostage. 551 00:36:04,500 --> 00:36:05,750 This is no laughing matter. 552 00:36:06,583 --> 00:36:08,917 He has already beheaded one of them. 553 00:36:09,500 --> 00:36:12,583 But this isn't about politics. He wants money. 554 00:36:12,750 --> 00:36:14,625 Right away. I don't have any cash on me. 555 00:36:14,792 --> 00:36:16,833 I don't walk around with wads of cash. 556 00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:18,875 But I see him eyeing my watch. 557 00:36:19,042 --> 00:36:21,833 A Patek Philippe Nautilus like this one. 558 00:36:22,750 --> 00:36:24,208 So I said to him: 559 00:36:24,375 --> 00:36:26,042 "Do you like my watch?" 560 00:36:26,208 --> 00:36:29,167 "Do you know what she's worth? More than your hostages." 561 00:36:29,333 --> 00:36:33,417 He told me, "I know exactly what it's worth. $800,000 used." 562 00:36:33,542 --> 00:36:36,125 That amazed me. He knew the exact price. 563 00:36:36,292 --> 00:36:38,083 Roustam was far from being stupid. 564 00:36:38,250 --> 00:36:39,500 He told me: 565 00:36:39,625 --> 00:36:41,833 "If you bring back the hostages..." 566 00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:44,875 "...the ad you'll get on TV will be worth more than $800,000." 567 00:36:45,042 --> 00:36:48,875 The soldier's fixed gaze. Zero bullshit. 568 00:36:50,125 --> 00:36:52,667 "You'll benefit. Shall we do business?" 569 00:36:54,208 --> 00:36:56,375 I give him my watch, I bring back the hostages. 570 00:36:56,500 --> 00:36:58,833 It was the lead story on all the news broadcasts. 571 00:37:00,667 --> 00:37:04,000 At that time, my modest exploits as a TV producer... 572 00:37:04,167 --> 00:37:07,875 ...sometimes earned me an invitation to the LogoVaz club. 573 00:37:08,042 --> 00:37:11,250 Generally, Berezovsky would summon me to discuss a project... 574 00:37:11,417 --> 00:37:14,375 ...or to recommend a distant cousin... 575 00:37:14,500 --> 00:37:17,000 ...or a no less vague mistress. 576 00:37:18,500 --> 00:37:19,500 Between. 577 00:37:21,667 --> 00:37:23,458 Bitch! -Boris. 578 00:37:25,625 --> 00:37:28,583 Our friend Vadia is a magician. 579 00:37:29,208 --> 00:37:30,500 Thanks to him... 580 00:37:31,167 --> 00:37:33,208 ...we crush the competition. 581 00:37:34,583 --> 00:37:36,208 Do you want to leave it at that? 582 00:37:37,167 --> 00:37:38,625 Not sure I understand. 583 00:37:38,792 --> 00:37:43,125 In this country, you run the same risks whether you're involved or not. 584 00:37:43,583 --> 00:37:45,167 Let me tell you my story... 585 00:37:45,333 --> 00:37:46,625 ...you'll understand. 586 00:37:47,250 --> 00:37:50,042 I was peacefully in my corner. 587 00:37:50,208 --> 00:37:53,625 I had built a small, modern, and clean business. 588 00:37:53,792 --> 00:37:56,333 To my knowledge, your business wasn't that clean. 589 00:37:56,500 --> 00:37:59,792 You were recycling stolen cars straight from the factory. 590 00:38:02,458 --> 00:38:05,208 I was doing what everyone else was doing. -Only worse. 591 00:38:05,375 --> 00:38:07,625 You weren't very discerning about your associates. 592 00:38:07,792 --> 00:38:09,708 Excuse me. -Anyway. 593 00:38:10,875 --> 00:38:15,417 One day, a bastard shows up and wants to steal the business from me. 594 00:38:15,542 --> 00:38:18,417 What's he doing? He's opening a competitor's business... 595 00:38:18,542 --> 00:38:21,042 ...to compete in the market like in the USA or Europe? 596 00:38:21,208 --> 00:38:23,000 No, that's not what he did. 597 00:38:23,167 --> 00:38:27,500 That son of a bitch loads an old Opel with TNT... 598 00:38:27,625 --> 00:38:29,167 ...and the train station on my way. 599 00:38:29,333 --> 00:38:32,417 When I walk by, he presses the remote control and boom. 600 00:38:33,333 --> 00:38:34,917 Plus de Berezovsky. 601 00:38:36,042 --> 00:38:37,500 Finally, that was the plan. 602 00:38:37,667 --> 00:38:40,250 Unfortunately for him, it didn't work. 603 00:38:41,375 --> 00:38:44,917 I found myself with my driver's head in my arms. 604 00:38:45,833 --> 00:38:47,250 I survived. 605 00:38:48,250 --> 00:38:51,417 But that day, I understood that if you don't take care of power... 606 00:38:51,542 --> 00:38:52,667 ...the power takes care of you. 607 00:38:53,250 --> 00:38:55,875 I went to Switzerland for 15 days to receive medical treatment. 608 00:38:56,042 --> 00:38:58,542 And you know what I did when I got back to Moscow? 609 00:38:59,458 --> 00:39:01,167 You learned to play tennis. 610 00:39:01,333 --> 00:39:03,833 Not without difficulty. I hate this sport. 611 00:39:04,458 --> 00:39:06,250 You hate all sports. 612 00:39:08,500 --> 00:39:11,667 The old President, Boris Yeltsin, was on the decline. 613 00:39:12,500 --> 00:39:15,083 Vodka abuse, they said. 614 00:39:15,250 --> 00:39:19,333 He had a sports club built for himself on Sparrow Hill. 615 00:39:19,917 --> 00:39:23,375 He spent his time playing tennis. 616 00:39:23,500 --> 00:39:25,792 It was the only way to approach him. 617 00:39:28,083 --> 00:39:29,958 Let's be clear, Boris was finished. 618 00:39:30,125 --> 00:39:32,375 The elections are coming soon, and his poll numbers are at their lowest... 619 00:39:32,500 --> 00:39:35,958 ...His whole little court of schemers had them at zero. 620 00:39:36,125 --> 00:39:39,000 They quickly realized that I was their only hope. 621 00:39:39,167 --> 00:39:40,292 All was not lost. 622 00:39:50,500 --> 00:39:51,958 Listen to me... 623 00:39:52,125 --> 00:39:53,500 ...Boris Nikolaïevitch. 624 00:39:54,125 --> 00:39:57,875 Russia still needs you. Your courage and your... 625 00:39:58,042 --> 00:39:59,375 ...integrity. 626 00:39:59,917 --> 00:40:02,000 Nobody loves me anymore. 627 00:40:02,167 --> 00:40:03,750 I saved democracy... 628 00:40:03,917 --> 00:40:05,667 ...but democracy here means... 629 00:40:05,833 --> 00:40:08,542 ...that everyone became poor. 630 00:40:08,708 --> 00:40:11,667 Except for a few clever people like you... 631 00:40:11,833 --> 00:40:13,750 ...who collected the winnings. 632 00:40:16,083 --> 00:40:17,625 If you give me... 633 00:40:18,167 --> 00:40:20,125 ...control of state television... 634 00:40:21,208 --> 00:40:24,583 ...I'll put together an election campaign like no one has ever seen before. 635 00:40:24,750 --> 00:40:28,375 Right now you're in the hole. In two months, you'll be at the top. 636 00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:34,792 This is how I took control of the First Channel, RTP. 637 00:40:34,958 --> 00:40:36,292 But be careful. 638 00:40:37,042 --> 00:40:39,625 I kept my word. I resurrected him in the polls. 639 00:40:39,792 --> 00:40:41,250 You've pretty much sunk his rivals. 640 00:40:41,417 --> 00:40:44,208 Nostalgics for communism, easy to take down. 641 00:40:44,375 --> 00:40:46,542 You were defending your own interests and those of the oligarchs. 642 00:40:47,708 --> 00:40:49,125 Yes. 643 00:40:49,292 --> 00:40:51,500 That's true. So what? 644 00:40:51,625 --> 00:40:54,250 That's the democratic process. -Yes. 645 00:40:54,417 --> 00:40:57,208 According to a very vague conception of democracy. 646 00:41:05,000 --> 00:41:06,750 As the meetings progressed... 647 00:41:06,917 --> 00:41:09,250 ...the old man started to have fun. 648 00:41:09,417 --> 00:41:10,500 The only problem: 649 00:41:10,667 --> 00:41:13,208 ...two weeks before the vote, he has a heart attack. 650 00:41:13,375 --> 00:41:14,542 It was hot. 651 00:41:15,375 --> 00:41:19,417 The day he was to record his final address to the nation. 652 00:41:19,542 --> 00:41:21,125 Obviously, we cancelled everything. 653 00:41:21,292 --> 00:41:24,250 But after a few days, rumors began to circulate. 654 00:41:24,417 --> 00:41:25,708 He had to show himself. 655 00:41:25,875 --> 00:41:28,333 But the doctor refused to let him leave his house. 656 00:41:28,500 --> 00:41:32,125 Too risky. So we decided, to create the illusion... 657 00:41:32,583 --> 00:41:34,833 ...to transport the furniture from the Kremlin to his home. 658 00:41:37,417 --> 00:41:39,500 The flags, on their stands. 659 00:41:43,792 --> 00:41:45,667 The one from the Federation on the left. 660 00:41:45,833 --> 00:41:47,583 Be careful of the gap. 661 00:41:47,750 --> 00:41:49,542 The President steps down. 662 00:42:04,458 --> 00:42:06,958 Hello, Boris Nikolayevich! 663 00:42:07,125 --> 00:42:08,792 Come see what we've done. 664 00:42:08,958 --> 00:42:11,250 It's a perfect replica of your office in the Kremlin. 665 00:42:11,417 --> 00:42:13,083 No one will see the difference. 666 00:42:14,333 --> 00:42:16,000 Help him sit down. 667 00:42:50,167 --> 00:42:52,042 Dear fellow citizens... 668 00:42:53,250 --> 00:42:54,542 ...That's why... 669 00:42:56,833 --> 00:42:58,750 ...the homeland... 670 00:43:00,250 --> 00:43:01,542 Let's start again. 671 00:43:02,417 --> 00:43:05,375 Misha, can you slow down the teleprompter? 672 00:43:10,375 --> 00:43:11,625 Again. 673 00:43:12,417 --> 00:43:14,333 Dear fellow citizens... 674 00:43:15,625 --> 00:43:17,583 ...July 3rd... 675 00:43:18,750 --> 00:43:20,625 ...on election day... 676 00:43:21,833 --> 00:43:23,125 ...you don't... 677 00:43:23,292 --> 00:43:24,792 ...you won't just vote for Yeltsin... 678 00:43:24,958 --> 00:43:27,042 We're not going to make it. 679 00:43:30,667 --> 00:43:32,417 Make her lips move. 680 00:43:32,542 --> 00:43:35,833 We will show excerpts from his old speeches. 681 00:43:36,875 --> 00:43:39,292 Yeltsin was re-elected by a landslide... 682 00:43:39,458 --> 00:43:42,042 ...then he fell back into a lethargic state. 683 00:43:42,208 --> 00:43:43,667 He suffered two more heart attacks. 684 00:43:43,833 --> 00:43:45,583 During the 4 years of his second term... 685 00:43:45,750 --> 00:43:48,458 ...Berezovsky was the real boss of Russia. 686 00:43:48,583 --> 00:43:51,333 The oligarchs picked up everything they could. 687 00:43:51,500 --> 00:43:54,292 That's how my comrade Dmitry Sidorov... 688 00:43:54,458 --> 00:43:58,792 ...acquired a fossil fuel giant for just 168 million. 689 00:43:58,958 --> 00:44:02,000 It was going to bring him 3 billion a year. 690 00:44:02,500 --> 00:44:03,583 Olya! 691 00:44:05,042 --> 00:44:07,375 Berezovsky sensed the changing tide. 692 00:44:08,250 --> 00:44:11,125 The Russians were tired and needed order. 693 00:44:11,292 --> 00:44:15,292 They had grown up in a homeland and found themselves in a supermarket. 694 00:44:15,458 --> 00:44:18,750 The challenge was to find a solution before someone else did. 695 00:44:18,917 --> 00:44:20,125 So, yes. 696 00:44:21,542 --> 00:44:23,542 I have friends in the Kremlin. 697 00:44:23,708 --> 00:44:25,792 I sometimes lend a hand. 698 00:44:26,417 --> 00:44:29,083 But the scenario has completely changed. 699 00:44:29,250 --> 00:44:32,292 It is no longer a question of supporting the current regime. 700 00:44:32,458 --> 00:44:34,333 We need to invent something new. 701 00:44:34,500 --> 00:44:36,333 Something and someone. 702 00:44:36,500 --> 00:44:38,500 The President will not finish his term. 703 00:44:38,667 --> 00:44:41,583 Someone to embody it. That's easy. 704 00:44:42,583 --> 00:44:43,750 But we need... 705 00:44:43,917 --> 00:44:47,167 ...first of all, a party that unites everyone. 706 00:44:47,625 --> 00:44:49,375 The Unity Party. 707 00:44:52,542 --> 00:44:54,000 What do you think, Vadia? 708 00:44:55,250 --> 00:44:56,792 I already have an emblem. 709 00:44:57,792 --> 00:44:59,167 The bear. 710 00:44:59,333 --> 00:45:01,125 Symbol of the Russian soul. 711 00:45:04,500 --> 00:45:06,417 Do you want to be part of it? 712 00:45:06,542 --> 00:45:09,000 I don't know. I like my job. 713 00:45:09,167 --> 00:45:10,375 It's the same job. 714 00:45:12,250 --> 00:45:16,292 I'm simply suggesting you take it to the next level. 715 00:45:16,458 --> 00:45:18,125 Stop making up stories... 716 00:45:18,292 --> 00:45:20,125 ...and invent reality. 717 00:45:20,625 --> 00:45:21,583 With me. 718 00:45:27,625 --> 00:45:30,333 THE LOUBIANKA FSB Headquarters 719 00:45:33,042 --> 00:45:35,625 The head of the FSB would make a good candidate. 720 00:45:37,125 --> 00:45:38,750 The old man has confidence in himself. 721 00:45:38,917 --> 00:45:41,792 He has proven himself in decisive moments. 722 00:45:41,958 --> 00:45:44,625 He's a modest man. You'll like him. 723 00:45:53,625 --> 00:45:55,875 Mr. Putin will receive you. 724 00:46:06,333 --> 00:46:07,500 Enter. 725 00:46:10,042 --> 00:46:11,125 Sit down. 726 00:46:12,750 --> 00:46:14,042 I know why you're here. 727 00:46:14,208 --> 00:46:16,833 Of course. You're the best-informed man in the country. 728 00:46:17,000 --> 00:46:19,417 I've been thinking, Boris Abramovich. 729 00:46:21,792 --> 00:46:23,083 You see... 730 00:46:23,250 --> 00:46:27,250 ...the intelligence services have all the advantages of politics... 731 00:46:28,417 --> 00:46:30,417 ...without any of its drawbacks. 732 00:46:32,458 --> 00:46:34,458 I am at the center of the system, here. 733 00:46:34,583 --> 00:46:37,417 I have a good view. I can hear and see everything. 734 00:46:37,542 --> 00:46:41,292 I can effectively intervene to protect the President and his family. 735 00:46:41,458 --> 00:46:43,875 I've done it before and I'll do it again. 736 00:46:45,792 --> 00:46:48,125 If you drag me away from here to put me in the government... 737 00:46:48,292 --> 00:46:51,500 ...I will end up crushed like the other Prime Ministers... 738 00:46:51,625 --> 00:46:54,250 ...of recent years, of recent months. 739 00:46:54,417 --> 00:46:57,167 And you will lose the most loyal guardian of the state. 740 00:46:57,333 --> 00:46:58,958 If we don't move quickly... 741 00:46:59,125 --> 00:47:03,250 ...in a year there will be neither a President nor a family to protect and... 742 00:47:03,708 --> 00:47:06,583 ...the first measure of the new Kremlin leader... 743 00:47:06,750 --> 00:47:08,625 ...will be to replace you. 744 00:47:09,583 --> 00:47:10,875 Why me? 745 00:47:12,417 --> 00:47:13,833 I am a civil servant. 746 00:47:15,250 --> 00:47:17,333 Okay, I did... 747 00:47:18,833 --> 00:47:20,750 ...a few public speeches... 748 00:47:20,917 --> 00:47:23,292 ...but it was never groundbreaking. 749 00:47:23,458 --> 00:47:27,292 The President enters a room, sniffs the air, and everyone... 750 00:47:27,458 --> 00:47:30,208 ...is won over in two minutes, laughing, crying... 751 00:47:30,375 --> 00:47:32,292 ...as if they were chatting in his kitchen. 752 00:47:32,458 --> 00:47:34,292 I'm not made of that stuff. 753 00:47:34,458 --> 00:47:37,125 If I may, Vladimir Vladimirovich... 754 00:47:37,792 --> 00:47:39,667 ...that's exactly it. 755 00:47:40,292 --> 00:47:43,250 The President's personality is unique. 756 00:47:43,417 --> 00:47:46,083 His human qualities enabled our country to... 757 00:47:46,250 --> 00:47:49,750 ...from the old Soviet Union to today's Russia. 758 00:47:50,333 --> 00:47:52,167 But it's worn out. 759 00:47:52,625 --> 00:47:54,417 We need someone different... 760 00:47:54,542 --> 00:47:56,208 ...which marks a break. 761 00:47:56,375 --> 00:47:59,167 If the President appoints you Prime Minister... 762 00:47:59,333 --> 00:48:01,833 ...you will embody legitimate authority. 763 00:48:02,417 --> 00:48:05,500 The Russians need stability and security. 764 00:48:05,667 --> 00:48:08,583 You are young, athletic, and energetic. 765 00:48:08,750 --> 00:48:10,000 Something inside you tells you: 766 00:48:10,167 --> 00:48:13,292 "I can assume full responsibility for the command." 767 00:48:14,125 --> 00:48:17,708 Your career in the secret services is a guarantee of reliability. 