(Based on a True Story)
Plot
Summary
Charlie
Putin is a Russian government security official and politician, whose early career
was marked by his disinterest in partying (even within the party) and by his
ability to engage in all forms of business and social interaction without smiling. Charlie rises to the highest
ranks of his country’s government, in part, because of his expert dreariness.
Yet he is eventually deemed a charismatic and compelling
leader because of his behind the scenes role in the defeat of democracy
in a neighbouring country.
The
story is launched when a friend and romantic interest, Victoria Yanukovich, appeals
to Charlie to do more to help the Peninsula people, asking him in a love
letter to "establish legitimacy, peace, law, order, and stability” in at least one small part of Eastern Europe.
Deeply
moved by the suffering caused by the pursuit of self-governing
ideals, Charlie consults with his former colleagues in the KGB and learns of
their frustration over the low-key approach in the fight against non-violence
and democracy. Charlie increases funding to the pro-violence movement in the under-troubled region.
In this work, Charlie
befriends the maverick KGB agent Gustov Avrakotov and his
East European strategy group, who, with Charlie's help, soon expand their contacts in the neighboring
country, fund paramilitary operations, and send missile launchers to angry
vodka-drinkers in the region. With the
help of an unlimited budget and limited humanity, the rebels cause heartbreak
and terror that disrupts the annoying drive toward democracy. The violence emboldens
Charlie and his old friends, who give each other commendations, handshakes, and
figurative pats on the back in a series of ceremonial state events.
The
movie ends with a group of wounded, orphaned, East European children unfurling
a map featuring the International Business Centre towers in the city of Moscow.
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