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The General and the Boxer

General Alexander Lebed , the governor of Krasnoyarsk, is locked in combat with pugilist tycoon Anatoli Bykov , wanted on charges of corruption and murder and recently arrested by Interpol. At stake is control of a huge and valuable area of Siberia, a region rich in mineral deposits. Andrew Harding reports on a case that reflects a wider issue in Russia: who really runs the country - the bankrupt state or the "gangster capitalists"?

English
  • Originally Aired November 27, 1999
  • Runtime 45 minutes
  • Network BBC Two
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