768 00:48:18,250 --> 00:48:21,125 Being a man of few words will work in your favor. 769 00:48:21,625 --> 00:48:22,583 Not against you. 770 00:48:22,750 --> 00:48:24,708 The Russians are tired of the charlatans. 771 00:48:25,458 --> 00:48:27,917 The campaign we have in mind... 772 00:48:29,250 --> 00:48:33,167 ...will not be made up of gatherings and empty promises. 773 00:48:33,333 --> 00:48:35,958 The challenge will be to make you appear... 774 00:48:36,125 --> 00:48:38,667 ...like a politician of a new type. 775 00:48:38,833 --> 00:48:42,333 Vladimir Vladimirovich, I don't know much about politics... 776 00:48:42,500 --> 00:48:45,250 ...but I know a thing or two about communication. 777 00:48:45,417 --> 00:48:46,958 There are two dimensions... 778 00:48:47,125 --> 00:48:48,500 ...in a society. 779 00:48:48,625 --> 00:48:50,958 The horizontal axis represents everyday life. 780 00:48:51,125 --> 00:48:53,875 The vertical axis represents authority. 781 00:48:54,458 --> 00:48:56,375 Soviet society was hierarchical... 782 00:48:56,500 --> 00:48:58,750 ...and suddenly, by ceasing to be Soviet... 783 00:48:58,917 --> 00:49:00,958 ...it became horizontal. 784 00:49:01,125 --> 00:49:05,042 Too much horizontality is synonymous with chaos. 785 00:49:05,208 --> 00:49:07,583 The Russians dream of verticality. 786 00:49:07,750 --> 00:49:09,292 A psychoanalyst would say... 787 00:49:09,458 --> 00:49:13,042 ...that they are waiting for a leader who will make them forget the mother's language... 788 00:49:13,208 --> 00:49:15,792 ...and once again imposes the father's word. 789 00:49:15,958 --> 00:49:18,167 Public opinion forms quickly. 790 00:49:18,333 --> 00:49:22,208 We only have a few months to convince the Russian people... 791 00:49:22,875 --> 00:49:25,583 ...that you are the right man for the job. 792 00:49:28,833 --> 00:49:32,250 And don't forget, you won't be alone. 793 00:49:32,417 --> 00:49:36,208 I will be there to help and advise you... 794 00:49:36,375 --> 00:49:37,792 ...when you need it. 795 00:49:42,417 --> 00:49:43,792 It's in the bag. 796 00:49:45,250 --> 00:49:48,583 It's not a Nobel Prize in science, but it will do the job. 797 00:49:51,042 --> 00:49:53,333 I nodded and laughed with him... 798 00:49:53,500 --> 00:49:55,667 ...but things were more complicated... 799 00:49:55,833 --> 00:49:57,917 ...which Berezovsky did not perceive. 800 00:50:01,417 --> 00:50:04,667 When he spoke to him with his usual joviality... 801 00:50:04,833 --> 00:50:08,417 ...I had perceived a shadow of annoyance in Putin's eyes. 802 00:50:08,542 --> 00:50:10,417 And then there was that flash of irony... 803 00:50:10,542 --> 00:50:13,792 ...when Boris had promised to guide him step by step. 804 00:50:15,083 --> 00:50:17,667 As if the mere idea of ​​being guided by this man... 805 00:50:17,833 --> 00:50:21,167 ...was extremely comical in the eyes of the FSB chief. 806 00:50:25,042 --> 00:50:27,167 Hurry, Vadim Alexeïevitch. 807 00:50:27,333 --> 00:50:29,500 Vladimir Vladimirovitch attend. 808 00:50:42,125 --> 00:50:43,542 Good day sir. 809 00:50:44,417 --> 00:50:45,542 What do you recommend? 810 00:50:45,708 --> 00:50:48,000 We have excellent scallops... 811 00:50:48,167 --> 00:50:49,542 ...with cauliflower mousseline. 812 00:50:49,708 --> 00:50:50,667 A bowl of kasha. 813 00:50:50,833 --> 00:50:52,708 Two. -Good, sir. 814 00:50:55,875 --> 00:50:58,208 I have a lot of respect for Berezovsky. 815 00:50:59,042 --> 00:51:00,750 I am grateful to him... 816 00:51:00,917 --> 00:51:02,917 ...of his offer, but if... 817 00:51:04,000 --> 00:51:05,542 ...I'm embarking... 818 00:51:06,292 --> 00:51:07,500 ...in this... 819 00:51:09,417 --> 00:51:10,500 ...adventure... 820 00:51:11,125 --> 00:51:13,417 ...it will be by relying on my own strength... 821 00:51:13,542 --> 00:51:15,458 ...not on someone else's. 822 00:51:16,042 --> 00:51:18,208 The President of Russia cannot... 823 00:51:18,375 --> 00:51:20,500 ...nor should it... 824 00:51:20,625 --> 00:51:23,167 ...to be subject to anyone. 825 00:51:24,708 --> 00:51:26,250 That's inconceivable to me. 826 00:51:27,917 --> 00:51:30,750 Your analysis the other day was very interesting... 827 00:51:30,917 --> 00:51:34,083 ...but first we need to clarify one point. 828 00:51:35,833 --> 00:51:37,292 If you accept my offer... 829 00:51:37,458 --> 00:51:40,375 ...you will work exclusively for me... 830 00:51:41,375 --> 00:51:42,500 ...Vadim Alexeïevitch. 831 00:51:51,583 --> 00:51:54,375 I've been thinking about your concept of verticality. 832 00:51:55,000 --> 00:51:56,167 He is powerful. 833 00:51:57,208 --> 00:51:59,250 But it cannot remain abstract. 834 00:52:01,167 --> 00:52:05,208 We need a well-defined stage in which to restore the verticality of power. 835 00:52:05,375 --> 00:52:07,167 Otherwise, we will appear defenseless... 836 00:52:07,333 --> 00:52:08,958 ...like all other politicians. 837 00:52:09,125 --> 00:52:10,708 Indeed, Vladimir Vladimirovich... 838 00:52:10,875 --> 00:52:13,333 ...but it's not enough to just snap your fingers. 839 00:52:13,833 --> 00:52:15,958 There are unforeseen events. 840 00:52:16,125 --> 00:52:18,500 Unexpected events are always the result of incompetence. 841 00:52:18,625 --> 00:52:21,042 It depends on the circumstances. -The circumstances? 842 00:52:21,208 --> 00:52:22,833 They are right before our eyes. 843 00:52:24,333 --> 00:52:25,292 Can't you see them? 844 00:52:28,458 --> 00:52:30,583 Islamic fundamentalists. 845 00:52:31,625 --> 00:52:34,375 They are no longer satisfied with Chechnya. 846 00:52:36,167 --> 00:52:37,292 They want Dagestan... 847 00:52:37,458 --> 00:52:40,208 ...Ingushetia, Bashkiria. 848 00:52:42,333 --> 00:52:44,208 If we let them do it... 849 00:52:45,208 --> 00:52:48,333 ...in a few years, nothing will remain of the Russian Federation. 850 00:52:48,500 --> 00:52:52,292 Excuse me, but I would think twice before getting involved in this mess. 851 00:52:52,458 --> 00:52:53,708 In recent years... 852 00:52:53,875 --> 00:52:56,625 ...Chechnya has killed more political careers in Moscow... 853 00:52:56,792 --> 00:52:58,958 ...so many enemies on the battlefield. 854 00:52:59,125 --> 00:53:02,042 None of them devoted enough energy to it. 855 00:53:02,208 --> 00:53:05,208 All these politicians wanted to start a war... 856 00:53:05,375 --> 00:53:08,208 ...who didn't dare say his name. 857 00:53:08,375 --> 00:53:10,292 A humanitarian war... 858 00:53:10,458 --> 00:53:12,208 ...like the Americans. 859 00:53:13,125 --> 00:53:14,917 I'm talking about something else. 860 00:53:15,875 --> 00:53:18,500 The Nobel Peace Prize does not interest me. 861 00:53:18,667 --> 00:53:20,125 What interests me... 862 00:53:21,125 --> 00:53:24,625 ...it is to restore the integrity of the Russian Federation. 863 00:53:24,792 --> 00:53:26,542 I'm not talking about geopolitics. 864 00:53:26,708 --> 00:53:29,208 That's not my area of ​​expertise. 865 00:53:29,375 --> 00:53:31,333 What I can say, however... 866 00:53:32,042 --> 00:53:34,167 ...because politically, it's suicide. 867 00:53:34,917 --> 00:53:36,625 That's where you're wrong. 868 00:53:38,000 --> 00:53:41,667 You are designing a Western-style election campaign: 869 00:53:41,833 --> 00:53:45,875 ...two teams of economists discussing PowerPoint presentations. 870 00:53:49,083 --> 00:53:50,375 In Russia... 871 00:53:51,208 --> 00:53:52,375 ...power... 872 00:53:53,458 --> 00:53:55,458 ...that's something else entirely. 873 00:53:59,000 --> 00:54:03,083 That day, I didn't quite understand what Putin was implying... 874 00:54:03,250 --> 00:54:05,667 ...but I left that lunch with one certainty: 875 00:54:05,833 --> 00:54:09,208 Berezovsky had just made the biggest mistake of his life. 876 00:54:11,083 --> 00:54:12,708 The first days of August... 877 00:54:12,875 --> 00:54:16,542 ...Boris Yeltsin appointed a new Prime Minister, unknown to most. 878 00:54:17,083 --> 00:54:21,083 Vladimir Putin's nomination was met with skepticism. 879 00:54:21,250 --> 00:54:25,417 He was the 5th head of government installed by Yeltsin in less than a year. 880 00:54:27,458 --> 00:54:29,875 Our offices were located in the former Palace of the Soviets... 881 00:54:30,042 --> 00:54:31,958 ...nicknamed the Russian White House. 882 00:54:32,125 --> 00:54:35,750 A huge block of mothballs on the banks of the Moskova. 883 00:54:36,500 --> 00:54:39,333 One floor had been freed up for the new recruits. 884 00:54:39,500 --> 00:54:42,958 Putin knew he had little time to establish himself in the eyes of public opinion. 885 00:54:43,125 --> 00:54:44,542 He didn't intend to lose any. 886 00:54:47,042 --> 00:54:48,125 Tell that son of a bitch... 887 00:54:48,292 --> 00:54:50,875 ...that the Prime Minister wants results on the ground. 888 00:54:51,042 --> 00:54:52,583 It doesn't matter how. 889 00:54:52,750 --> 00:54:56,292 We are not in the era of the media, but of politics. 890 00:54:56,458 --> 00:54:58,792 We are here to produce results... 891 00:54:58,958 --> 00:55:00,417 ...not flimsy excuses. 892 00:55:01,333 --> 00:55:04,333 I received your surveys. Help me analyze them. 893 00:55:04,500 --> 00:55:06,583 I'll join you. I have to see Goussinski. 894 00:55:06,750 --> 00:55:07,625 We are on the right track. 895 00:55:07,792 --> 00:55:10,292 Who cares about Dmitri Anatolievitch... 896 00:55:10,458 --> 00:55:12,333 ...we should have already arrived. 897 00:55:17,750 --> 00:55:19,167 Where is Goussinski? 898 00:55:19,333 --> 00:55:21,083 Unfortunately, he was unable to come. 899 00:55:22,500 --> 00:55:24,500 Are we not important enough to him? 900 00:55:24,625 --> 00:55:27,750 He is abroad. -And you are? His messengers? 901 00:55:28,375 --> 00:55:29,750 We control the chain. 902 00:55:31,167 --> 00:55:34,375 Then you will tell Mr. Goussinski the following: 903 00:55:34,500 --> 00:55:37,500 The policy of the Russian Federation... 904 00:55:37,667 --> 00:55:41,292 ...is not defined in the offices of NTV. 905 00:55:41,458 --> 00:55:43,542 That would not cross Mr. Goussinski's mind. 906 00:55:43,708 --> 00:55:44,708 I'm watching the Koukly... 907 00:55:44,875 --> 00:55:46,125 ...your political puppets. 908 00:55:46,292 --> 00:55:49,542 Sometimes I find it funny. It makes me laugh. 909 00:55:50,417 --> 00:55:54,667 Unfortunately, the Prime Minister does not share your sense of humor. 910 00:55:54,833 --> 00:55:57,542 He suspects Mr. Goussinski of wanting to harm him. 911 00:55:57,708 --> 00:56:00,042 No, never in my life. 912 00:56:00,208 --> 00:56:02,667 It's a shame he's not here to explain himself. 913 00:56:02,833 --> 00:56:06,667 You portray the Prime Minister as a dwarf. 914 00:56:06,833 --> 00:56:08,125 That's incorrect... 915 00:56:08,292 --> 00:56:10,750 ...A stunted child manipulated by the oligarchs. 916 00:56:10,917 --> 00:56:13,417 In the minds of comedians, it's more like a child. 917 00:56:13,542 --> 00:56:14,833 Exactly. 918 00:56:15,000 --> 00:56:18,417 And that's a laughing matter? A childish dwarf? 919 00:56:18,542 --> 00:56:19,875 It's a satirical show. 920 00:56:20,042 --> 00:56:23,250 The Prime Minister defines the line between satire and insult... 921 00:56:23,417 --> 00:56:25,125 ...especially during election periods. 922 00:56:25,292 --> 00:56:28,083 The Prime Minister has drawn a red line. 923 00:56:28,250 --> 00:56:30,875 Mr. Goussinski will easily guess where she is. 924 00:56:31,042 --> 00:56:33,167 Otherwise, he'll learn the hard way. 925 00:56:33,333 --> 00:56:34,292 Good day ! 926 00:56:36,542 --> 00:56:40,625 I was working 18 hours a day, going from one meeting to the next with the PM... 927 00:56:40,792 --> 00:56:44,833 ...each involving as many historic decisions. 928 00:56:45,000 --> 00:56:47,833 But the more I sank deeper into the routine of governing men... 929 00:56:48,000 --> 00:56:50,625 ...the more the world seemed full of misunderstandings... 930 00:56:50,792 --> 00:56:52,292 ...and missed opportunities. 931 00:56:53,042 --> 00:56:55,292 That's when the unexpected happened. 932 00:56:57,542 --> 00:56:59,833 One autumn night, shortly after midnight... 933 00:57:00,000 --> 00:57:03,167 ...a huge roar tore through the darkness of the capital. 934 00:57:03,333 --> 00:57:05,833 Guryanova Street, on the outskirts of Moscow... 935 00:57:06,000 --> 00:57:07,750 ...hundreds of kilos of explosives... 936 00:57:07,917 --> 00:57:11,042 ...cut a nine-story residential building in half. 937 00:57:12,417 --> 00:57:14,375 Dozens of sleeping families... 938 00:57:14,500 --> 00:57:16,375 ...were engulfed by the explosion. 939 00:57:16,500 --> 00:57:17,542 Four days later... 940 00:57:19,458 --> 00:57:22,083 ...a second explosion rocked the city at 5 a.m... 941 00:57:22,250 --> 00:57:24,500 ...and destroyed another building in the suburbs. 942 00:57:24,667 --> 00:57:26,750 More than one hundred victims. 943 00:57:26,917 --> 00:57:28,750 That was our 9/11. 944 00:57:28,917 --> 00:57:31,417 Until then, the war in Chechnya seemed distant. 945 00:57:31,542 --> 00:57:34,667 But when buildings started exploding around Moscow... 946 00:57:34,833 --> 00:57:37,708 ...the Russians found themselves with the war at home. 947 00:57:39,000 --> 00:57:40,333 Of course... 948 00:57:40,500 --> 00:57:41,667 ...You know... 949 00:57:42,208 --> 00:57:43,792 ...what people say. 950 00:57:45,750 --> 00:57:47,750 They say we pulled it off. 951 00:57:48,542 --> 00:57:50,875 Finally, us: the FSB. 952 00:57:51,042 --> 00:57:52,667 This is not just a rumor. 953 00:57:53,500 --> 00:57:56,125 There are serious and consistent indications. 954 00:57:56,292 --> 00:57:57,542 Frankly, I don't know. 955 00:57:58,417 --> 00:58:02,292 If this is a secret, thank God, no one has confided it to me. 956 00:58:02,750 --> 00:58:04,708 But why would we have done that? 957 00:58:04,875 --> 00:58:06,083 Our victory was assured. 958 00:58:06,250 --> 00:58:08,042 To instill fear. 959 00:58:08,208 --> 00:58:11,542 So that the Russians feel threatened by the Chechens. 960 00:58:13,167 --> 00:58:15,583 And to justify the Second Chechen War. 961 00:58:15,750 --> 00:58:18,667 Which came at just the right time to prepare public opinion... 962 00:58:18,833 --> 00:58:22,542 ...to the advent of an authoritarian regime. 963 00:58:25,792 --> 00:58:27,500 I don't like to express myself in public. 964 00:58:27,625 --> 00:58:30,333 The people need to hear your voice. 965 00:58:30,500 --> 00:58:33,583 Here, on a state visit, not from the Kremlin. 966 00:58:34,208 --> 00:58:36,458 Give them a sense of urgency. 967 00:58:36,583 --> 00:58:37,917 I am not an actor. 968 00:58:38,875 --> 00:58:41,167 I will limit myself to a simple statement. 969 00:58:46,917 --> 00:58:49,417 You allegedly ordered the bombing of Grozny airport... 970 00:58:49,542 --> 00:58:51,208 ...in response to the attacks. 971 00:58:51,375 --> 00:58:52,750 Don't you think that... 972 00:58:52,917 --> 00:58:55,042 ...risk of making the situation worse? 973 00:58:55,208 --> 00:58:57,042 I'm tired of these kinds of questions. 974 00:58:57,208 --> 00:59:00,042 We will strike the terrorists wherever they hide. 975 00:59:00,208 --> 00:59:02,167 If they are in an airport, we will strike the airport. 976 00:59:02,333 --> 00:59:04,208 If they're in the toilet, excuse my language... 977 00:59:04,375 --> 00:59:07,292 ...we'll go and kill them even in the toilets. 978 00:59:07,458 --> 00:59:10,125 You have no idea of ​​the impact of that sentence... 979 00:59:10,292 --> 00:59:12,000 ...on the Russian public. 980 00:59:12,167 --> 00:59:14,875 Finally, the voice of command and control... 