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Putin’s Crisis

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DIRECTED BY
Michael Kirk

WRITTEN BY
Michael Kirk & Mike Wiser

PRODUCED BY
Michael Kirk
Mike Wiser
Vanessa Fica

REPORTED BY
Vanessa Fica

EDITOR
Elliott Choi

PRODUCTION EXECUTIVE
Colette Neirouz Hanna

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Ben McCoy

NARRATOR
Will Lyman

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Olivia DelVecchio

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Brooke Nelson Alexander

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O. Deborah Afolayan

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Denise Emerson
Araybia Ahmad-Goodlow

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John E. Low

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Elliott Choi

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Coby Howell
James Ball
Brian Henderson

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Greg Breazeale
Susan Bryant

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Christopher Horne

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Jason Pawlak
Drew Levinson
Tom Levy

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Jim Ferguson
David Bigelow

SOUND MIX
Christopher Anderson, C.A.S.

VOICEOVER
Jeremiah Kissel

LEGAL
Ken Fishkin

PUTIN’S REVENGE
Jim Gilmore
David E. Hoffman
Steve Audette, ACE
Jim Sullivan
Karinna Sjo-Gaber
Andrew Helms
Katya Korobtsova, Fixer, Russia
Vladimir Alexandrov, Logistics, Russia

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Nini Arshakuni

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