While Donald Trump has just won the US presidential election, the Russian stranglehold on the American right - through spies, semi-spies and agents of influence - is a pervasive reality, one that has never been really studied until now.
In the eyes of the Kremlin, Biden's weakness and solid Russian influence in the United States had enabled Putin - among other considerations - to dare to invade Ukraine in February 2022. Two years on, Donald Trump's return to the White House suggests a definitive end to American support for Ukraine, paving the way for a Russian victory. As proof of this connivance, only 48% of Republican voters now support Ukraine.
How did this level of influence come about? What is really at stake in the United States? What are the origins of Trump's positions? In what way is part of American political life now under Russia's sway?
This investigative documentary, shot like a political thriller, narrated and constructed like a spy thriller, immerses us in the story of Russian infiltration of the United States, and recounts the mafia-like logic of Russia, the evolution of Putinism, the ambitions of the Russian president and his thirst for revenge.
Direction: Antoine Vitkine
Production: Nilaya Productions for France Télévisions, Radio-Canada, Histoire TV, RTS, RTBF, VRT & RTVE