981 00:59:15,042 --> 00:59:17,292 ...which the Russians had stopped hearing. 982 00:59:17,458 --> 00:59:18,833 Stalin's voice? 983 00:59:19,000 --> 00:59:20,500 Not Yeltsin's, in any case. 984 00:59:20,667 --> 00:59:22,292 Nor that of Gorbachev. 985 00:59:23,000 --> 00:59:26,208 On that day, Putin became the Tsar. 986 00:59:27,708 --> 00:59:30,750 THE VERTICAL OF POWER 987 00:59:39,333 --> 00:59:42,292 Mr. Prime Minister, we cannot land in Goudermes. 988 00:59:42,458 --> 00:59:44,333 Visibility is insufficient. 989 00:59:44,500 --> 00:59:47,542 I plan to spend New Year's with our troops. 990 00:59:47,708 --> 00:59:49,125 We need to land. 991 00:59:49,292 --> 00:59:50,625 We need to land! 992 00:59:50,792 --> 00:59:54,042 We need 150m of visibility. 993 00:59:54,208 --> 00:59:57,125 We barely have 100. It's too dangerous. 994 01:00:04,500 --> 01:00:07,667 We have troops stationed in Dagestan. 995 01:00:08,542 --> 01:00:11,875 They are ready for review. That could be an option. 996 01:00:18,375 --> 01:00:21,000 If the Tsar wanted to celebrate the New Year in Chechnya... 997 01:00:21,167 --> 01:00:22,875 ...that's where we would go. 998 01:00:23,042 --> 01:00:27,667 At 1 a.m., aboard jeeps, we took the mountain pass road. 999 01:00:57,500 --> 01:01:00,417 33e division, lieutenant-colonel Fédorov. 1000 01:01:00,542 --> 01:01:02,500 Welcome to the base, Mr. Putin. 1001 01:01:03,417 --> 01:01:06,333 Gentlemen, what you are doing is very important. 1002 01:01:06,875 --> 01:01:09,583 People believe in you. I came to tell you that. 1003 01:01:09,750 --> 01:01:12,167 We are proud of you. You work hard. 1004 01:01:13,333 --> 01:01:16,542 I know what you did; it was very brave. 1005 01:01:17,417 --> 01:01:20,208 I want you to know that the Russian people... 1006 01:01:20,375 --> 01:01:21,625 ...thinking of you... 1007 01:01:21,792 --> 01:01:23,250 ...and is proud of you. 1008 01:01:23,708 --> 01:01:24,875 Good year. 1009 01:02:40,708 --> 01:02:42,000 Wait. 1010 01:02:44,208 --> 01:02:48,625 I would like to drink to the health of the injured and wish... 1011 01:02:49,292 --> 01:02:51,875 ...to all those present, a happy new year... 1012 01:02:52,625 --> 01:02:55,500 ...but we have serious tasks ahead of us... 1013 01:02:56,792 --> 01:02:58,333 ...you all know that. 1014 01:02:59,375 --> 01:03:03,000 We are not only fighting for our honor and dignity... 1015 01:03:03,167 --> 01:03:07,083 ...but to put an end to Russia's debacle. 1016 01:03:09,792 --> 01:03:13,083 We cannot afford a second of weakness. 1017 01:03:14,542 --> 01:03:16,417 If we let our guard down... 1018 01:03:17,083 --> 01:03:18,625 ...those who are dead... 1019 01:03:19,292 --> 01:03:20,583 ...will have died in vain. 1020 01:03:22,042 --> 01:03:24,583 I suggest we put our glasses down. 1021 01:03:28,000 --> 01:03:30,667 We'll have a drink, but later. 1022 01:03:38,500 --> 01:03:39,917 I'm leaving. 1023 01:03:42,667 --> 01:03:45,458 I am leaving before the end of my term. 1024 01:03:46,250 --> 01:03:49,500 I understood that it was necessary. 1025 01:03:50,667 --> 01:03:52,500 Russia must begin... 1026 01:03:53,042 --> 01:03:56,375 ...this new millennium with new political leaders... 1027 01:03:57,083 --> 01:04:00,125 ...and I leave you in complete confidence... 1028 01:04:00,292 --> 01:04:03,875 ...with Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin. 1029 01:04:09,333 --> 01:04:11,042 The Yeltsin era is over. 1030 01:04:11,208 --> 01:04:13,833 Your friend Berezovsky needs to understand... 1031 01:04:14,000 --> 01:04:17,042 ...that I'm fed up with these stupid memos. 1032 01:04:17,208 --> 01:04:19,208 I thought he was our friend. 1033 01:04:19,375 --> 01:04:21,458 Boris is a very intelligent man... 1034 01:04:21,583 --> 01:04:24,750 ...but his intelligence does not protect him from his stupidity. 1035 01:04:26,750 --> 01:04:27,750 Let him in. 1036 01:04:34,292 --> 01:04:35,750 Boris Abramovitch. 1037 01:04:36,417 --> 01:04:37,542 Approach. 1038 01:04:38,375 --> 01:04:39,375 Sit down. 1039 01:04:43,000 --> 01:04:45,000 I read your messages... 1040 01:04:45,167 --> 01:04:46,833 ...some of your memos. 1041 01:04:47,500 --> 01:04:50,417 You've always given good advice. I'm listening. 1042 01:04:50,542 --> 01:04:52,750 Volodia, you made me wait an hour. 1043 01:04:52,917 --> 01:04:54,458 You wanted this interview. 1044 01:04:55,125 --> 01:04:56,375 We're here. 1045 01:04:58,500 --> 01:04:59,375 Vas-y. 1046 01:05:02,583 --> 01:05:03,917 I'll be brief. 1047 01:05:05,458 --> 01:05:07,500 We are becoming too negative. 1048 01:05:07,625 --> 01:05:10,042 Too dark. It's war, we get it. 1049 01:05:10,208 --> 01:05:11,833 You are a great general... 1050 01:05:12,000 --> 01:05:15,333 ...you will lead us to victory. But let's make an effort. 1051 01:05:15,792 --> 01:05:19,125 Let's give these poor Russians a little hope. 1052 01:05:19,292 --> 01:05:22,542 Otherwise, instead of voting for you, they'll throw themselves out the window. 1053 01:05:23,500 --> 01:05:25,500 Meetings, concerts... 1054 01:05:25,625 --> 01:05:27,542 ...commercials, posters! 1055 01:05:27,708 --> 01:05:29,083 We need to make ourselves heard. 1056 01:05:29,250 --> 01:05:31,125 Who will pay? -Me, of course. 1057 01:05:31,833 --> 01:05:35,292 Have you given up on free advertising space? 1058 01:05:35,458 --> 01:05:38,417 That's correct. It's a choice, our strategy. 1059 01:05:38,542 --> 01:05:40,542 We'll see if the facts prove us wrong. 1060 01:05:40,708 --> 01:05:44,417 If you continue like this, people will forget you're a candidate. 1061 01:05:44,542 --> 01:05:46,375 Don't be ridiculous, Boris. 1062 01:05:46,500 --> 01:05:49,667 I have been serving as interim president for 3 months. We are the government. 1063 01:05:51,167 --> 01:05:54,208 Our campaign is about current events, what we are doing... 1064 01:05:55,125 --> 01:05:57,000 ...the history we are writing. 1065 01:05:58,500 --> 01:06:00,958 Nobody believes in advertising anymore. 1066 01:06:01,125 --> 01:06:04,500 Facts are the only form of advertising that interests us. 1067 01:06:08,333 --> 01:06:10,583 The Tsar had restored the vertical structure of power... 1068 01:06:10,750 --> 01:06:13,167 ...and the voters were grateful to him. 1069 01:06:13,333 --> 01:06:16,500 He was elected president of the Russian Federation in the first round. 1070 01:06:18,500 --> 01:06:22,208 Berezovsky has stopped bombarding the Kremlin with unanswered calls. 1071 01:06:22,375 --> 01:06:26,083 Admittedly, his journalists mocked the pomp and circumstance of the enthronement... 1072 01:06:26,250 --> 01:06:28,250 ...but Boris was expecting something else: 1073 01:06:28,917 --> 01:06:32,250 ...an opportunity to show the Tsar who was in charge. 1074 01:06:39,250 --> 01:06:41,875 SOCHI Summer residence of Russian Presidents 1075 01:07:16,458 --> 01:07:18,667 I remember that you prefer... 1076 01:07:19,333 --> 01:07:20,500 ...perfectly. 1077 01:07:22,083 --> 01:07:23,750 Thank you for remembering that. 1078 01:07:35,417 --> 01:07:36,500 Sir... 1079 01:07:58,792 --> 01:08:01,167 ...On August 12, 2000, the Kursk... 1080 01:08:01,333 --> 01:08:03,667 ...one of the largest nuclear submarines... 1081 01:08:03,833 --> 01:08:07,167 ...sunk during an exercise in the Barents Sea. 1082 01:08:07,792 --> 01:08:09,458 There were one hundred men on board. 1083 01:08:10,417 --> 01:08:12,583 Some died instantly. 1084 01:08:12,750 --> 01:08:15,083 Others were trapped at the bottom of the sea. 1085 01:08:16,457 --> 01:08:20,332 This was the opportunity Berezovsky had been waiting for. 1086 01:08:27,792 --> 01:08:31,417 We hired a helicopter to monitor the area of ​​the shipwreck. 1087 01:08:31,542 --> 01:08:33,250 Has she been identified? -Yes. 1088 01:08:33,417 --> 01:08:36,250 The news has just come in. No help is on site. 1089 01:08:36,417 --> 01:08:39,125 Outrageous. That's what needs to be denounced. 1090 01:08:39,292 --> 01:08:40,875 Russian experts refuse to get involved. 1091 01:08:41,042 --> 01:08:42,000 Look elsewhere. 1092 01:08:42,167 --> 01:08:46,500 We have a team in Germany. NATO has offered its assistance... 1093 01:08:46,625 --> 01:08:48,417 ...but the Russian navy refused it. 1094 01:08:48,542 --> 01:08:50,000 They are spy ships. 1095 01:08:50,167 --> 01:08:52,750 Russia cannot humiliate itself in front of them. 1096 01:08:52,917 --> 01:08:54,957 Can't he humiliate himself in front of them? 1097 01:08:55,125 --> 01:08:58,375 Ask the families what they think. 1098 01:08:58,500 --> 01:09:00,417 That's what we do. - Television is about emotion. 1099 01:09:00,542 --> 01:09:04,250 The emotion is all about the families. Can you imagine their anguish? 1100 01:09:04,417 --> 01:09:07,957 Their loved ones, perhaps still alive, locked in a sealed compartment... 1101 01:09:08,125 --> 01:09:10,082 ...and help that never comes! 1102 01:09:12,207 --> 01:09:14,500 How long will it take ? 1103 01:09:14,625 --> 01:09:17,167 Our sons are paid $50 a month... 1104 01:09:17,332 --> 01:09:20,542 ...and they're stuck in this tin can! 1105 01:09:21,500 --> 01:09:26,167 What was the point of raising my son? Do you have children? 1106 01:09:27,082 --> 01:09:29,082 Who can understand us? 1107 01:09:29,250 --> 01:09:32,125 Not you, people in power. You never understand anything! 1108 01:09:32,292 --> 01:09:34,457 All you think about is getting fat! 1109 01:09:34,582 --> 01:09:39,042 Our sailors don't have enough to live on and you're letting them die! 1110 01:09:39,707 --> 01:09:41,957 The situation was out of control. 1111 01:09:42,125 --> 01:09:43,542 I rushed to Sochi. 1112 01:09:43,707 --> 01:09:46,707 I didn't understand why Putin wasn't there. 1113 01:09:49,000 --> 01:09:51,125 What do you want me to do? 1114 01:09:53,082 --> 01:09:54,875 They're all dead, that's obvious. 1115 01:09:55,042 --> 01:09:57,208 We'll know when we reach them. 1116 01:09:57,375 --> 01:10:00,042 According to all experts, there are survivors. 1117 01:10:00,208 --> 01:10:02,458 That's a fact. We have to save them. 1118 01:10:02,583 --> 01:10:05,625 Whether they are dead or not, Berezovsky is trying to harm me. 1119 01:10:05,792 --> 01:10:07,500 Everyone is waiting for you to act. 1120 01:10:07,667 --> 01:10:10,375 I will act when I deem it appropriate. 1121 01:10:11,458 --> 01:10:14,167 Your composure has done a lot for your popularity... 1122 01:10:14,333 --> 01:10:15,875 ...but it turns against you. 1123 01:10:16,417 --> 01:10:19,833 The Russian people are suffering and you are not with them. 1124 01:10:20,000 --> 01:10:21,292 This is serious. 1125 01:10:23,125 --> 01:10:26,000 Since the authorities are still doing nothing... 1126 01:10:26,500 --> 01:10:29,333 ...RTP organized a fundraising campaign for the families of the sailors. 1127 01:10:29,500 --> 01:10:31,000 Call this number for help... 1128 01:10:31,917 --> 01:10:33,125 Do you realize? 1129 01:10:33,792 --> 01:10:37,833 They destroyed the state, they looted it for ten years. 1130 01:10:38,458 --> 01:10:41,333 They ruined our army and now they're organizing fundraisers! 1131 01:10:41,500 --> 01:10:43,542 Those bastards should just sell... 1132 01:10:43,708 --> 01:10:45,875 ...their chalets in Saint-Moritz! 1133 01:10:48,500 --> 01:10:50,500 Call me that son of a bitch! 1134 01:11:00,333 --> 01:11:02,542 Do you realize what you're doing? 1135 01:11:02,708 --> 01:11:05,958 Your channel gives a voice 24 hours a day... 1136 01:11:06,125 --> 01:11:08,333 ...to prostitutes playing the role of sailors' wives. 1137 01:11:08,500 --> 01:11:10,292 What are you talking about? You're delusional. 1138 01:11:10,458 --> 01:11:12,167 These are their real wives. 1139 01:11:12,333 --> 01:11:15,208 You are state television, Boris. 1140 01:11:15,375 --> 01:11:17,500 And you are plotting against the presidency. 1141 01:11:17,667 --> 01:11:19,542 What does that mean? 1142 01:11:19,708 --> 01:11:22,542 What does that mean, exactly? I'm asking you a question! 1143 01:11:22,708 --> 01:11:24,792 I have a question for you, Vladimir Vladimirovitch. 1144 01:11:24,958 --> 01:11:28,125 What are you doing on holiday on the Black Sea? 1145 01:11:28,292 --> 01:11:30,500 Shouldn't you be in Murmansk? 1146 01:11:30,625 --> 01:11:31,667 And where are you? 1147 01:11:32,292 --> 01:11:34,083 He's laughing... Where are you? 1148 01:11:34,250 --> 01:11:36,083 On the French Riviera? What are you doing here? 1149 01:11:36,250 --> 01:11:39,458 Finally! I'm not the President. Who cares where I am? 1150 01:11:39,583 --> 01:11:41,917 And it just so happens that I'm in Moscow. 1151 01:11:43,375 --> 01:11:44,667 Think about it, Volodia. 1152 01:11:44,833 --> 01:11:46,958 If you go to comfort the sailors' wives... 1153 01:11:47,125 --> 01:11:49,250 ...you'll make the ratings explode. 1154 01:11:49,417 --> 01:11:53,208 And our channel will put all its firepower at your service. 1155 01:11:53,708 --> 01:11:55,750 And you know it's considerable. 1156 01:12:01,417 --> 01:12:02,500 SO ? 1157 01:12:03,417 --> 01:12:06,167 We're going back to Moscow. We're organizing this fucking meeting. 1158 01:12:06,333 --> 01:12:07,875 We have no choice. 1159 01:12:15,667 --> 01:12:18,250 And as soon as we got out of that mess... 1160 01:12:18,750 --> 01:12:21,125 ...we'll take care of your friend Boris. 1161 01:12:24,292 --> 01:12:27,042 How could Boris have imagined... 1162 01:12:27,208 --> 01:12:29,625 ...that he would tolerate a relationship of equals... 1163 01:12:29,792 --> 01:12:31,458 ...with one of his subjects? 1164 01:12:31,583 --> 01:12:33,625 All the oligarchs were wrong. 1165 01:12:34,667 --> 01:12:37,000 By deciding to bet on Putin... 1166 01:12:38,375 --> 01:12:41,708 ...they thought they were changing the straw man, not the system. 1167 01:12:41,875 --> 01:12:45,625 Getting his television from Berezovsky was a piece of cake. 1168 01:12:45,792 --> 01:12:49,833 He did not control the majority, only 49%. 1169 01:12:50,000 --> 01:12:53,250 All that was needed was to inform the CEO of RTP... 1170 01:12:53,417 --> 01:12:56,500 ...that from now on, he would take his orders from the Kremlin. 1171 01:13:06,167 --> 01:13:09,292 He doesn't mean you any harm. He respects you. 1172 01:13:09,458 --> 01:13:13,125 Stay quietly in Moscow and do whatever business you want. 1173 01:13:13,292 --> 01:13:16,083 But give up on politics. 1174 01:13:16,542 --> 01:13:18,500 Politics is his business. 1175 01:13:19,292 --> 01:13:22,750 Putin is a pure product of the KGB. 1176 01:13:24,500 --> 01:13:26,833 Of the most ferocious kind. 1177 01:13:27,000 --> 01:13:30,458 He will put Russia in chains. 1178 01:13:30,583 --> 01:13:34,375 And everything we've done over the last ten years to become a normal country... 1179 01:13:34,500 --> 01:13:36,500 ...will be swept away. 1180 01:13:36,667 --> 01:13:38,333 Even you, Vadia. 1181 01:13:38,500 --> 01:13:41,125 You are building a regime worse than the USSR. 1182 01:13:41,292 --> 01:13:42,625 At least, back then... 1183 01:13:42,792 --> 01:13:46,417 ...the Party was muzzling the KGB's watchdogs. 1184 01:13:46,542 --> 01:13:48,708 Now, the Party no longer exists. 1185 01:13:48,875 --> 01:13:51,125 The FSB is worse than the KGB. 1186 01:13:51,292 --> 01:13:53,250 Who will stop them? You? 1187 01:13:53,417 --> 01:13:56,042 Definitely not. You've become one of them. 1188 01:13:56,625 --> 01:13:59,167 They are ferocious beasts. 1189 01:13:59,333 --> 01:14:01,458 They come from nothing. 1190 01:14:01,583 --> 01:14:04,083 They carved their way through with sledgehammers. 