During his boxing days, Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko was known as “Dr. Ironfist,” a nod toward the towering man’s combination of brain and brawn. (He holds an honorary doctorate from the National Agricultural University in Kiev.) At 6’6” and built like a Soviet-era tank, the former World Boxing Organization heavyweight champion looks like he should be working security at the door of the luxury Georgetown hotel at which Foreign Policy met him for an interview this week as he was passing through Washington seeking investment for his city.
But Klitschko now finds himself in a different kind of fight: leading Kiev …read more
Source: Foreign Policy
