Mr Kirk your interviews have been invaluable in learning about Vladimir Putin as we watch Ukraine suffers under a Russian invasion. Thank you and your team for all of your hard work.

Frontline this series is simply outstanding. Keep up the journalism excellence!

I was happy to see that they had this hour-and-a-half with Andrei Soldatov. I've read one of his books and a few articles he's published, and he's a sharp journalist who's not afraid to tell things like they are. I'd like to see more works from him in English or German language disseminated!! Keep it up Andrei : )

Damn you Frontline. I quit my job just to watch all these interviews. Great stuff.

This interview should be seen by everybody in America and in Russia.

Mr Soldatov is the guy someone should listen to in order to understand what took place in Russia in the 90s and 2000s 👍😁

These are amazing interviews. Thanks for providing these Frontline.

This person brings light to a lot of fog surrounding Putin's life and Russian people as a whole.

I know it’s good material when the bots are out and about in these interviews

By the look of the trolls here with fake names it looks like Frontline did a great job with this series. Keep it up!

This is amazing.

Am I alone in finding it scary that Frontline's subscriber base is only 260k ?

Both of the Russian nationals in the Putin Files series are terrific, and Andrei's interview was my favorite. His ability to explain the history of how Russia is using hackers and social media trolls was eye-opening. His explanation of how Putin frames the Ukraine situation - and how it would have appealed to Russians - was also very informative.

PUTIN'S REAL STORY: CHIEF "FIXER" St. Petersburg in Putin's era was known as The City of Bandits (mafia style organized crime) the crime boss and chief thug was the Mayor, and Putin, of vanilla persona, became his Chief Fixer, top aide. Putin's ability to shield his thug boss from a massive corruption and crime scandle that would have put anyone in prison for life and remain personally pristine and untainted, caught Moscow leadership's eye, they imported him, and he served them brilliantly in the same fashion, climbing to the top on the backs of those he destroyed, the pinnacle being Yeltsin, who picked him to replace him, He was chosen because he knew where the bodies were buried of the entire leadership, his extortion, bribery and blackmail of key players and ruthless willingness to employ any means to achieve his Presidential goal, they knew exactly what that meant, and heeded Yeltsin.

42:41 - "Putin proposed an idea of a great Russia" Wow, That sounds totally different in March 2022

Excellent stuff. Good insights, independent & he doesn't allow himself to be led.

Please add an audio version of all these videos to the frontline podcast 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Like the way he talks and he is very informative, interesting.

James Spader will play him in the Hollywood version.

Another peerless presentation and excellent open source intelligence.

The Russian trolls don't like this one , must be accurate.

Let’s put it this way. With his knowledge this man can never eat outside in a restaurant or receive parcels at his house.

What a great interview!.

All the traitor-congress people should be made to watch all these Frontline posts. Thank you for posting. v

We learn from history that we do not learn from history! 😥

The more heavily trolled a video in this series is, the more likely it is to contain information that scares the Putin regime. Thanks for making things easier for us, trolls.

Now we can comment!

Some issues are very similar to Spain with Catalonia

Dream of the day when UKposts will translate every interview or documentary in English to a French language! Hey UKposts you have the power to do this easy!

I think the US government should just tell its voters to gather information from traditional sources from both sides to make informed choices during election times (common sense), because Russia and other bad actors want to sew doubt into our patriotic candidates. Effort should go into this campaign to counter the Russians.

Andres English is difficult for me to understand.

Soldatov condenses and streamlines what would be a lot of information into a very accessible and engaging story ( doing so in what is not his native language ) excellent interview

He's trying to talk in an English accent instead of his russian accent. He sounds like Martin Short in that movie, "Father of the bride"

Wasn't Putin's dad a former KGB (or NKVD) guy?

Wow! So interesting

Soldatov is perhaps THE journalist when it comes to the KGB/FSB system, he has been at it for decades.

23:45 sounds familiar

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Just like in the US with the Civil War statues in the South.

Counterterrorist operation... Special military operation... That sounds familiar

I am glad that nationalism is mentioned and analyzed very well.

This man realy creddible, very intressting

More I listen to this series, more I find everyone parroting the same things. Almost as if they prepared from the same write-up.

Wow this guy...good reporther tho..

No sure about being confused perhaps realisation change of position is inevitable.

So every person that says that Rusia is right and Putin is the best president, should listen to this and understand the mind of a dictator, one that do not care about human beens, and look at them as peaces of a puzzle he can change and play with it.

Amazing the number of publicly-funded hit pieces available.

it was all a surprise. Seems like it still is

Before Putin came to power, he was the babysitter for Leningrad Mayor Sobchak’s young daughter. When she grew up, she tried to run against Putin as an opposition presidential candidate. Where is she now?

Stay safe, Mr Soldatov. Russia doesn’t need another martyr. Watch your back all the time.

Interesting

How come he has a (heavy) Chinese accent?

Subcontracting for military operations is a nice way of saying mercenaries. The US did it in Iraq.

Great site. Surely the Fsb (cheers) also learns a lot :). That is a definite proof of quality.

wasn't his dad kgb? if so he may have had more connections than this video might suggest.

23:36 25:21 For personal note. Damn kremlin

So what. He wasn’t like dying. Yes it’s confusing, but it doesn’t mean you are going to wake up as an ax murderer.

Who are you in those final days of KGB ??? )))

Español please

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Why does he have a japanese accent?

Putin's best operation was Trumpy Bear.

And Zerr KGB

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Putin arrives in Dresden in 1985 at the tipping point of the Cold War. I arrived in McLean, Virginia, as a defense contractor at that time. The Berlin Wall fell in 1989 and Communism collapsed in 1991. The Cold War was over. Almost unemployed. Putin got a job as a taxi driver and moved back to St. Petersburg and became vice-mayor. For my crowd along came Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Ladin, 2001-2012.

This guy’s accent is all over the place

Russia will learn how democracy works...

Andrei Soldatov: "In the town of Tomsk..." Subtitles: "In the town of Donetsk..." WTF, subtitle guys?

Poccya 111111111

let down with this one because its no so easy to understand him

Of all the half truths , half falsehoods, propaganda, disinfo, misinfo, manipulations and distortions ...this individuals explanation , extrapolation and reasoning may be one of the most believable or logical of all the Main Stream videos I have yet seen regarding the events of this time period. If this were the type and quality of the Noble Distortions given to the Proletariat, then at least the Masses would appreciate that their intelligence is being respected enough to the point were they could accept the Deception of the System

Great documentary, thank you :) I don't morally approve of KGB practices, and won't support them. I supported Russian unity before but I don't know anymore. They are being manipulated horribly. [Updated]

Moscow started to play like the West, finally. Good for them!

Entire shows are made of people, literally paid to study Putin, talking endlessly about him and trying to figure him out.

Everyone spies on everyone. Is it possible for Russia to live peacefully with the West?

It’s always moscow, it’s always putin.. it’s an american mi d set..

"Journalism excellence" lmao, nice propaganda there, buddy...

The way this young guy talks it sounds like he held a high position in the Kremlin, which he obviously didn’t. Perhaps he’s trying to sell his books and needs people to believe his stories. It’s amazing how the people being interviewed on this series all claim to know what Putin and or The Kremlin was thinking. I can’t believe a word they say.

Watch The Putin interviews by Oliver Stone. This on the otherhand is pure propaganda.

How would Russia be better without Putin ? Please help .I don’t understand. The only answer I can see is the plot by dividing the country.?