Neil Buckley travels 2,000 miles by train from Irkutsk to Vladivostok to discover why President Vladimir Putin, increasingly feared and distrusted abroad, enjoys rising popularity at home. Watch part 5 – Russia’s new fleet
Also available: full transcript of the Khodorkovsky interview
Part 1 – Irkutsk: With a new middle class based on oil and gas, Irkutsk is a remote city on the up

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