Citizen K

Nova exclusive! When capitalism began to be allowed and encouraged in formerly Soviet Russia a handful of men successfully identified how best to monetize this enormous cultural transition. In Alex Gibney’s eye-opening documentary we meet the enigmatic Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Citizen K, a businessman whose smarts and political connections saw him become one of the country’s wealthiest people before falling foul of paranoid autocrat Vladimir Putin and serving a decade in prison. Expertly researched, Khodorkovsky’s extraordinary story is woven into a brisk, gripping and fascinatingly detailed real life thriller.