1191 01:14:04,250 --> 01:14:06,375 No rules, no limits. 1192 01:14:06,500 --> 01:14:07,625 They are hungry. 1193 01:14:07,792 --> 01:14:10,000 An atavistic hunger. 1194 01:14:10,917 --> 01:14:12,750 They were humiliated. 1195 01:14:12,917 --> 01:14:15,708 They come from centuries of humiliation. 1196 01:14:17,333 --> 01:14:20,250 They have to take everything, right now. 1197 01:14:21,333 --> 01:14:24,208 Because they know that the wheel turns. 1198 01:14:24,375 --> 01:14:25,792 Perhaps, Boris. 1199 01:14:25,958 --> 01:14:27,375 I don't know. 1200 01:14:28,417 --> 01:14:32,500 But I know that Russia has always been like that. 1201 01:14:33,042 --> 01:14:34,625 With an axe. 1202 01:14:34,792 --> 01:14:38,167 UN HEADQUARTERS New York 1203 01:14:38,625 --> 01:14:41,750 Cautiously, Berezovsky chose exile in London. 1204 01:14:41,917 --> 01:14:44,833 Meanwhile, we flew to New York. 1205 01:14:45,000 --> 01:14:46,208 When you reach the summit... 1206 01:14:46,375 --> 01:14:50,250 ...politics propels you onto the global stage without preparation. 1207 01:14:50,417 --> 01:14:52,875 The world's elite become your peers. 1208 01:14:53,042 --> 01:14:54,667 But they form a narrow circle. 1209 01:14:54,833 --> 01:14:57,208 They had time to learn the basic rules. 1210 01:14:58,167 --> 01:15:01,458 You may be feared and respected in your country... 1211 01:15:01,583 --> 01:15:04,458 ...here, you're just the new kid on the block. 1212 01:15:05,125 --> 01:15:07,167 The Waldorf Astoria is the best hotel. 1213 01:15:07,333 --> 01:15:10,667 The protocol reserved a floor for us. Twenty rooms. 1214 01:15:12,375 --> 01:15:13,583 Penthouse ? 1215 01:15:14,208 --> 01:15:15,875 Non. 1216 01:15:16,042 --> 01:15:17,083 For what ? 1217 01:15:17,250 --> 01:15:20,833 The top three floors are reserved year-round by the Saudis. 1218 01:15:22,167 --> 01:15:23,625 It will take less than an hour. 1219 01:15:23,792 --> 01:15:27,917 15 minutes to get to the studio, 30 minutes for the interview and 15 minutes back. 1220 01:15:29,667 --> 01:15:31,458 That's a great win for us. 1221 01:15:42,500 --> 01:15:43,667 What is this ? 1222 01:15:44,625 --> 01:15:45,917 It's frozen. 1223 01:15:47,333 --> 01:15:50,250 The motorcade of the US president is moving. 1224 01:15:50,417 --> 01:15:52,250 No one else can move. 1225 01:15:55,417 --> 01:15:56,833 How long does it last? 1226 01:15:58,625 --> 01:15:59,667 It depends. 1227 01:16:05,000 --> 01:16:07,542 So, what's it like to be a spy? 1228 01:16:07,708 --> 01:16:10,208 Not very different from being a journalist. 1229 01:16:10,875 --> 01:16:14,792 We gather information, we synthesize it... 1230 01:16:15,500 --> 01:16:19,500 ...and it is presented to decision-makers who can benefit from it. 1231 01:16:19,625 --> 01:16:21,000 Did you enjoy doing that? 1232 01:16:21,167 --> 01:16:24,542 Intelligence gathering allowed me to broaden my perspective... 1233 01:16:24,708 --> 01:16:27,250 ...to develop certain qualities... 1234 01:16:28,542 --> 01:16:31,750 ...management skills. Focus on priorities. 1235 01:16:33,000 --> 01:16:34,833 A learning experience. 1236 01:16:35,708 --> 01:16:39,083 The Kursk tragedy moved the entire world. 1237 01:16:39,250 --> 01:16:41,625 Tell me, what happened? 1238 01:16:42,208 --> 01:16:44,708 What happened to the submarine? 1239 01:16:46,250 --> 01:16:47,500 It sank. 1240 01:16:56,875 --> 01:16:58,208 If Martians... 1241 01:16:58,375 --> 01:17:00,458 ...were seizing power in Moscow... 1242 01:17:00,583 --> 01:17:03,667 ...the US would immediately recognize them as a legitimate government... 1243 01:17:03,833 --> 01:17:07,042 ...provided that they do not infringe upon their interests... 1244 01:17:07,208 --> 01:17:09,708 ...and continue to treat them like bosses. 1245 01:17:10,583 --> 01:17:13,833 The problem is that they believe they have won the Cold War. 1246 01:17:14,000 --> 01:17:16,042 But the Soviet Union... 1247 01:17:16,208 --> 01:17:17,750 ...did not lose it. 1248 01:17:17,917 --> 01:17:21,792 The Cold War ended because a dictatorship was brought to an end. 1249 01:17:21,958 --> 01:17:24,208 It's not the same thing. 1250 01:17:24,375 --> 01:17:26,208 The Warsaw Pact has been dissolved. 1251 01:17:26,375 --> 01:17:28,292 They were offered peace... 1252 01:17:28,458 --> 01:17:29,792 ...not surrender. 1253 01:17:31,000 --> 01:17:32,875 They should remember that. 1254 01:17:33,500 --> 01:17:34,750 From time to time. 1255 01:17:53,125 --> 01:17:54,875 Lemon t'estime. 1256 01:17:55,042 --> 01:17:56,750 I thought he despised me. 1257 01:17:56,917 --> 01:17:58,500 He is a visionary. 1258 01:17:59,000 --> 01:18:01,542 Everyone has their place in their party. 1259 01:18:03,042 --> 01:18:06,875 So, what do you think of my revolutionary vanguard? 1260 01:18:07,042 --> 01:18:10,000 The Kremlin is not shaking in its boots. 1261 01:18:10,167 --> 01:18:12,333 The Kremlin is quite wrong. Sit down. 1262 01:18:14,125 --> 01:18:16,583 So, how was the trip? 1263 01:18:17,458 --> 01:18:19,292 You know how it is over there. 1264 01:18:19,458 --> 01:18:21,375 Still quite fun, I'd say. 1265 01:18:22,250 --> 01:18:25,667 New York can be fun, if you avoid the Americans. 1266 01:18:26,875 --> 01:18:28,542 Which one do you prefer, Edward? 1267 01:18:30,333 --> 01:18:31,833 This one. 1268 01:18:32,875 --> 01:18:35,792 Did you go to one of their social dinners? 1269 01:18:35,958 --> 01:18:38,208 All the men studied at Princeton or Yale. 1270 01:18:38,375 --> 01:18:41,042 Their children go to the same schools. 1271 01:18:41,208 --> 01:18:42,208 At least, younger... 1272 01:18:42,375 --> 01:18:46,417 ...I could have sex with a little blonde wife in the toilets. 1273 01:18:46,542 --> 01:18:48,792 The discreet charm of the bourgeoisie. 1274 01:18:48,958 --> 01:18:50,333 It's the same everywhere. 1275 01:18:50,833 --> 01:18:52,083 No, Vadia. 1276 01:18:52,250 --> 01:18:54,083 America destroyed the bourgeoisie. 1277 01:18:54,250 --> 01:18:55,792 The bourgeoisie had values. 1278 01:18:55,958 --> 01:18:58,833 These people only believe in numbers. 1279 01:18:59,000 --> 01:19:00,917 Boring as hell. 1280 01:19:02,583 --> 01:19:04,750 The problem is not imperialism... 1281 01:19:05,375 --> 01:19:07,083 ...that's American culture. 1282 01:19:07,250 --> 01:19:10,583 You were interested in it before it swallowed you and spat you out. 1283 01:19:10,750 --> 01:19:11,875 When I saw Yeltsin... 1284 01:19:12,042 --> 01:19:15,625 ...to transform Russia into a low-cost version of the American hospice... 1285 01:19:15,792 --> 01:19:18,542 ...I decided to found the National Bolshevik Party. 1286 01:19:18,708 --> 01:19:20,750 Do you know why I named it that? 1287 01:19:20,917 --> 01:19:22,375 To make you furious! 1288 01:19:22,500 --> 01:19:23,583 Naz-Bol! 1289 01:19:24,458 --> 01:19:27,125 We're gathering ex-Stalinists... 1290 01:19:27,292 --> 01:19:30,000 ...homosexuals and punks... 1291 01:19:30,167 --> 01:19:31,833 ...anarchists, skinheads... 1292 01:19:32,000 --> 01:19:33,500 ...religious fanatics... 1293 01:19:33,625 --> 01:19:35,542 ...from Buddhists to Orthodox Christians. 1294 01:19:35,708 --> 01:19:39,500 The most difficult thing is to prevent them from killing each other. 1295 01:19:39,667 --> 01:19:41,458 Trust them, it will come. 1296 01:19:41,583 --> 01:19:43,125 You don't understand. 1297 01:19:43,292 --> 01:19:46,875 These young people want to escape the boredom of a mundane life. 1298 01:19:47,042 --> 01:19:49,375 They are in search of heroism. 1299 01:19:49,500 --> 01:19:51,583 It would be a shame to ruin that. 1300 01:19:53,500 --> 01:19:55,667 Can you pass me a cigarette, Sergei? 1301 01:19:56,250 --> 01:19:57,708 I need to walk. 1302 01:20:01,625 --> 01:20:05,042 I had always considered Limonov to be a brilliant sociopath... 1303 01:20:05,208 --> 01:20:07,708 ...completely devoid of political sense. 1304 01:20:07,875 --> 01:20:11,042 I wasn't ready to agree with him yet. 1305 01:20:12,000 --> 01:20:15,500 But his arguments appeared to me for what they were. 1306 01:20:16,167 --> 01:20:18,667 Not the result of rigorous analysis... 1307 01:20:18,833 --> 01:20:21,500 ...but much more than a chance intuition. 1308 01:20:28,458 --> 01:20:31,583 THE END OF THE OLIGARCHS 1309 01:20:31,750 --> 01:20:33,333 Vladimir Vladimirovitch... 1310 01:20:33,500 --> 01:20:35,250 ...Vadim Alexeïevitch is here. 1311 01:20:36,083 --> 01:20:37,250 Enter. 1312 01:20:42,208 --> 01:20:45,500 Where does my popularity stand? The elections are approaching. 1313 01:20:45,667 --> 01:20:46,667 Nothing to worry about. 1314 01:20:46,833 --> 01:20:49,958 Around 60%. The next candidate only gets 12%. 1315 01:20:50,125 --> 01:20:51,833 They are negligible. 1316 01:20:52,000 --> 01:20:53,833 There's a Russian who's more popular than me. 1317 01:20:55,125 --> 01:20:56,250 Stalin. 1318 01:20:57,417 --> 01:20:59,292 He has been dead for a while. 1319 01:20:59,458 --> 01:21:02,333 You intellectuals denounce the horrors of the gulag. 1320 01:21:02,500 --> 01:21:06,250 You believe Stalin was popular despite the massacres. False. 1321 01:21:06,417 --> 01:21:08,750 He was popular because of the massacres. 1322 01:21:08,917 --> 01:21:12,417 Because he knew how to deal with a thief, a traitor. 1323 01:21:13,750 --> 01:21:16,708 You know what he did when the Soviet trains... 1324 01:21:16,875 --> 01:21:19,167 ...have started to go off the rails? -No. 1325 01:21:19,333 --> 01:21:22,042 He had the director shot for sabotage. 1326 01:21:22,208 --> 01:21:25,417 That didn't solve the problem, it possibly made it worse... 1327 01:21:25,542 --> 01:21:28,875 ...but it provided an outlet for the rage. 1328 01:21:29,792 --> 01:21:31,458 Rage is a structural given. 1329 01:21:31,583 --> 01:21:34,000 There's no point in fighting it, you have to manage it. 1330 01:21:35,167 --> 01:21:37,208 Do you want to feed the rage? -Yes. 1331 01:21:37,375 --> 01:21:39,167 The people want a head. 1332 01:21:39,917 --> 01:21:40,958 Which ? 1333 01:21:41,125 --> 01:21:43,042 That of the most arrogant of oligarchs. 1334 01:21:43,792 --> 01:21:44,875 Dmitry Sidorov. 1335 01:21:46,625 --> 01:21:48,167 Your ex-friend. 1336 01:21:48,917 --> 01:21:51,125 It seems he stole your wife. 1337 01:21:51,667 --> 01:21:52,833 You should be happy. 1338 01:21:53,000 --> 01:21:55,875 It didn't last. It's far from me. 1339 01:21:56,042 --> 01:21:59,292 He is preparing to sell a majority stake in his oil company... 1340 01:21:59,458 --> 01:22:00,625 ...à Exxon Mobil. 1341 01:22:00,792 --> 01:22:02,583 He has been working there for a long time. 1342 01:22:02,750 --> 01:22:04,792 He will become 20 billion dollars richer... 1343 01:22:04,958 --> 01:22:08,750 ...by placing our fossil fuel giant under American control. 1344 01:22:08,917 --> 01:22:11,542 A Russian company would acquire an international stature. 1345 01:22:11,708 --> 01:22:13,250 No, that's wrong. 1346 01:22:13,417 --> 01:22:17,167 He is building up a war chest to challenge me in the 2007 elections. 1347 01:22:17,333 --> 01:22:20,208 How do you know? -What do you think? He's being bugged. 1348 01:22:25,292 --> 01:22:26,583 "Non-entity." 1349 01:22:28,083 --> 01:22:31,667 That's what he and his friends in Washington call me. 1350 01:22:31,833 --> 01:22:33,542 A "non-entity". 1351 01:22:33,708 --> 01:22:37,417 Or when he explains that once elected, he will change the constitution... 1352 01:22:37,542 --> 01:22:40,542 ...and will dismantle our nuclear arsenal. 1353 01:22:40,708 --> 01:22:42,000 "Non-entity"! 1354 01:22:43,208 --> 01:22:44,292 "Non-entity"! 1355 01:22:46,375 --> 01:22:47,542 This man... 1356 01:22:48,292 --> 01:22:51,167 ...made me eat more mud than I can swallow. 1357 01:22:55,625 --> 01:22:56,833 I gave the order... 1358 01:22:57,000 --> 01:22:59,208 ...to have Dmitry Sidorov arrested... 1359 01:22:59,375 --> 01:23:00,958 ...tomorrow at dawn. 1360 01:23:01,125 --> 01:23:03,667 He's going to Siberia. He needs to refuel. 1361 01:23:03,833 --> 01:23:05,083 We'll pick it there. 1362 01:23:05,250 --> 01:23:08,125 The cameramen and journalists will already be on site. 1363 01:23:08,292 --> 01:23:10,792 It's up to you to orchestrate all of this for the media. 1364 01:23:29,333 --> 01:23:30,500 That's it. 1365 01:23:32,042 --> 01:23:33,083 We're here. 1366 01:23:33,250 --> 01:23:34,625 The news spread around the world. 1367 01:23:35,208 --> 01:23:39,750 This serves as a reminder that money doesn't protect against everything. 1368 01:23:39,917 --> 01:23:43,125 For you Westerners, it's an absolute taboo. 1369 01:23:43,292 --> 01:23:45,792 A politician arrested, why not? 1370 01:23:45,958 --> 01:23:48,417 But a billionaire? Unthinkable. 1371 01:23:48,542 --> 01:23:50,958 Your company is founded on the principle... 1372 01:23:51,125 --> 01:23:52,917 ...that nothing surpasses money. 1373 01:23:54,750 --> 01:23:59,500 My job: to turn Dmitry's downfall into a hit TV show. 1374 01:23:59,667 --> 01:24:01,625 It wasn't difficult. 1375 01:24:01,792 --> 01:24:04,958 The masses have always loved to see the head of a powerful person fall. 1376 01:24:05,125 --> 01:24:08,167 There is no dictator more bloodthirsty than the people. 1377 01:24:09,458 --> 01:24:11,042 Once Sidorov was arrested... 1378 01:24:11,208 --> 01:24:13,375 ...Putin's re-election was a formality. 1379 01:24:14,167 --> 01:24:15,500 Therefore... 1380 01:24:15,625 --> 01:24:19,042 ...the nature of the Russian government has changed profoundly. 1381 01:24:19,208 --> 01:24:21,708 The struggle for power has left the public sphere... 1382 01:24:21,875 --> 01:24:23,125 ...for the Tsar's entourage. 1383 01:24:23,792 --> 01:24:27,167 The state was once again dependent on court intrigues. 1384 01:24:27,667 --> 01:24:29,750 There are those whose office is close to the Tsar... 1385 01:24:29,917 --> 01:24:32,083 ...and those who are on his direct line. 1386 01:24:32,250 --> 01:24:34,542 Those who accompany him abroad... 1387 01:24:34,708 --> 01:24:37,375 ...and those who go on holiday to Sochi. 1388 01:24:37,500 --> 01:24:40,875 No detail should be overlooked, however small it may be. 1389 01:24:41,042 --> 01:24:42,958 From seating plans to a gala dinner... 1390 01:24:43,125 --> 01:24:45,708 ...during the waiting time in the President's anteroom... 1391 01:24:45,875 --> 01:24:48,792 ...nothing escapes the vigilance of the courtier. 1392 01:24:51,083 --> 01:24:54,333 I adapted to the new regime as I adapt to everything. 1393 01:24:54,500 --> 01:24:56,625 But others were much better than me. 1394 01:24:56,792 --> 01:24:58,250 Like Igor Sechine? 1395 01:24:59,458 --> 01:25:01,708 Especially Igor Sechine. 1396 01:25:02,708 --> 01:25:07,125 Like many men of his kind, he drew his strength from being underestimated. 1397 01:25:07,292 --> 01:25:11,125 When the time of courtiers came, he was in his element. 1398 01:25:11,292 --> 01:25:13,792 He was even the chief courtier. 1399 01:25:15,833 --> 01:25:17,500 With Dmitry Sidorov in prison... 1400 01:25:17,625 --> 01:25:19,625 ...what to do with his business? 1401 01:25:20,167 --> 01:25:22,458 Sechine made short work of him. 1402 01:25:22,583 --> 01:25:26,292 Judicial seizure, public auction with only one participant... 1403 01:25:26,458 --> 01:25:29,542 ...and it ends up in the hands of such an opaque financial group... 1404 01:25:29,708 --> 01:25:31,542 ...that he doesn't even have a phone number. 1405 01:25:31,708 --> 01:25:33,875 So, did you get what you wanted? 1406 01:25:34,042 --> 01:25:35,417 That's what the Tsar wanted. 