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The Countess and the Russian Billionaire

The Countess and the Russian Billionaire

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The Countess and the Russian Billionaire

2020

1h 3m

8.0(1 votes)

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Documentary

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Inside the secret world of Sergei Pugachev, a Russian oligarch, and his British partner Countess Alexandra Tolstoy, mother to their three children.

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Sergei Pugachev

Sergei Pugachev

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Alexandra Tolstoy

Alexandra Tolstoy

Self

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