<p> <br /><b>BBC PRESENTS RUSSIAN GODFATHERS I: THE FUGITIVE PART 1 OF 3</b> <br /><br />President Putin and seven of the world's richest men are locked in a battle to run Russia. On one side is the President, and on the other are the billionaire businessmen who struck it rich in post-Soviet Russia. These so-called "oligarchs" ran as much as 70% of the entire economy, from oil, gas and other natural resource holdings to real estate and the media. The series reveals the inside story of the world's highest-stakes political poker game, upon which the fate of Russia hangs in the balance. <br /></p><p></p>