1407 01:25:35,542 --> 01:25:37,542 He wanted Dmitry's box? 1408 01:25:37,708 --> 01:25:40,167 What he wants is to destroy the oligarchs. 1409 01:25:40,333 --> 01:25:42,583 And replace them with siloviki like you? 1410 01:25:42,750 --> 01:25:45,625 Russia has always needed men of strength. 1411 01:25:45,792 --> 01:25:48,708 Military personnel, spies, police officers. 1412 01:25:48,875 --> 01:25:50,333 That's why I'm here. 1413 01:25:50,500 --> 01:25:52,500 And you take what you want. Well done. 1414 01:25:52,667 --> 01:25:55,417 If you want to put it that way, Vadim Alexeïevitch. 1415 01:25:57,333 --> 01:25:58,542 Be careful. 1416 01:25:59,167 --> 01:26:02,667 He's back from the G20 in Berlin. Tired, in a bad mood. 1417 01:26:05,500 --> 01:26:07,708 It's always the same, I'm treated as if I were... 1418 01:26:07,875 --> 01:26:09,792 ...the president of Finland. 1419 01:26:10,375 --> 01:26:13,750 But beware! They should be wary. 1420 01:26:14,417 --> 01:26:16,208 The ability to inspire fear... 1421 01:26:16,375 --> 01:26:19,375 ...is the only weapon a poor person has to preserve their dignity. 1422 01:26:19,500 --> 01:26:20,917 I learned it in the street. 1423 01:26:21,500 --> 01:26:24,000 Except that by scaring the enemy... 1424 01:26:24,167 --> 01:26:26,500 ...we risk scaring the markets. 1425 01:26:26,667 --> 01:26:27,875 We can't afford that. 1426 01:26:28,042 --> 01:26:30,708 The markets have never ruled Russia. 1427 01:26:30,875 --> 01:26:32,375 Maybe once. 1428 01:26:33,125 --> 01:26:34,875 Perhaps once under Yeltsin. 1429 01:26:35,042 --> 01:26:37,625 And what was the result? The law of the jungle. 1430 01:26:39,500 --> 01:26:41,167 We need... 1431 01:26:41,333 --> 01:26:42,583 ...to take control. 1432 01:26:42,750 --> 01:26:45,500 Control of all the country's wealth. 1433 01:26:45,625 --> 01:26:49,708 Forests, mines, gas, oil. 1434 01:26:50,833 --> 01:26:53,667 We will put them at the service of the interests... 1435 01:26:53,833 --> 01:26:56,542 ...and the greatness of the Russian people. 1436 01:26:59,125 --> 01:27:01,708 Like with Dmitry. -What, Dmitry? 1437 01:27:02,667 --> 01:27:04,833 The oil monopoly... 1438 01:27:05,000 --> 01:27:08,208 ...moved from Sidorov's pocket to Sechine's pocket. 1439 01:27:09,500 --> 01:27:13,083 What does this have to do with the interests and greatness of the Russian people? 1440 01:27:41,875 --> 01:27:44,750 The weather's nice. You should go for a swim before you leave. 1441 01:27:44,917 --> 01:27:47,042 Thank you, but another time. 1442 01:27:47,208 --> 01:27:48,375 Do you prefer Sochi? 1443 01:27:49,417 --> 01:27:50,750 You know why I'm here. 1444 01:27:52,542 --> 01:27:54,708 I'd like to hear you say it. 1445 01:27:54,875 --> 01:27:57,750 -According to the rumor... -You wouldn't come here because of a rumor. 1446 01:28:04,250 --> 01:28:06,000 According to highly reliable sources... 1447 01:28:06,167 --> 01:28:08,958 ...you are a staunch supporter of the Ukrainian protesters. 1448 01:28:09,125 --> 01:28:11,500 Since you know... -Putin is furious. 1449 01:28:11,625 --> 01:28:15,292 I was worried. Actually, you bring good news. 1450 01:28:15,458 --> 01:28:19,083 Ukraine has been an integral part of Russia for centuries. 1451 01:28:19,250 --> 01:28:21,500 Do you really believe that? -I'm just the messenger. 1452 01:28:22,792 --> 01:28:24,208 Do you know what he said? 1453 01:28:24,792 --> 01:28:26,625 "Go see that asshole." 1454 01:28:26,792 --> 01:28:28,500 "Tell him he's going too far..." 1455 01:28:28,667 --> 01:28:30,375 "...and tries to reason with him." 1456 01:28:31,625 --> 01:28:34,208 Do you know his problem? -I know what you think. 1457 01:28:34,375 --> 01:28:39,042 That he is not a politician, but a KGB man, a spy. 1458 01:28:39,208 --> 01:28:42,958 He's not a spy. A spy gathers accurate information. 1459 01:28:43,125 --> 01:28:47,167 He's a counter-spy. His job is to be paranoid... 1460 01:28:47,333 --> 01:28:49,625 ...to see conspiracies everywhere... 1461 01:28:49,792 --> 01:28:51,500 ...to invent them if necessary. 1462 01:28:51,625 --> 01:28:53,708 You have been in exile for too long. 1463 01:28:53,875 --> 01:28:55,042 You're out of touch. 1464 01:28:55,208 --> 01:28:58,333 As if these poor Ukrainians had no reason to revolt... 1465 01:28:58,500 --> 01:29:00,167 ...against a pro-Russian government. 1466 01:29:00,333 --> 01:29:03,500 Do you know who the main supporters of the Ukrainian protesters are? 1467 01:29:03,625 --> 01:29:06,167 The CIA, the US State Department... 1468 01:29:06,333 --> 01:29:08,083 ...the major American foundations... 1469 01:29:08,250 --> 01:29:10,333 ...George Soros and you... 1470 01:29:10,500 --> 01:29:12,833 ...to the tune of $30 million... 1471 01:29:13,000 --> 01:29:14,208 ...or so they say. 1472 01:29:14,375 --> 01:29:15,542 That's politics. 1473 01:29:16,083 --> 01:29:17,708 And you know what? 1474 01:29:17,875 --> 01:29:19,250 That's democracy. 1475 01:29:19,833 --> 01:29:22,583 You forgot the meaning of that word a long time ago. 1476 01:29:28,125 --> 01:29:30,167 I am not here by choice. 1477 01:29:30,333 --> 01:29:32,542 I live in exile, Vadia. 1478 01:29:33,500 --> 01:29:37,250 If I set foot in Russia, I'll end up in Siberia, like Sidorov. 1479 01:29:38,792 --> 01:29:39,833 Boris... 1480 01:29:40,000 --> 01:29:43,167 ...despite our differences, the Tsar maintained his friendship with you. 1481 01:29:43,333 --> 01:29:45,667 You were able to sell your Russian assets. 1482 01:29:45,833 --> 01:29:48,292 1.3 billion, isn't that right? 1483 01:29:48,458 --> 01:29:49,542 They were worth much more. 1484 01:29:57,917 --> 01:29:59,708 What if I persist? 1485 01:30:02,208 --> 01:30:03,833 Are you going to send killers after me? 1486 01:30:07,292 --> 01:30:10,208 Look. I have some too. 1487 01:30:11,792 --> 01:30:13,667 And they're better than yours... 1488 01:30:14,208 --> 01:30:16,500 ...because I pay ten times more for them. 1489 01:30:18,167 --> 01:30:20,750 I didn't come here to threaten you. 1490 01:30:21,708 --> 01:30:23,917 I understand your resentment. 1491 01:30:24,708 --> 01:30:26,792 But do not turn against your country. 1492 01:30:26,958 --> 01:30:29,125 Putin's Russia is not my homeland. 1493 01:30:30,000 --> 01:30:31,542 With all our flaws... 1494 01:30:31,708 --> 01:30:33,875 ...we had succeeded in building a free country... 1495 01:30:34,042 --> 01:30:36,333 ...where you could say and do whatever you wanted. 1496 01:30:36,500 --> 01:30:38,250 A first in Russian history. 1497 01:30:38,417 --> 01:30:41,208 And you've screwed that up in just a few years. 1498 01:30:42,625 --> 01:30:45,750 You have brought Russia back to what it has always been: 1499 01:30:47,167 --> 01:30:48,875 ...a prison on a national scale. 1500 01:30:50,083 --> 01:30:52,208 Like in Soviet times. 1501 01:31:38,708 --> 01:31:40,167 Is that your boat? 1502 01:31:40,708 --> 01:31:42,167 Nothing is ever mine. 1503 01:31:43,000 --> 01:31:44,917 Not in the way you mean it. 1504 01:31:45,875 --> 01:31:47,458 At the expense of the oligarchs? 1505 01:31:48,250 --> 01:31:49,583 Are you scared? 1506 01:31:50,750 --> 01:31:52,583 Let your teachers learn this? 1507 01:31:52,750 --> 01:31:54,042 My masters? 1508 01:31:54,208 --> 01:31:55,375 From what I hear... 1509 01:31:55,500 --> 01:31:57,250 ...you have placed yourself at the service of power. 1510 01:31:57,417 --> 01:31:58,750 If you want. 1511 01:31:59,875 --> 01:32:02,958 You don't like Vladimir Vladimirovich very much. 1512 01:32:03,125 --> 01:32:04,417 No. You're right. 1513 01:32:04,542 --> 01:32:06,292 I don't like power. 1514 01:32:06,458 --> 01:32:09,500 Even less so when you tell yourself it's modern art. 1515 01:32:09,667 --> 01:32:12,000 Excuse me Vadia, but I find you vile. 1516 01:32:12,167 --> 01:32:13,167 Want? 1517 01:32:14,250 --> 01:32:16,583 That's a strong word. -You deserve it. 1518 01:32:18,125 --> 01:32:19,375 You didn't answer me. 1519 01:32:19,500 --> 01:32:22,292 Are we profiting from the money of the oligarchs? 1520 01:32:23,625 --> 01:32:27,500 This boat belongs to a Portland entrepreneur. 1521 01:32:27,625 --> 01:32:30,167 He invented a software program at the age of 24. 1522 01:32:30,333 --> 01:32:31,833 Multimillionaire at 26. 1523 01:32:32,000 --> 01:32:35,000 He sold his company to Microsoft at the age of 28. 1524 01:32:35,167 --> 01:32:37,500 Since then, he's been bored stiff. 1525 01:32:38,708 --> 01:32:41,083 He would like to have another idea in his life... 1526 01:32:41,250 --> 01:32:42,667 ...but she is slow to come. 1527 01:32:43,250 --> 01:32:44,500 Are you sleeping with him? 1528 01:32:45,625 --> 01:32:46,917 No way. 1529 01:32:47,833 --> 01:32:49,875 When I get the idea for a jewelry line... 1530 01:32:50,042 --> 01:32:51,625 ...he finances it. 1531 01:32:51,792 --> 01:32:53,625 Sometimes he earns a little money. 1532 01:32:53,792 --> 01:32:56,708 For him, cherry stems. 1533 01:32:56,875 --> 01:32:59,000 And he lends you his boat whenever you feel like it? 1534 01:32:59,167 --> 01:33:00,125 Yes. 1535 01:33:00,583 --> 01:33:04,333 When the world bores me, which is often... 1536 01:33:04,500 --> 01:33:06,875 ...I have come here to take refuge. 1537 01:33:07,042 --> 01:33:08,542 A gilded cage. 1538 01:33:08,708 --> 01:33:10,208 Your comfort zone. 1539 01:33:12,208 --> 01:33:13,875 I liked Dmitry. 1540 01:33:15,708 --> 01:33:18,125 We had a lot of fun for a few months. 1541 01:33:18,292 --> 01:33:21,125 I loved the crazy atmosphere of the time. 1542 01:33:21,292 --> 01:33:22,833 And you dumped him too. 1543 01:33:23,000 --> 01:33:24,375 I wasn't cruel. 1544 01:33:24,500 --> 01:33:25,833 Not this time. 1545 01:33:27,750 --> 01:33:29,958 We drifted apart. 1546 01:33:30,125 --> 01:33:33,583 Dmitry was interested in oil. It didn't bring him luck. 1547 01:33:35,667 --> 01:33:38,625 And for a few years, I preferred Los Angeles... 1548 01:33:38,792 --> 01:33:39,958 ...to the rest of the world. 1549 01:33:40,125 --> 01:33:42,458 Did Hollywood meet your requirements? 1550 01:33:42,583 --> 01:33:43,917 Hollywood ! 1551 01:33:44,500 --> 01:33:46,750 I stayed away from Hollywood. 1552 01:33:46,917 --> 01:33:48,625 It's like Moscow. 1553 01:33:48,792 --> 01:33:50,750 Only power relations matter. 1554 01:33:50,917 --> 01:33:53,000 The rest is negligible. 1555 01:33:53,167 --> 01:33:54,417 I loved the desert. 1556 01:33:54,542 --> 01:33:57,500 I loved the ocean waves... 1557 01:33:58,458 --> 01:34:01,417 ...driving on the Pacific Coast Highway. 1558 01:34:02,500 --> 01:34:05,750 And when I wanted to go to Japan, I went to Japan. 1559 01:34:19,042 --> 01:34:21,083 This is my favorite cove. 1560 01:34:23,125 --> 01:34:24,625 Your plane is waiting for you. 1561 01:34:29,500 --> 01:34:31,167 Tonight, I will be in Moscow. 1562 01:34:32,458 --> 01:34:34,000 How sad. 1563 01:34:42,667 --> 01:34:45,875 ORANGE REVOLUTION 1564 01:34:47,208 --> 01:34:49,667 MAIDAN, INDEPENDENCE SQUARE UKRAINE - 2004 1565 01:34:49,833 --> 01:34:52,042 The following autumn, as expected... 1566 01:34:52,208 --> 01:34:54,500 ...the situation in Ukraine has deteriorated. 1567 01:34:54,667 --> 01:34:58,000 The protesters refused to recognize the election results. 1568 01:34:58,500 --> 01:35:01,042 By the hundreds of thousands, they occupied the Maidan... 1569 01:35:01,208 --> 01:35:04,583 ...the main square of Kyiv, with their chants, their orange ribbons... 1570 01:35:04,750 --> 01:35:08,083 ...their brightly colored tents and their pro-Western slogans. 1571 01:35:09,667 --> 01:35:11,083 Don't get distracted. 1572 01:35:11,875 --> 01:35:13,708 Stay on the Maidan! 1573 01:35:13,875 --> 01:35:18,125 Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians are joining us! 1574 01:35:19,208 --> 01:35:21,417 Suddenly, international observers... 1575 01:35:21,875 --> 01:35:25,167 ...have come out of the woodwork to contest the election results... 1576 01:35:25,333 --> 01:35:28,458 ...won by the pro-Russian candidate, Yanukovych. 1577 01:35:29,500 --> 01:35:31,792 These elections were notoriously rigged. 1578 01:35:31,958 --> 01:35:33,292 As it happens, I was there. 1579 01:35:33,458 --> 01:35:35,000 Oh yes ? 1580 01:35:35,167 --> 01:35:37,000 We had just voted in Iraq. 1581 01:35:37,167 --> 01:35:39,542 American soldiers controlled the polling stations... 1582 01:35:39,708 --> 01:35:43,417 ...and everyone thought it was great. But not in Ukraine. 1583 01:35:43,542 --> 01:35:45,667 No. In Ukraine, a new vote was necessary... 1584 01:35:45,833 --> 01:35:48,042 ...because the result was not correct. 1585 01:35:48,208 --> 01:35:50,875 They called this farce the "Orange Revolution". 1586 01:35:51,042 --> 01:35:54,542 The previous year, in Georgia, it was the "Rose Revolution". 1587 01:35:54,708 --> 01:35:56,875 Yet another poetic revolution... 1588 01:35:57,042 --> 01:35:59,167 ...pretty girls and noble ideals... 1589 01:35:59,333 --> 01:36:01,792 ...but it's still a vassal of the Americans... 1590 01:36:01,958 --> 01:36:03,792 ...who is propelled to power. 1591 01:36:03,958 --> 01:36:08,083 Do you seriously think it takes a CIA conspiracy...? 1592 01:36:08,250 --> 01:36:10,333 ...so that the Ukrainian people distance themselves from Russia... 1593 01:36:10,500 --> 01:36:12,292 ...for the benefit of the European Union? 1594 01:36:12,458 --> 01:36:14,292 Which people are you talking about? 1595 01:36:14,458 --> 01:36:18,083 Do you believe that everyone finds your Europe so desirable? 1596 01:36:18,250 --> 01:36:21,583 No need to be a fortune teller, it's Russia's turn soon. 1597 01:36:21,750 --> 01:36:24,708 The next color revolution will be in Moscow. 1598 01:36:24,875 --> 01:36:27,042 The future president of the Russian Federation... 1599 01:36:27,208 --> 01:36:29,125 ...will graduate from Yale. 1600 01:36:29,750 --> 01:36:32,625 The process seemed inevitable. 1601 01:36:32,792 --> 01:36:35,708 The youth had had enough of us, and the Americans... 1602 01:36:35,875 --> 01:36:37,625 ...exploited this revolt. 1603 01:36:38,208 --> 01:36:41,458 To survive, you had to be stronger than them. 1604 01:36:41,583 --> 01:36:43,958 The old methods had run their course. 1605 01:36:44,125 --> 01:36:46,542 Arrest the agitators, expel the diplomats. 1606 01:36:46,708 --> 01:36:50,167 And if we were in a bad mood, we would eliminate our opponents. 1607 01:36:50,333 --> 01:36:51,708 I don't believe in any of that. 1608 01:36:53,583 --> 01:36:56,750 So I took the risk of adopting a different tactic. 1609 01:37:10,292 --> 01:37:14,083 The President has been informed of your arrival. He sends you his greetings. 1610 01:37:20,000 --> 01:37:22,125 Alexander Sergeyevich... 1611 01:37:22,292 --> 01:37:25,750 ...I've been following you for a few years now, with your Night Wolves. 1612 01:37:25,917 --> 01:37:27,625 You impress me. 1613 01:37:27,792 --> 01:37:30,792 You take these lost souls and... 1614 01:37:31,625 --> 01:37:33,417 ...you give them a house. 1615 01:37:33,542 --> 01:37:34,833 A discipline. 1616 01:37:35,000 --> 01:37:38,167 Our group provides them with two things they lack: 1617 01:37:38,333 --> 01:37:40,500 brotherhood and strength. 1618 01:37:40,667 --> 01:37:42,792 You are not just a group of bikers. 1619 01:37:42,958 --> 01:37:44,583 You are true Russian patriots. 1620 01:37:44,750 --> 01:37:45,833 We have values. 1621 01:37:46,000 --> 01:37:47,542 Those of Russia. 1622 01:37:47,708 --> 01:37:51,250 Those of our Holy Mother the Orthodox Church. 1623 01:37:51,417 --> 01:37:55,333 I understood that perfectly, Alexandre Sergeïevitch, and so did the President. 1624 01:37:55,500 --> 01:37:57,750 Wolves are not just predators... 