The Case

Russia2018documentary105'Gdzieś w Europie (2019)

He was a lawyer, politician, mayor of Saint Petersburg and a mentor of Vladimir Putin. Without him, the contemporary Russian politics would be completely different. He witnessed and participated in the most important political changes of the 1990s, created the new post-communist constitution but also contributed to the growth of corruption. He was an unambiguous and intriguing figure. His daughter Xenia wants to find out how people from his entourage remembered him. The portrait of Anatoly Sobchak is created by, among others, his wife, Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Medvedev or Boris Yeltsin’s children.