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Vitali Klitschko, Mayor of Kyiv: From boxing to politics

How did a world heavyweight champion end up running a city of three million people in wartime?

How did the world heavyweight champion end up running a city of 3 million people in wartime?

Vitali Klitschko joins Nick from the Ukrainian capital in the midst of a Russian campaign to descimate the city's energy infrastructure.

He talks about what peace could look like, the lessons he learned from living under Soviet rule as a child, and why he decided to abandon a lucrative life in the US to enter Ukrainian politics.

Senior producer: Daniel Kraemer
Producer: Flora Murray
Sound: Ged Sudlow
Editor: Giles Edwards

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  • Sat 31 Jan 202617:30

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