1625 01:37:57,917 --> 01:38:00,333 ...they are also the guardians of the forest. 1626 01:38:01,458 --> 01:38:03,542 Did you see what happened in Ukraine? 1627 01:38:03,708 --> 01:38:05,208 Yes. A revolution. 1628 01:38:05,375 --> 01:38:06,667 A coup d'état. 1629 01:38:08,167 --> 01:38:09,625 Do you know who took power? 1630 01:38:09,792 --> 01:38:11,792 The Americans. -Bravo! 1631 01:38:12,500 --> 01:38:14,500 They created a youth organization... 1632 01:38:14,667 --> 01:38:17,583 ...funded free concerts on the Maidan. 1633 01:38:17,750 --> 01:38:21,542 I bet even the orange ribbon was the idea of ​​an advertising executive. 1634 01:38:21,708 --> 01:38:24,042 Everything is tailor-made for young people... 1635 01:38:24,208 --> 01:38:27,500 ...because their energy is the most valuable commodity. 1636 01:38:27,625 --> 01:38:29,125 Their frustration... 1637 01:38:29,292 --> 01:38:31,375 ...their desire to change the world. 1638 01:38:31,500 --> 01:38:33,042 Young people need a cause. 1639 01:38:33,208 --> 01:38:34,500 And from an enemy. 1640 01:38:35,417 --> 01:38:37,500 We need to give them a cause and an enemy... 1641 01:38:37,667 --> 01:38:40,375 ...before they choose them themselves. 1642 01:38:40,500 --> 01:38:43,750 Or worse, that the Americans choose them for themselves. 1643 01:38:43,917 --> 01:38:45,875 Except we can't do that. 1644 01:38:46,042 --> 01:38:47,750 Look around you, Alexandre. 1645 01:38:47,917 --> 01:38:50,417 Just a bunch of bureaucrats in suits and ties. 1646 01:38:50,542 --> 01:38:51,958 We are the adults... 1647 01:38:52,125 --> 01:38:55,000 ...we are the power. We are their true enemy. 1648 01:38:55,667 --> 01:38:57,500 You're younger than me, I think. 1649 01:38:57,625 --> 01:38:59,583 You took a different path. 1650 01:38:59,750 --> 01:39:03,167 You embody freedom and adventure. Your vital energy is intact. 1651 01:39:03,333 --> 01:39:04,875 Young people can feel it. 1652 01:39:05,500 --> 01:39:08,000 The Tsar is with you. He is your brother. 1653 01:39:08,167 --> 01:39:09,708 He is not a bureaucrat. 1654 01:39:09,875 --> 01:39:12,375 He likes speed, he does judo, he hunts. 1655 01:39:12,500 --> 01:39:15,333 He belongs to the race of conquerors. 1656 01:39:15,500 --> 01:39:18,583 Do you think he would come to one of our gatherings? 1657 01:39:18,750 --> 01:39:21,792 Of course. -The Night Wolves would be honored. 1658 01:39:21,958 --> 01:39:24,542 We will organize a gathering of young patriots. 1659 01:39:24,708 --> 01:39:27,500 We will launch the fight against the real enemy: 1660 01:39:27,625 --> 01:39:30,417 ...the decadent West and its false values. 1661 01:39:30,542 --> 01:39:33,125 The Maidan, but upside down. 1662 01:39:33,292 --> 01:39:34,417 Exactly. 1663 01:39:34,542 --> 01:39:37,417 Russia must become a place... 1664 01:39:37,542 --> 01:39:40,458 ...where one can vent one's rage against the world... 1665 01:39:40,583 --> 01:39:43,333 ...while remaining a loyal servant of the Tsar. 1666 01:39:43,500 --> 01:39:47,583 In fact, you want to make the revolution impossible. 1667 01:39:47,750 --> 01:39:50,917 Let's say we want to abolish the need for it. 1668 01:39:53,750 --> 01:39:55,167 Without a drop of vodka... 1669 01:39:55,333 --> 01:39:58,542 ...Zaldostanov left the Kremlin in a state of drunkenness. 1670 01:39:58,708 --> 01:40:00,708 But he didn't know that after him... 1671 01:40:00,875 --> 01:40:04,917 ...I was receiving the intriguing spokesperson for an Orthodox revival movement. 1672 01:40:07,375 --> 01:40:11,708 Then the leader of a particularly tenacious group of young communists. 1673 01:40:13,167 --> 01:40:16,250 And the leader of the Spartak supporters. 1674 01:40:16,417 --> 01:40:18,125 I recruited them all: 1675 01:40:18,292 --> 01:40:19,667 ...motorcyclists and hooligans... 1676 01:40:19,833 --> 01:40:23,500 ...anarchists and skinheads, communists and religious fanatics... 1677 01:40:23,667 --> 01:40:26,500 ...from the far right to the far left and beyond. 1678 01:40:26,667 --> 01:40:28,292 After the events in Ukraine... 1679 01:40:28,458 --> 01:40:31,792 ...we had to contain the forces of rage. 1680 01:40:31,958 --> 01:40:34,500 The monopoly on power was no longer enough... 1681 01:40:34,625 --> 01:40:37,208 ...we needed a monopoly on subversion. 1682 01:40:42,917 --> 01:40:45,292 Who haven't I hired? 1683 01:40:45,750 --> 01:40:49,792 The technocrats responsible for the disasters of the 90s... 1684 01:40:50,417 --> 01:40:52,542 ...the remaining oligarchs... 1685 01:40:52,708 --> 01:40:55,292 ...the standard-bearers of political correctness... 1686 01:40:55,458 --> 01:40:56,750 ...vegans... 1687 01:40:56,917 --> 01:40:58,167 ...To tell the truth... 1688 01:40:58,917 --> 01:41:01,708 ...I needed these characters in the opposition. 1689 01:41:02,292 --> 01:41:03,750 They were my best actors. 1690 01:41:15,583 --> 01:41:17,583 Virgin Mary, Mother of God 1691 01:41:17,750 --> 01:41:19,708 Chase Putin away, chase Putin away! 1692 01:41:19,875 --> 01:41:21,667 Black cassock, gold epaulettes 1693 01:41:21,833 --> 01:41:23,500 All parishioners on their knees! 1694 01:41:25,208 --> 01:41:27,167 The ghost of liberty is in heaven 1695 01:41:27,333 --> 01:41:29,083 Gay Pride is being sent to Siberia 1696 01:41:29,250 --> 01:41:32,333 When Pussy Riot invaded the Cathedral of Christ the Savior... 1697 01:41:32,500 --> 01:41:35,792 ...shouting obscenities against Putin and Patriarch Kirill... 1698 01:41:35,958 --> 01:41:38,750 ...we gained five points in the polls. 1699 01:41:38,917 --> 01:41:41,083 I found them heroic. 1700 01:41:41,250 --> 01:41:43,000 They're going about it the wrong way. 1701 01:41:43,167 --> 01:41:46,500 They scored an own goal. In politics, that's unforgivable. 1702 01:41:46,625 --> 01:41:48,333 It's a double-edged sword. 1703 01:41:48,875 --> 01:41:51,167 That made them world-famous. 1704 01:41:54,583 --> 01:41:56,292 One second, I'll be right back. 1705 01:41:57,417 --> 01:41:59,208 Vadim ! 1706 01:41:59,375 --> 01:42:00,625 Miss Chekhova. 1707 01:42:00,792 --> 01:42:03,542 I am very flattered that you honor me with your presence. 1708 01:42:03,708 --> 01:42:07,083 Don't laugh. You're measuring the influence of your living room. 1709 01:42:07,250 --> 01:42:08,292 Dear... 1710 01:42:08,458 --> 01:42:12,000 ...worldly gossip has never influenced power. 1711 01:42:12,167 --> 01:42:15,958 Thanks to you, I can rub shoulders with my opponents. 1712 01:42:16,125 --> 01:42:17,250 Indeed. 1713 01:42:18,333 --> 01:42:20,917 Garry Kasparov is here. 1714 01:42:24,500 --> 01:42:27,500 Chess champions never go far in politics. 1715 01:42:27,625 --> 01:42:29,000 Vadim Baranov. 1716 01:42:29,625 --> 01:42:32,333 The Kremlin wizard. -In person. 1717 01:42:32,500 --> 01:42:34,833 You invented a name for your doctrine. 1718 01:42:35,375 --> 01:42:36,958 Sovereign democracy. 1719 01:42:37,125 --> 01:42:40,833 Russia must be a democracy to benefit from globalization. 1720 01:42:41,000 --> 01:42:44,875 I see no trace of democracy in our society, but carry on. 1721 01:42:45,042 --> 01:42:47,708 Sovereignty is politically synonymous with stability. 1722 01:42:47,875 --> 01:42:51,208 The more stable a regime is, the more competitive it is. 1723 01:42:51,375 --> 01:42:54,583 You know what they say about your "sovereign democracy"? 1724 01:42:54,750 --> 01:42:56,458 What a great deal to democracy... 1725 01:42:56,583 --> 01:42:59,500 ...what the electric chair is to the chair. 1726 01:43:02,625 --> 01:43:05,250 It's just a clever remark, but it's funny. 1727 01:43:13,500 --> 01:43:15,667 You left the French Riviera. 1728 01:43:15,833 --> 01:43:18,042 I never stay in one place for long. 1729 01:43:18,208 --> 01:43:20,500 You know me. That's not one of my qualities. 1730 01:43:20,625 --> 01:43:22,083 Do you live in Moscow? 1731 01:43:22,875 --> 01:43:25,708 When I'm here, I stay at the Metropol Hotel. 1732 01:43:25,875 --> 01:43:27,208 I rent a suite on a yearly basis. 1733 01:43:27,375 --> 01:43:28,500 Is this an invitation? 1734 01:43:33,417 --> 01:43:36,375 Do you remember my friend, the dog-man? 1735 01:43:36,500 --> 01:43:38,750 Of course. Arseni. 1736 01:43:38,917 --> 01:43:40,583 He is a renowned director. 1737 01:43:40,750 --> 01:43:43,458 He staged Monteverdi's L'Orfeo . 1738 01:43:44,083 --> 01:43:48,333 He transformed the theatre into a pagan basilica. 1739 01:43:49,333 --> 01:43:51,333 He calls it a spatial liturgy. 1740 01:43:52,167 --> 01:43:54,208 I was her high priestess in Paris. 1741 01:43:55,542 --> 01:43:56,667 Do you want to come? 1742 01:43:57,500 --> 01:44:00,667 Unless you're no longer interested in this kind of provocation. 1743 01:44:07,667 --> 01:44:10,000 Not sure I remember who you are. 1744 01:44:10,167 --> 01:44:11,958 I get lost in your labyrinths. 1745 01:44:12,125 --> 01:44:13,333 It's a game. 1746 01:44:14,167 --> 01:44:17,167 Politics is the only game worth playing. 1747 01:44:17,333 --> 01:44:18,542 You've become cynical. 1748 01:44:19,208 --> 01:44:22,000 You have reached the limit of your intelligence. 1749 01:44:22,167 --> 01:44:23,208 Cynical. 1750 01:44:24,083 --> 01:44:25,250 It's possible. 1751 01:44:26,333 --> 01:44:27,417 But not only that. 1752 01:44:27,542 --> 01:44:28,792 I don't know. 1753 01:44:30,667 --> 01:44:32,667 I'll tell you. 1754 01:44:36,083 --> 01:44:38,458 Right now, I'm not sure. 1755 01:44:39,458 --> 01:44:41,125 Come with me to the opera. 1756 01:44:43,458 --> 01:44:45,417 We'll go to the Metropol for dinner. 1757 01:45:18,250 --> 01:45:20,625 I'm tired, Ksenia. 1758 01:45:20,792 --> 01:45:22,000 What ? 1759 01:45:24,000 --> 01:45:26,375 To put your black magic at the service of power? 1760 01:45:27,292 --> 01:45:30,167 The other day, I caught sight of my reflection in the mirror... 1761 01:45:30,333 --> 01:45:31,875 ...but it wasn't me... 1762 01:45:32,458 --> 01:45:33,958 ...it was my father. 1763 01:45:34,125 --> 01:45:36,167 My father's face imprinted on mine... 1764 01:45:36,333 --> 01:45:38,417 ...despite all my efforts. 1765 01:45:40,417 --> 01:45:41,583 Let's go home. 1766 01:45:42,833 --> 01:45:43,833 I'm cold. 1767 01:45:48,042 --> 01:45:50,667 Last time, you asked me a question. 1768 01:45:51,250 --> 01:45:52,750 Do you remember? 1769 01:45:52,917 --> 01:45:54,542 You said you needed time. 1770 01:45:54,708 --> 01:45:56,333 Now I can answer. 1771 01:45:56,500 --> 01:45:59,042 You're not just cynical. 1772 01:45:59,208 --> 01:46:01,125 You have chosen... 1773 01:46:01,292 --> 01:46:02,792 ...to marry your time. 1774 01:46:02,958 --> 01:46:05,583 You could just as easily have run away from him. 1775 01:46:05,750 --> 01:46:08,292 Do you like this weather? -It's ours. 1776 01:46:10,417 --> 01:46:13,250 We are neither better nor worse than him. 1777 01:46:13,417 --> 01:46:17,000 I am not blinding myself. I embody the worst of it. 1778 01:46:17,542 --> 01:46:20,500 And you think you'll ever have to answer for that? 1779 01:46:20,625 --> 01:46:22,833 Do you believe in the future? 1780 01:46:23,000 --> 01:46:24,417 Not me. 1781 01:46:24,542 --> 01:46:27,167 The future doesn't give a damn about us. 1782 01:46:28,208 --> 01:46:32,083 "Our wound is raw under the yoke of this time. 1783 01:46:34,042 --> 01:46:35,292 "See... 1784 01:46:36,042 --> 01:46:38,583 "...behind the forest where we are walking..." 1785 01:46:38,750 --> 01:46:40,208 "...trembling..." 1786 01:46:40,792 --> 01:46:43,292 "...like an illuminated castle..." 1787 01:46:43,458 --> 01:46:45,167 "...evening already awaits." 1788 01:46:45,333 --> 01:46:46,458 Rilke. 1789 01:46:47,333 --> 01:46:48,542 I had forgotten. 1790 01:47:10,125 --> 01:47:12,958 I have never been fascinated by Saint Petersburg. 1791 01:47:13,125 --> 01:47:15,417 It's a museum city, frozen in time. 1792 01:47:15,875 --> 01:47:19,000 The Tsar, on the contrary, is only completely at ease there... 1793 01:47:19,167 --> 01:47:20,917 ...with his true, lifelong friends... 1794 01:47:21,500 --> 01:47:25,750 ...a mix of former FSB agents and judo black belts 1795 01:47:25,917 --> 01:47:28,708 and genuine gangsters who had hit the jackpot. 1796 01:47:28,875 --> 01:47:32,625 They both seemed to have stepped out of Richard III. 1797 01:47:32,792 --> 01:47:35,875 In just a few years, these shady provincial schemers... 1798 01:47:36,042 --> 01:47:39,375 ...had accumulated wealth worthy of Gulf emirs. 1799 01:47:47,125 --> 01:47:48,250 Outstanding ! 1800 01:47:51,000 --> 01:47:52,333 A delight. 1801 01:47:57,667 --> 01:47:58,833 That's good, guys. 1802 01:48:15,875 --> 01:48:18,375 Our new chef's specialty: 1803 01:48:18,500 --> 01:48:20,042 ...truffle risotto. 1804 01:48:23,167 --> 01:48:26,833 You will tell me whether I should keep it or send it back to Italy. 1805 01:48:28,000 --> 01:48:29,250 Enjoy your food. 1806 01:48:30,583 --> 01:48:33,125 Genia, you disappoint us. 1807 01:48:33,292 --> 01:48:37,042 You're serving us truffle risotto. Where's the rocket? 1808 01:48:38,042 --> 01:48:39,500 Do I need to remind you... 1809 01:48:39,667 --> 01:48:43,542 ...that our ice hockey team finished sixth in the championship? 1810 01:48:45,917 --> 01:48:48,667 We've moved up seven places in the standings... 1811 01:48:48,833 --> 01:48:51,000 ...and overtook Dynamo Moscow. 1812 01:48:51,167 --> 01:48:52,708 Wait until next year. 1813 01:48:52,875 --> 01:48:53,958 You'll see. 1814 01:48:54,125 --> 01:48:57,333 Well, you'll get your rocket next year. 1815 01:48:58,708 --> 01:49:01,458 No decent rockets in Russia. 1816 01:49:01,583 --> 01:49:04,750 But I bought an estate on the Black Sea to cultivate it. 1817 01:49:04,917 --> 01:49:07,958 It will be magnificent, but we must be patient. 1818 01:49:08,125 --> 01:49:09,292 Keep the leader. 1819 01:49:09,792 --> 01:49:11,500 He knows his stuff. 1820 01:49:12,708 --> 01:49:15,500 His ticket to Pisa was already booked. 1821 01:49:15,667 --> 01:49:16,875 On Ryanair! 1822 01:49:21,833 --> 01:49:25,000 Evgueni is very demanding. 1823 01:49:25,167 --> 01:49:29,250 But his talents extend beyond cooking and touch on geopolitics. 1824 01:49:30,542 --> 01:49:33,167 Even to some of the questions we are discussing. 1825 01:49:33,333 --> 01:49:36,333 It would be helpful if you talked to each other. 1826 01:49:40,208 --> 01:49:43,125 I didn't know Prigojine very well. Except as a restaurateur. 1827 01:49:43,292 --> 01:49:45,542 But Putin had overseen his rise... 1828 01:49:45,708 --> 01:49:47,750 ...with unwavering kindness. 1829 01:49:48,583 --> 01:49:50,250 A 5-minute flight. 1830 01:49:50,417 --> 01:49:51,667 Shortly after taking off... 1831 01:49:51,833 --> 01:49:54,625 ...we began the descent onto Kamenny Island... 1832 01:49:54,792 --> 01:49:56,250 ...where the Tsar's relatives... 1833 01:49:56,417 --> 01:49:59,833 ...lived in the most beautiful palaces of the imperial aristocracy. 1834 01:50:03,875 --> 01:50:05,750 I'm not an intellectual like you... 1835 01:50:05,917 --> 01:50:08,125 ...but I've learned a few life lessons. 1836 01:50:08,292 --> 01:50:09,750 And not just in prison. 1837 01:50:10,708 --> 01:50:12,292 I have no doubt about it. 1838 01:50:12,750 --> 01:50:14,583 Do you know how I started? 1839 01:50:14,750 --> 01:50:15,833 With my partners... 1840 01:50:16,000 --> 01:50:19,667 ...we obtained the first casino license in Saint Petersburg. 1841 01:50:19,833 --> 01:50:23,208 Or rather, the Tsar gave it to you when he was deputy mayor. 1842 01:50:23,375 --> 01:50:24,750 Do you know what a casino is? 1843 01:50:24,917 --> 01:50:28,208 A monument to human irrationality. 