This is a fascinating 2006 documentary about how Vladimir Putin came to power in Russia.

The film argues that Putin was chosen to be Boris Yeltsin's successor because he protected Yeltsin's family and close associates from a corruption investigation.

The filmmakers interviewed many Kremlin Insiders, including Boris Berezovsky, the late oligarch in exile who hung himself in 2013, for colour on the period when Putin sprung on the scene (1998-2000).

Today, fifteen years since Putin assumed national office in Russia, he is said to have a 72% approval rating there.

After his recent annexation of the Crimea region, Western sanctions could send Russia's economy into recession.

Either Putin is just getting started in his quest to restore former glory to Russia, or this is the beginning of the end for him.

Watch How Putin Came To Power, by Wilton Films.