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A Scathing Portrait: Alex Gibney’s ‘Citizen K’ Unravels Power In Russia

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A still frame of Mikhail Khordorkovsky from Alex Gibney's documentary

A still frame of Mikhail Khordorkovsky from Alex Gibney's documentary "Citizen K." ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP/Getty Images.

A still frame of Mikhail Khordorkovsky from Alex Gibney's documentary

A still frame of Mikhail Khordorkovsky from Alex Gibney's documentary "Citizen K." AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev

authorMichelle Trauring on Nov 21, 2019
For Alex Gibney, an Oscar-winning documentarian perpetually drawn to stories about power, Mikhail Khodorkovsky was practically irresistible. Once believed to be the wealthiest man in Russia — with a fortune... more

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