1844 01:50:28,375 --> 01:50:30,292 Why throw your money away... 1845 01:50:30,458 --> 01:50:33,000 ...when all the odds are against you? 1846 01:50:33,167 --> 01:50:35,833 By betting on irrationality, you always win. 1847 01:50:36,000 --> 01:50:37,333 Exact. 1848 01:50:37,500 --> 01:50:39,500 Pick an average guy. 1849 01:50:39,667 --> 01:50:41,542 As long as he's comfortable... 1850 01:50:41,708 --> 01:50:45,458 ...that he has a secure job, family holidays at the seaside... 1851 01:50:45,583 --> 01:50:47,417 ...retirement on the horizon... 1852 01:50:47,542 --> 01:50:49,125 ...he remains quiet. 1853 01:50:49,292 --> 01:50:51,292 But if things go wrong... 1854 01:50:51,792 --> 01:50:54,042 ...If he loses his job, his home... 1855 01:50:54,208 --> 01:50:56,792 ...if the future becomes uncertain... 1856 01:50:56,958 --> 01:50:59,042 ...will he play it safe? 1857 01:50:59,208 --> 01:51:00,167 No way. 1858 01:51:00,333 --> 01:51:04,542 He will choose risk over a hopeless status quo. 1859 01:51:04,708 --> 01:51:07,500 Chaos becomes more seductive than order. 1860 01:51:07,625 --> 01:51:11,458 Westerners see China, India, and Russia... 1861 01:51:11,583 --> 01:51:14,458 ...to make giant strides while they are stagnating. 1862 01:51:14,583 --> 01:51:17,500 They are willing to take the most unreasonable bets. 1863 01:51:17,667 --> 01:51:19,458 Our job is to encourage them. 1864 01:51:19,583 --> 01:51:20,875 On the Internet. 1865 01:51:21,667 --> 01:51:24,250 This is the battlefield of modern warfare. 1866 01:51:24,417 --> 01:51:25,542 I built the tool. 1867 01:51:26,500 --> 01:51:29,042 The Tsar wants you to take over. 1868 01:51:34,708 --> 01:51:36,625 Internet Research Agency. 1869 01:51:36,792 --> 01:51:40,417 I've found the name. It sounds good, doesn't it? What do you think? 1870 01:51:41,250 --> 01:51:42,417 Anton ! 1871 01:51:42,875 --> 01:51:44,667 Our editor-in-chief. 1872 01:51:45,500 --> 01:51:47,750 He has a doctorate in international relations... 1873 01:51:47,917 --> 01:51:50,500 ...and speaks every language imaginable. 1874 01:51:50,625 --> 01:51:52,250 Pleased to meet you, Anton. 1875 01:51:52,417 --> 01:51:54,500 Explain what you are doing here. 1876 01:51:54,667 --> 01:51:56,250 Influence. Information. 1877 01:51:56,417 --> 01:51:59,625 The Russian perspective on the West. For Westerners. 1878 01:51:59,792 --> 01:52:02,667 They believe that their media and elites lie about everything. 1879 01:52:02,833 --> 01:52:05,000 They are customers of alternative versions. 1880 01:52:05,167 --> 01:52:08,417 Our message: We tell the truth. 1881 01:52:08,542 --> 01:52:10,750 Russia is telling the truth. 1882 01:52:10,917 --> 01:52:12,125 Like Russia Today. 1883 01:52:12,292 --> 01:52:14,792 We're on social media, not on TV. 1884 01:52:15,667 --> 01:52:16,833 A coffee? 1885 01:52:17,458 --> 01:52:20,458 We have a relaxation area with sofas, green plants... 1886 01:52:20,583 --> 01:52:22,208 And ping-pong tables. 1887 01:52:22,375 --> 01:52:24,500 Go ahead, we'll join you. 1888 01:52:28,167 --> 01:52:31,125 Evgueni, you're going to have to explain this to me... 1889 01:52:31,292 --> 01:52:33,250 ...because I'm having trouble understanding. 1890 01:52:33,417 --> 01:52:34,458 Is something wrong? 1891 01:52:35,167 --> 01:52:36,417 Can we talk? 1892 01:52:36,542 --> 01:52:37,500 Of course. 1893 01:52:43,000 --> 01:52:46,500 I thought the goal was to influence attitudes in Europe and the US... 1894 01:52:46,667 --> 01:52:48,458 ...to infiltrate people's minds. 1895 01:52:48,583 --> 01:52:50,250 And you're bringing me Anton? 1896 01:52:50,417 --> 01:52:53,625 It's the best. -That's precisely the problem. 1897 01:52:53,792 --> 01:52:57,625 Westerners are no longer interested in politics. 1898 01:52:57,792 --> 01:53:01,417 To kiss them, we have to talk about everything except politics. 1899 01:53:01,542 --> 01:53:03,208 We don't need Anton. 1900 01:53:03,375 --> 01:53:05,500 From whom, then? -From idiots. 1901 01:53:05,625 --> 01:53:07,583 Highly addictive. 1902 01:53:08,375 --> 01:53:10,125 Cyber-addicted otaku... 1903 01:53:10,292 --> 01:53:13,167 ...beauty advice-giving bimbos, conspiracy-theorist YouTubers... 1904 01:53:13,333 --> 01:53:15,292 ...anything that generates clicks. 1905 01:53:15,458 --> 01:53:18,750 At some point, we will have to get our message across. 1906 01:53:19,875 --> 01:53:21,792 Who do you think we are? 1907 01:53:21,958 --> 01:53:23,583 The Comintern? 1908 01:53:23,750 --> 01:53:26,958 I regret to inform you that the USSR no longer exists. 1909 01:53:27,125 --> 01:53:31,375 There is no longer a Party line, no longer a message to convey. 1910 01:53:31,500 --> 01:53:32,875 Just wire. 1911 01:53:33,458 --> 01:53:36,208 Come on, let's go. We're wasting our time here. 1912 01:53:39,500 --> 01:53:41,625 What kind of wire are you talking about? 1913 01:53:41,792 --> 01:53:43,792 How do you break a piece of wire? 1914 01:53:43,958 --> 01:53:46,542 You twist it one way, then the other. 1915 01:53:46,708 --> 01:53:48,583 That's what we're going to do, Evgueni. 1916 01:53:48,750 --> 01:53:50,500 Explain to me how. 1917 01:53:51,375 --> 01:53:54,542 Build your network and see who takes the bait. 1918 01:53:54,708 --> 01:53:58,500 They will all have an obsession. The clicks will tell us what it is. 1919 01:53:58,667 --> 01:54:02,667 One will be anti-vax, the other pro-life, or pro-choice. 1920 01:54:02,833 --> 01:54:06,292 It doesn't matter. We don't want to convert anyone. 1921 01:54:06,458 --> 01:54:09,458 All it takes is for each person to have something that drives them crazy. 1922 01:54:09,583 --> 01:54:12,125 And someone who makes him furious. 1923 01:54:12,292 --> 01:54:13,458 It's infallible. 1924 01:54:13,583 --> 01:54:16,542 No preference, no arguments. 1925 01:54:16,708 --> 01:54:17,958 The wire. 1926 01:54:18,125 --> 01:54:21,833 We twist it one way, then the other way until it breaks. 1927 01:54:22,000 --> 01:54:23,750 I understand. The wire. 1928 01:54:24,625 --> 01:54:27,208 But everything is traceable on the Internet. 1929 01:54:27,375 --> 01:54:29,708 Sooner or later, we'll get caught. 1930 01:54:30,417 --> 01:54:33,042 Of course. And that's what we're looking for. 1931 01:54:33,208 --> 01:54:35,792 Supporting our allies is predictable. But how will they react? 1932 01:54:35,958 --> 01:54:39,458 When will they see that we also support our opponents? 1933 01:54:39,583 --> 01:54:41,375 They'll think we're idiots. 1934 01:54:41,500 --> 01:54:44,542 They'll go crazy! They'll be lost. 1935 01:54:44,708 --> 01:54:47,083 They'll just know that we've gotten inside their heads. 1936 01:54:47,250 --> 01:54:50,083 to tamper with their neural circuits. 1937 01:54:50,875 --> 01:54:53,292 The Americans created the algorithm. 1938 01:54:53,458 --> 01:54:54,542 We'll use it too. 1939 01:54:54,708 --> 01:54:56,292 And better than them. 1940 01:54:56,458 --> 01:55:00,042 Those who accuse us of plotting against democracy will be our allies. 1941 01:55:00,208 --> 01:55:02,708 They will construct the myth of our omnipotence. 1942 01:55:02,875 --> 01:55:06,458 This will be the biggest secret because it will be shared by everyone: 1943 01:55:06,583 --> 01:55:10,042 ...the Russians control the modern world. 1944 01:55:10,208 --> 01:55:11,708 They are the masters of it. 1945 01:55:13,208 --> 01:55:16,125 You see, that's what's interesting about politics. 1946 01:55:16,292 --> 01:55:18,542 Anything that gives the illusion of strength... 1947 01:55:18,708 --> 01:55:21,417 ...truly increases this strength. 1948 01:55:27,250 --> 01:55:29,292 LONDON 1949 01:55:38,458 --> 01:55:40,542 Borya. -Vadia. 1950 01:55:43,583 --> 01:55:45,625 Are you carrying a message? 1951 01:55:45,792 --> 01:55:48,083 Sorry, Borya, no message. 1952 01:55:48,250 --> 01:55:49,875 So, in what honor... 1953 01:55:50,042 --> 01:55:51,208 ...For fun. 1954 01:55:53,625 --> 01:55:56,125 Are you here to meet with the British Olympic Association? 1955 01:55:57,792 --> 01:55:59,708 Always well-informed. 1956 01:55:59,875 --> 01:56:03,000 The Tsar is now only interested in the Sochi Olympics. 1957 01:56:03,167 --> 01:56:07,625 The President has tasked me with overseeing the opening ceremony. 1958 01:56:07,792 --> 01:56:11,042 Have you planned for the medal for best political assassination? 1959 01:56:11,208 --> 01:56:12,750 I don't know, Boris. 1960 01:56:12,917 --> 01:56:15,542 The main thing is that Russia comes out on top. 1961 01:56:17,250 --> 01:56:18,750 I am not worried. 1962 01:56:19,750 --> 01:56:21,417 You will find... 1963 01:56:21,542 --> 01:56:23,458 ...the worst solution. 1964 01:56:24,083 --> 01:56:25,500 As always. 1965 01:56:37,333 --> 01:56:40,875 You may not have a message for me, but... 1966 01:56:42,792 --> 01:56:44,500 ...I have one for him. 1967 01:56:47,917 --> 01:56:49,833 That's good, there's no polonium. 1968 01:56:50,375 --> 01:56:53,625 This is a letter for the Tsar. It comes from the heart. 1969 01:56:53,792 --> 01:56:55,458 Read it if you want. 1970 01:57:01,125 --> 01:57:03,583 "I beg you to grant me your Christian forgiveness..." 1971 01:57:03,750 --> 01:57:05,208 Are you serious? 1972 01:57:05,375 --> 01:57:08,833 I appeal to his faith and offer him my services. 1973 01:57:09,000 --> 01:57:11,875 "Based on the experience I have accumulated..." 1974 01:57:16,667 --> 01:57:19,250 Listen, frankly, no! 1975 01:57:21,250 --> 01:57:22,500 Times have changed. 1976 01:57:22,667 --> 01:57:25,333 You're no longer in the running. Sorry for being cruel. 1977 01:57:25,500 --> 01:57:27,208 I appeal to his humanity. 1978 01:57:28,042 --> 01:57:29,667 Who are you kidding? 1979 01:57:29,833 --> 01:57:32,042 "The harshness of exile..." 1980 01:57:32,208 --> 01:57:33,583 "Time passing..." 1981 01:57:33,750 --> 01:57:35,250 "Death is coming..." 1982 01:57:35,417 --> 01:57:36,500 I understand. 1983 01:57:37,250 --> 01:57:39,083 But that won't make him blink. 1984 01:57:39,250 --> 01:57:43,042 The comfort of ending my days in our motherland. 1985 01:57:43,208 --> 01:57:45,292 He can't hear it? 1986 01:57:51,917 --> 01:57:53,458 I have to go. 1987 01:58:01,333 --> 01:58:03,667 Give him the letter anyway. 1988 01:58:05,000 --> 01:58:06,625 I think it can work. 1989 01:58:07,458 --> 01:58:09,042 Sincerely. 1990 01:58:11,708 --> 01:58:14,250 I wish I could have told him it would work. 1991 01:58:14,417 --> 01:58:15,708 How moved the Tsar would be... 1992 01:58:15,875 --> 01:58:19,625 ...that we would find ourselves side by side for the Olympics, in the VIP section. 1993 01:58:20,625 --> 01:58:22,125 I liked him. 1994 01:58:22,292 --> 01:58:26,000 Without being a saint, he had retained a childlike joy. 1995 01:58:26,167 --> 01:58:28,250 The Tsar having banished his fellow men... 1996 01:58:28,417 --> 01:58:32,208 ...only the men of strength and their gloomy determination remained in Moscow. 1997 01:58:32,875 --> 01:58:36,875 The worst part is that I had contributed to it. 1998 01:58:39,125 --> 01:58:41,833 So? Did it go well? 1999 01:58:42,000 --> 01:58:43,750 How could that have happened? 2000 01:58:43,917 --> 01:58:46,833 He helped you. You could have reached out to him. 2001 01:58:47,000 --> 01:58:49,833 Boris sees the Sochi Olympics approaching. 2002 01:58:50,000 --> 01:58:52,375 There's still money to be made... 2003 01:58:52,500 --> 01:58:55,458 ...even though everyone has already lined their pockets. 2004 01:58:55,583 --> 01:58:57,375 Including you. 2005 01:58:59,083 --> 01:59:02,792 Do you like it? The main costumes from the opening ceremony. 2006 01:59:02,958 --> 01:59:04,167 Most importantly... 2007 01:59:04,333 --> 01:59:06,792 ...did the British Olympic Association like it? 2008 01:59:06,958 --> 01:59:08,375 We're wrong. 2009 01:59:08,500 --> 01:59:12,375 They've already swallowed up the idea of ​​the Winter Olympics in a seaside resort. 2010 01:59:12,500 --> 01:59:15,500 Completely lacking in any sports infrastructure. 2011 01:59:16,542 --> 01:59:18,292 Have you seen the others? 2012 01:59:19,542 --> 01:59:21,500 No. Not really. 2013 01:59:28,417 --> 01:59:32,500 Look. Each island represents a period in our history. 2014 01:59:32,667 --> 01:59:35,250 They are in motion, they are floating in the air. 2015 01:59:35,417 --> 01:59:39,000 Our entire literary history will unfold. 2016 01:59:39,167 --> 01:59:41,833 The domes of Saint Basil are going to fly away. 2017 01:59:42,000 --> 01:59:44,333 And then Swan Lake. 2018 01:59:47,125 --> 01:59:48,417 Do you like it? 2019 01:59:52,000 --> 01:59:54,625 Vadia, this Russia does not exist. 2020 01:59:57,208 --> 01:59:58,792 At least, not anymore. 2021 01:59:59,792 --> 02:00:02,833 But they were the ones who inspired us, in the past. 2022 02:00:03,500 --> 02:00:05,208 It's too late. 2023 02:00:07,125 --> 02:00:08,458 You know that. 2024 02:00:13,042 --> 02:00:14,875 You will not save your soul. 2025 02:00:17,208 --> 02:00:20,542 This ceremony is merely a mask for the dictatorship. 2026 02:00:20,708 --> 02:00:23,667 The rest are just empty pretexts. 2027 02:00:26,458 --> 02:00:28,125 I see right through you. 2028 02:00:31,708 --> 02:00:34,125 That doesn't mean I don't love you. 2029 02:00:35,417 --> 02:00:37,875 But I will not be your accomplice. 2030 02:00:44,583 --> 02:00:46,875 Can I get you something? -Champagne. 2031 02:00:47,042 --> 02:00:48,500 Madam? -Same here. 2032 02:00:56,667 --> 02:00:58,083 And the Tsar... 2033 02:00:59,667 --> 02:01:01,625 ...will free our friend Dmitry. 2034 02:01:05,083 --> 02:01:06,375 Are you sure? 2035 02:01:06,917 --> 02:01:08,625 You've told me that often. 2036 02:01:08,792 --> 02:01:10,917 He will do it two weeks before the Games. 2037 02:01:12,292 --> 02:01:15,125 The Western media will have a field day with this. 2038 02:01:15,292 --> 02:01:16,625 That's the idea. 2039 02:01:29,875 --> 02:01:32,708 You're not going to ask me what I did all day? 2040 02:01:32,875 --> 02:01:34,542 Not shopping. 2041 02:01:35,667 --> 02:01:37,708 That's not your style. 2042 02:01:37,875 --> 02:01:40,375 Something more specialized. 2043 02:01:40,500 --> 02:01:42,375 Forget the irony. 2044 02:01:42,500 --> 02:01:44,375 I was trying to guess. 2045 02:01:44,500 --> 02:01:46,250 I was at the gynecologist's office. 2046 02:01:51,292 --> 02:01:52,292 I am pregnant. 2047 02:02:04,125 --> 02:02:07,292 You look... -I'm a little shocked, yes. 2048 02:02:11,792 --> 02:02:13,667 Actually, I'm devastated. 2049 02:02:16,000 --> 02:02:17,542 I have no words. 2050 02:02:26,292 --> 02:02:29,958 WAR IN CRIMEA 2051 02:02:30,125 --> 02:02:31,417 According to initial findings... 2052 02:02:31,542 --> 02:02:34,458 ...hanging is believed to be the cause of Boris Berezovsky's death. 2053 02:02:34,583 --> 02:02:38,125 Berezovsky was found dead last night at his residence in Ascot. 2054 02:02:38,292 --> 02:02:41,000 The forensic pathologist found no evidence of a struggle. 2055 02:02:41,167 --> 02:02:43,333 Access was blocked while checks were carried out... 2056 02:02:43,500 --> 02:02:46,750 ...the absence of chemical, biological or nuclear poison. 2057 02:02:52,167 --> 02:02:54,458 It was bound to end like this. 2058 02:02:54,583 --> 02:02:56,167 He suffered from exile. 2059 02:02:58,167 --> 02:02:59,417 I'm going to miss him. 2060 02:02:59,917 --> 02:03:02,292 He gave a detestable image of the opposition. 2061 02:03:02,458 --> 02:03:04,083 It was precious to us. 2062 02:03:05,250 --> 02:03:08,083 Here is the program for the opening ceremony. 2063 02:03:09,250 --> 02:03:11,375 Updated according to your instructions. 