Mr Fyodorov used to lament the fact that even he could not find the right phrase in Russian for “corporate governance”.

Not only did Fyodorov finish the marathon in high spirits, but he also wants it to be colder the next time he tries it.

"At the time, people thought it was amazingly cruel to keep people in exile like that, " says Vladimir Fyodorov, the editor of Gazeta Yakutia, the main regional newspaper.