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How did a Soviet submarine cook become a millionaire football owner in Scotland, then a wanted fugitive? 

It is one of the most bizarre stories in Scottish football history. In this remarkable investigative series, journalist Martin Geissler looks at the life story of Vladimir Romanov, who became the owner of Heart of Midlothian (nicknamed the Tsar of Hearts) and later plunged the club into millions of pounds of debt.

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