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The Rise of Putin

Episode number: 1

Overview: How Putin was shaped on the hard-scrabble streets of Leningrad.

Enemies and Traitors

Episode number: 2

Overview: How Vladimir Putin arrives in the Kremlin as a vulnerable and unknown president, whom the Russian oligarchs hope to control.

Putin Forever

Episode number: 3

Overview: How Vladimir Putin's return to the presidency in 2012 after a four-year absence is greeted by furious protests.