2064 02:03:18,375 --> 02:03:20,375 What is "Daft Punk"? 2065 02:03:20,500 --> 02:03:22,500 Electronic music. 2066 02:03:22,625 --> 02:03:24,125 Number one in the world. 2067 02:03:25,292 --> 02:03:28,208 Two Frenchmen who never take off their robot helmets. 2068 02:03:28,375 --> 02:03:30,750 This table was not in the previous version. 2069 02:03:30,917 --> 02:03:34,417 They've won five Grammy Awards. It's time to get with the times. 2070 02:03:34,542 --> 02:03:36,625 The police choir will be playing their hit song again. 2071 02:03:37,708 --> 02:03:40,083 He turns the ceremony into a farce. 2072 02:03:43,458 --> 02:03:45,625 Explain your reasons to Igor. 2073 02:03:46,333 --> 02:03:50,000 That's what people want to dance to. It's as simple as that. 2074 02:03:50,167 --> 02:03:51,417 That will be ridiculous. 2075 02:03:51,542 --> 02:03:52,708 It will be kitschy. 2076 02:03:52,875 --> 02:03:55,500 The whole world, three billion viewers... 2077 02:03:55,667 --> 02:03:58,250 ...are waiting for the greatest show ever seen. 2078 02:03:58,417 --> 02:04:01,167 This can only be the apotheosis of kitsch. 2079 02:04:02,250 --> 02:04:05,583 Kitsch is the only possible language 2080 02:04:05,750 --> 02:04:08,292 if we want to communicate with the masses. 2081 02:04:08,458 --> 02:04:11,625 We want to show them our Russia. -Nobody wants to see your Russia. 2082 02:04:11,792 --> 02:04:15,375 Besides, you have nothing to show, and everything to hide. 2083 02:04:15,917 --> 02:04:18,875 We want to project the image of an open Russia... 2084 02:04:19,042 --> 02:04:22,333 ...confident, but also capable of smiling. 2085 02:04:22,500 --> 02:04:25,083 The world today demands this self-deprecation... 2086 02:04:25,250 --> 02:04:27,833 ...pas tes balalaïkas, Igor. 2087 02:04:28,000 --> 02:04:31,208 Do you understand what I'm saying or is it gibberish? 2088 02:04:32,167 --> 02:04:33,167 What do you want... 2089 02:04:35,458 --> 02:04:36,708 ...Bitch... 2090 02:04:37,250 --> 02:04:39,000 ...is an acrobat. 2091 02:04:39,167 --> 02:04:42,500 Artists for politicians, politics for artists. 2092 02:04:42,667 --> 02:04:44,417 Be careful, Vadia. 2093 02:04:44,542 --> 02:04:47,250 Sooner or later, you're likely to miss the trapeze... 2094 02:04:47,417 --> 02:04:49,458 ...and to crash you to the ground. 2095 02:04:53,083 --> 02:04:54,417 I declare... 2096 02:04:54,542 --> 02:04:58,875 ...the 22nd Winter Olympic Games in Sochi... 2097 02:04:59,042 --> 02:05:00,250 ...open. 2098 02:05:02,583 --> 02:05:04,792 I probably should have left that night. 2099 02:05:04,958 --> 02:05:08,250 Closing the book on this page, a good ending for me. 2100 02:05:22,292 --> 02:05:25,458 Ukrainian separatists took advantage of the Olympic truce... 2101 02:05:25,583 --> 02:05:28,042 ...to occupy Maidan Square again. 2102 02:05:29,625 --> 02:05:31,667 Two days before the end of the Games... 2103 02:05:31,833 --> 02:05:34,375 ...they overthrew the pro-Russian president Yanukovych... 2104 02:05:34,500 --> 02:05:36,125 ...who fled that same day. 2105 02:05:37,208 --> 02:05:39,167 The resulting chaos gave the Tsar... 2106 02:05:39,333 --> 02:05:41,750 ...a perfect pretext to invade Ukraine. 2107 02:05:45,292 --> 02:05:48,542 Russian snipers killed more than one hundred protesters. 2108 02:05:48,708 --> 02:05:50,417 They say you are responsible for it. 2109 02:05:52,333 --> 02:05:53,625 Who says so? 2110 02:05:53,792 --> 02:05:55,083 The Ukrainians. 2111 02:05:55,875 --> 02:05:57,500 Based on your own emails. 2112 02:05:58,833 --> 02:06:01,458 You would have Ukrainian blood on your hands. 2113 02:06:10,250 --> 02:06:12,625 The day before the closing ceremony... 2114 02:06:12,792 --> 02:06:14,750 ...following his grand design... 2115 02:06:15,292 --> 02:06:17,792 ...the Tsar decided to annex Crimea. 2116 02:06:19,875 --> 02:06:22,458 Crimea was part of Ukraine. 2117 02:06:23,625 --> 02:06:27,625 We weren't going to send troops to invade a sovereign country. 2118 02:06:29,208 --> 02:06:33,625 You sent Russian soldiers who were not wearing national insignia. 2119 02:06:33,792 --> 02:06:37,500 "Little green men," your fellow journalists used to say. 2120 02:06:37,667 --> 02:06:40,292 When Zaldostanov and his Wolves of the Night... 2121 02:06:40,458 --> 02:06:43,125 ...landed in Crimea, you were pulling the strings. 2122 02:06:43,292 --> 02:06:46,667 That's true. I gave them a supporting role. 2123 02:06:47,500 --> 02:06:49,583 Supporting roles are important. 2124 02:06:51,000 --> 02:06:53,000 As long as they don't get carried away. 2125 02:07:17,333 --> 02:07:19,250 Have you seen our flags? 2126 02:07:19,708 --> 02:07:23,000 We no longer use those from the Russian Federation. 2127 02:07:23,167 --> 02:07:25,208 We have something else in mind. 2128 02:07:25,375 --> 02:07:29,458 We are no longer a federation. We are conquerors. 2129 02:07:31,292 --> 02:07:34,833 We took Crimea back from the Ukrainians. 2130 02:07:35,000 --> 02:07:37,333 Soon the entire Donbas will be Russian. 2131 02:07:37,500 --> 02:07:39,583 It's time to take stock. 2132 02:07:39,750 --> 02:07:41,500 The point. Really. 2133 02:07:41,667 --> 02:07:43,583 I am a man of action. 2134 02:07:43,750 --> 02:07:46,167 We are here to support the Russian army. 2135 02:07:46,333 --> 02:07:48,417 We will bring you victory. 2136 02:07:48,542 --> 02:07:50,458 Who's talking about victory? 2137 02:07:51,792 --> 02:07:54,833 Our objective in Ukraine is not conquest. 2138 02:07:55,000 --> 02:07:56,417 It's chaos. 2139 02:07:57,542 --> 02:07:59,417 The Ukrainians told their stories... 2140 02:07:59,542 --> 02:08:02,417 ...that their orange revolution would lead them to join Europe. 2141 02:08:02,542 --> 02:08:05,500 She will take them back to the Middle Ages. 2142 02:08:05,667 --> 02:08:09,083 The promises of Westerners always end the same way. 2143 02:08:09,250 --> 02:08:10,958 They abandon you at the first obstacle... 2144 02:08:11,125 --> 02:08:13,292 ...and you remain alone in your ruined country. 2145 02:08:13,458 --> 02:08:15,125 That's the moral of the story. 2146 02:08:16,042 --> 02:08:19,000 This war cannot be fought in reality... 2147 02:08:19,167 --> 02:08:21,000 ...but in the minds of the spectators... 2148 02:08:21,167 --> 02:08:22,625 ...on the television news. 2149 02:08:22,792 --> 02:08:25,792 In Moscow, in Kyiv, in Berlin. 2150 02:08:25,958 --> 02:08:30,000 You are the actors in a drama that is beyond your control... 2151 02:08:30,167 --> 02:08:32,750 ...and which resonates far beyond these borders. 2152 02:08:38,167 --> 02:08:42,083 Or you agree to be a pawn in my game, with all the advantages... 2153 02:08:42,250 --> 02:08:46,250 ...or not. But know that I can unplug you whenever I want. 2154 02:08:46,417 --> 02:08:49,833 And that's where things will get more complicated for you... 2155 02:08:50,000 --> 02:08:53,250 ...your Wolves and your little affairs. 2156 02:08:54,042 --> 02:08:55,208 Those who thrive... 2157 02:08:55,375 --> 02:08:56,750 ...from what I hear. 2158 02:09:15,000 --> 02:09:17,375 May I bother you for a moment, Vadim Alexeïevitch? 2159 02:09:17,500 --> 02:09:18,708 Please. 2160 02:09:20,500 --> 02:09:23,292 How was your trip to Luhansk? Good? 2161 02:09:23,458 --> 02:09:26,500 You must have read the reports from your department. 2162 02:09:27,917 --> 02:09:30,292 We have news from the Americans. 2163 02:09:30,792 --> 02:09:31,792 What's the news? 2164 02:09:31,958 --> 02:09:33,875 They reportedly drew up a blacklist... 2165 02:09:34,042 --> 02:09:35,792 ...of undesirable personalities. 2166 02:09:36,458 --> 02:09:38,042 Your name is on it. 2167 02:09:38,917 --> 02:09:41,625 You're going to have to forget about New York for a while. 2168 02:09:42,917 --> 02:09:46,208 Sanctions for the annexation of Crimea. When do they begin? 2169 02:09:46,375 --> 02:09:47,458 Monday. 2170 02:09:48,708 --> 02:09:51,625 It's just as well that I no longer like New York. 2171 02:09:52,583 --> 02:09:54,875 I also heard something else. 2172 02:09:57,167 --> 02:09:58,208 Vas-y. 2173 02:09:58,833 --> 02:10:00,708 It will be official tomorrow. 2174 02:10:00,875 --> 02:10:04,625 Your name is also on the list of Europeans. 2175 02:10:05,750 --> 02:10:07,083 Paris... 2176 02:10:07,250 --> 02:10:08,542 ...London... 2177 02:10:08,708 --> 02:10:10,000 ...ends. 2178 02:10:10,792 --> 02:10:12,792 I'm told you'll miss Naples. 2179 02:10:16,583 --> 02:10:18,792 I won't bother you any longer, Vadim Alexeïevitch. 2180 02:10:19,500 --> 02:10:21,792 You have some steps to take. 2181 02:10:21,958 --> 02:10:23,000 And quickly. 2182 02:11:06,208 --> 02:11:08,000 Lionia, are you aware of this? 2183 02:11:08,500 --> 02:11:10,750 Yes, tonight or tomorrow at the latest. 2184 02:11:11,625 --> 02:11:14,208 No interview, just a press release. 2185 02:11:14,375 --> 02:11:15,542 Are you taking notes? 2186 02:11:18,000 --> 02:11:20,083 "I consider these sanctions like an Oscar..." 2187 02:11:20,250 --> 02:11:22,875 "...crowned my entire political career. 2188 02:11:23,667 --> 02:11:27,083 "That means I served my country honorably." Period. 2189 02:11:28,250 --> 02:11:29,500 No, that's all. 2190 02:11:29,667 --> 02:11:30,708 THANKS. 2191 02:12:05,625 --> 02:12:06,667 Ksenia? 2192 02:12:07,917 --> 02:12:10,917 Pack your bags. I'll be there in fifteen minutes. 2193 02:12:13,125 --> 02:12:15,708 A few hours later, we landed in Stockholm... 2194 02:12:15,875 --> 02:12:18,333 ...for our last European weekend. 2195 02:13:01,083 --> 02:13:03,208 I guess it was bound to happen. 2196 02:13:04,500 --> 02:13:06,500 It was entirely up to you to avoid it. 2197 02:13:06,625 --> 02:13:07,792 By resigning? 2198 02:13:07,958 --> 02:13:09,042 For example. 2199 02:13:11,625 --> 02:13:15,500 Power is an addiction. It is difficult to wean oneself off it. 2200 02:13:15,667 --> 02:13:17,875 Before, when you used to say those platitudes... 2201 02:13:18,042 --> 02:13:19,750 ...I could hear the irony. 2202 02:13:20,500 --> 02:13:21,542 Not this time. 2203 02:13:21,708 --> 02:13:22,917 There weren't any. 2204 02:13:24,042 --> 02:13:26,500 The war in Ukraine is like everything else. 2205 02:13:26,625 --> 02:13:29,208 I didn't want it. I even opposed it. 2206 02:13:29,375 --> 02:13:30,500 That's what you say. 2207 02:13:30,625 --> 02:13:31,708 Indeed. 2208 02:13:32,375 --> 02:13:33,750 I'm saying it. 2209 02:13:34,458 --> 02:13:37,875 And I also say that once the Tsar has decided... 2210 02:13:38,500 --> 02:13:41,250 ...I did everything I could to see her succeed. 2211 02:13:41,417 --> 02:13:42,750 Out of habit. 2212 02:13:44,125 --> 02:13:45,375 Out of pride. 2213 02:13:46,500 --> 02:13:47,958 And because I could. 2214 02:13:48,125 --> 02:13:49,333 Without any scruples. 2215 02:13:49,500 --> 02:13:50,500 It's true. 2216 02:13:50,667 --> 02:13:52,500 It's been like this from the beginning. 2217 02:13:53,208 --> 02:13:56,750 With the bombs from Moscow and the war in Chechnya. 2218 02:13:57,500 --> 02:14:00,000 With the arrest of Dmitry and the fall of Berezovsky. 2219 02:14:00,167 --> 02:14:03,458 And now, the Maidan murders. 2220 02:14:04,333 --> 02:14:06,792 I didn't want any of this... 2221 02:14:06,958 --> 02:14:10,083 ...but each time, I devoted my tireless labor to it. 2222 02:14:10,250 --> 02:14:11,833 And now you're tired. 2223 02:14:12,792 --> 02:14:14,917 Russia devoured my grandfather. 2224 02:14:16,208 --> 02:14:19,042 You knew my father, she devoured him too. 2225 02:14:19,875 --> 02:14:22,500 I don't know if I will be saved. 2226 02:14:22,667 --> 02:14:23,875 Probably not. 2227 02:14:25,542 --> 02:14:27,542 In any case, it's too late. 2228 02:14:30,917 --> 02:14:32,875 But our child will be saved. 2229 02:14:56,667 --> 02:14:57,750 Ksenia? 2230 02:15:01,375 --> 02:15:02,458 Ksenia! 2231 02:15:45,833 --> 02:15:49,208 I never went to Novo-Ogariovo with a light heart. 2232 02:15:49,375 --> 02:15:51,583 The austere, sporty atmosphere depressed me. 2233 02:15:51,750 --> 02:15:55,833 Once I returned from Stockholm, I hardly ever went back. 2234 02:15:56,000 --> 02:15:58,083 The trust of a prince is not a privilege... 2235 02:15:58,250 --> 02:15:59,875 ...but a conviction. 2236 02:16:00,042 --> 02:16:03,500 I had played my part, I was no longer useful. 2237 02:16:04,125 --> 02:16:07,125 At some point, he lost the habit of seeing me. 2238 02:16:07,292 --> 02:16:08,417 That's all. 2239 02:16:09,625 --> 02:16:11,750 He gets up early, has fresh eggs for breakfast... 2240 02:16:11,917 --> 02:16:14,500 ...from the farm of Patriarch Kirill. 2241 02:16:14,667 --> 02:16:17,542 That's where he reads the confidential notes... 2242 02:16:17,708 --> 02:16:19,542 ...and transmits its provisions. 2243 02:16:20,167 --> 02:16:23,000 Then he swims a kilometer. 2244 02:16:23,167 --> 02:16:25,417 Its first visitors are waiting near the pool. 2245 02:16:25,542 --> 02:16:28,250 Ministers, advisors, business leaders. 2246 02:16:29,083 --> 02:16:33,000 The presidential motorcade does not set off until early afternoon. 2247 02:16:33,625 --> 02:16:36,083 The streets were closed half an hour earlier. 2248 02:16:36,250 --> 02:16:40,541 From Novo-Ogaryovo to the Kremlin, Putin crosses his frozen capital. 2249 02:16:41,291 --> 02:16:43,375 Then her real day begins. 2250 02:16:44,541 --> 02:16:47,000 Sometimes ending at dawn. 2251 02:16:50,083 --> 02:16:51,875 Only one man does not sleep... 2252 02:16:53,250 --> 02:16:57,041 ...and all those who matter in Moscow share his vigilance. 2253 02:16:57,625 --> 02:16:59,541 Like in Stalin's time. 2254 02:17:01,583 --> 02:17:02,833 Who's that? 2255 02:17:06,208 --> 02:17:07,583 Hello my dear. 2256 02:17:08,625 --> 02:17:10,291 Can I play with Matchka? 2257 02:17:10,458 --> 02:17:12,500 Of course. You're not bothering us. 2258 02:17:13,875 --> 02:17:15,416 Where is she? 2259 02:17:15,541 --> 02:17:17,125 Where has Matchka gone? 2260 02:17:17,291 --> 02:17:18,625 Under the table? -No. 2261 02:17:18,791 --> 02:17:20,333 Not under the table? -No. 2262 02:17:20,500 --> 02:17:21,791 Under the cushion? -No. 2263 02:17:21,958 --> 02:17:23,291 Are you sure? -No. 2264 02:17:23,458 --> 02:17:25,041 Is it under the piano? -No. 2265 02:17:26,708 --> 02:17:29,041 There! -There she is! 2266 02:17:39,208 --> 02:17:42,541 All the happiness I have ever known is concentrated in her. 2267 02:17:43,416 --> 02:17:44,500 Papa... 2268 02:17:44,666 --> 02:17:48,125 ...what would Matchka say if she could speak? 2269 02:17:48,291 --> 02:17:49,708 I think she would say: 2270 02:17:49,875 --> 02:17:51,750 "I'd have more fun with a real rabbit." 2271 02:17:51,916 --> 02:17:53,541 Dad! 2272 02:17:53,708 --> 02:17:55,125 She would say: 2273 02:17:55,291 --> 02:17:57,583 "I love you more than anything, Anja. 2274 02:17:57,750 --> 02:17:59,791 "I only want to play with you." 2275 02:18:01,625 --> 02:18:03,500 Cats are not my passion. 2276 02:18:03,625 --> 02:18:06,250 But how long can I keep her happy? 2277 02:18:07,375 --> 02:18:09,875 I had never known fear before Anja. 2278 02:18:10,041 --> 02:18:13,750 Ever since I first saw her, I have lived in terror. 2279 02:18:13,916 --> 02:18:16,791 My life is in his hands, not the other way around. 2280 02:18:17,750 --> 02:18:20,208 My daughter doesn't count the hours or the days. 2281 02:18:21,458 --> 02:18:23,416 I have always lived in the future. 2282 02:18:25,791 --> 02:18:27,875 She gave me this gift. 2283 02:20:12,042 --> 02:20:14,583 THE MAGE OF THE KREMLIN 2284 02:20:18,833 --> 02:20:21,750 Based on the novel by GIULIANO DA EMPOLI