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The Putin Files

Our Sources. On the Record. At Your Fingertips.

FRONTLINE spent months reporting for the documentary Putin's Revenge, speaking with the heads of U.S. intelligence agencies, diplomats, journalists, scholars and political insiders from Russia and the United States. In all, 56 sources spoke to us on camera. Now, in the inaugural installment of our Transparency Project, we're publishing the complete collection of these extended conversations. In "The Putin Files," explore the interviews using interactive features that enable you to navigate by theme or person, select and share any excerpt on social media, and dig deeper into annotated content about this still unfolding history.
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Interviews

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Robert Costa
Robert Costa of "The Washington Post" on Trump, Putin and Russian election interference – as told to FRONTLINE during our reporting for “Putin’s Revenge.” Explore the full, on-the-record interview.
October 25, 2017
Interview
Tikhon Dzyadko
Russian journalist Tikhon Dzyadko on Trump, Putin and Russian election interference – as told to FRONTLINE during our reporting for “Putin’s Revenge.” Explore the full, on-the-record interview.
October 25, 2017
Interview
Sebastian Gorka
Sebastian Gorka on Trump, Putin and Russian election interference – as told to FRONTLINE during our reporting for “Putin’s Revenge.” Explore the full, on-the-record interview.
October 25, 2017
Interview
Thomas Graham
Thomas Graham on Trump, Putin and Russian election interference – as told to FRONTLINE during our reporting for “Putin’s Revenge.” Explore the full, on-the-record interview.
October 25, 2017
Interview
Lev Gudkov
Lev Gudkov on Trump, Putin and Russian election interference – as told to FRONTLINE during our reporting for “Putin’s Revenge.” Explore the full, on-the-record interview.
October 25, 2017
Interview
Gennady Gudkov
Russian opposition politician Gennady Gudkov on Trump, Putin and Russian election interference – as told to FRONTLINE during our reporting for “Putin’s Revenge.” Explore the full, on-the-record interview.
October 25, 2017
Interview
Stephen Hadley
Former National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley on Trump, Putin and Russian election interference – as told to FRONTLINE during our reporting for “Putin’s Revenge.” Explore the full, on-the-record interview.
October 25, 2017
Interview
Toomas Hendrik Ilves
Toomas Hendrik Ilves, the former president of Estonia, on Trump, Putin and Russian election interference – as told to FRONTLINE during our reporting for “Putin’s Revenge.” Explore the full, on-the-record interview.
October 25, 2017
Interview
Andrei Klimov
Russian Senator Andrei Klimov on Trump, Putin and Russian election interference – as told to FRONTLINE during our reporting for “Putin’s Revenge.” Explore the full, on-the-record interview.
October 25, 2017
Interview
Molly McKew
Molly McKew, a former adviser to Mikheil Saakashvili of Georgia, on Trump, Putin and Russian election interference – as told to FRONTLINE during our reporting for “Putin’s Revenge.” Explore the full, on-the-record interview.
October 25, 2017
Interview
Alexander Mikhailov
Alexander Mikhailov on Trump, Putin and Russian election interference – as told to FRONTLINE during our reporting for “Putin’s Revenge.” Explore the full, on-the-record interview.
October 25, 2017
Interview
Greg Miller
Greg Miller of "The Washington Post" on Trump, Putin and Russian election interference – as told to FRONTLINE during our reporting for “Putin’s Revenge.” Explore the full, on-the-record interview.
October 25, 2017
Interview
Timothy O’Brien
"TrumpNation" author Timothy O'Brien on Trump, Putin and Russian election interference – as told to FRONTLINE during our reporting for “Putin’s Revenge.” Explore the full, on-the-record interview.
October 25, 2017
Interview
Evan Osnos
Evan Osnos of "The New Yorker" on Trump, Putin and Russian election interference – as told to FRONTLINE during our reporting for “Putin’s Revenge.” Explore the full, on-the-record interview.
October 25, 2017
Interview
Nikolay Petrov
Nikolay Petrov on Trump, Putin and Russian election interference – as told to FRONTLINE during our reporting for “Putin’s Revenge.” Explore the full, on-the-record interview.
October 25, 2017
Interview
Steven Pifer
Steven Pifer, the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, on Trump, Putin and Russian election interference – as told to FRONTLINE during our reporting for “Putin’s Revenge.” Explore the full, on-the-record interview.
October 25, 2017
Interview
Adam Schiff
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) on Trump, Putin and Russian election interference – as told to FRONTLINE during our reporting for “Putin’s Revenge.” Explore the full, on-the-record interview.
October 25, 2017
Interview
Strobe Talbott
Strobe Talbott on Trump, Putin and Russian election interference – as told to FRONTLINE during our reporting for “Putin’s Revenge.” Read, watch and explore the full, on-the-record interview.
October 25, 2017

Watch the Documentary

Documentary

Putin’s Road to War

FRONTLINE tells the inside story of what led to Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine.

Interviews for this series were conducted by Michael Kirk, Jim Gilmore, Mike Wiser and David Hoffman of the Kirk Documentary Group and edited for the web by Phil Bennett, Jason Breslow and Callie Wiser.

Design and build for “The Putin Files” by Chris Amico, Ly Chheng and Dan Nolan with assistance from Kimberly Patch. Video editing by Chad Ervin. Copy editing by Julie Wolf. Translations by Tatyana Gassel-Vozlinskaya.

Additional assistance from Dale Cohen, Miles Alvord, Kenzie Audette, Priyanka Boghani, Nicole Einbinder, Anna Kaul, Leila Miller, Lisa Palone and Brenna Verre.

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