简介：TheWesttakesacriticalstancetowardsRussia.VladimirPutin'simageoftheWestisareflectionofthis.Beingthemostwell-knownRussianpolitician,heisatthesametimealsoafavouredtargetofWesterncriticism.HehasbeenacentralfigureafterthefalloftheSovietUnion,however,hispublicityenablesustosophisticatedlydepictRussiaanditsdevelopmentduringthelast15yearsthroughhim. WhoisVladimirPutin?DoesheseeRussiaasapartofEurope?WetakealookatPutin'syouthintheformerSovietUnion.AndwewilllearnabouthistimeintheformerGermanDemocraticRepublic.HowdidheexperiencetheendoftheSovietUnion?HowdidhecometoMoscowduringthetimeunderYeltsin? OurfilmwilloffertotheviewerapersonalperspectiveoftheriseofVladimirPutinandRussiaafterthefalloftheSovietUnion.Themultipleaward-winningtelevisionauthorHubertSeipelaccompaniedVladimirPutininRussiaoveraperiodofmanyweeks.HenotonlyconductedseveralinterviewswithhimbutwasalsopresentwhenPutinshoulderedjudoopponentsorchallengedhisbodyguardsduringagameoficehockey.…