“These things are standard here. It may mean nothing, it could be business games of some FSB mavericks, could be something more serious, for example”
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Alexander Lebedev
Alexander Yevgenievich Lebedev is a Russian businessman, and has been referred to as one of the Russian oligarchs. Until 1992, he was an officer in the First Chief Directorate of the Soviet Union′s KGB and later one of the KGB's successor-agencies, Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR).
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Born 16 December 1959 · Q370787
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The regional authorities were highly frustrated. They were irritated by my candidacy. There is no doubt that if I were to run there would be a second round of elections with two participants.
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2026· 3 entries
“The regional authorities were highly frustrated. They were irritated by my candidacy. There is no doubt that if I were to run there would be a second round of elections with two participants.”
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“s campaign. His campaigners sent the money back the same day it was received but still it was found sufficient to disqualify his candidacy. Lebedev said that he intended to appeal against the court”
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2022· 1 entry
Yahoo: Alexander Lebedev, a former KGB agent and father of Evgeny Lebedev, sanctioned by the Canadian government
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2021· 1 entry
Lebedev launched a project in the industry of decentralized finance, a cryptocurrency platform branded "Independent Decentralized Finance SmartBank & Ecosystem" (InDeFi SmartBank)
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2019· 2 entries
Published a book titled Hunt the Banker: The Confessions of a Russian Ex-Oligarch
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Lebedev invested in the Emperium shipbuilding project, which produces electric-powered passenger ships
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2017· 1 entry
Held a media symposium in his hotel complex in Alushta, Crimea (so he said) "to correct an impression of Crimea put out by a biased western media"
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2012· 1 entry
National Reserve Bank (NRB) faced difficulties: corporate deposits decreased by 2
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2009· 2 entries
Institutional Investor: Russian Oligarch Alexander Lebedev Displays His Czar Survival Skills
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Entered into exclusive negotiations with Independent News & Media to buy the company's British national newspapers, The Independent and The Independent on Sunday
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2003· 2 entries
Lebedev stood as a candidate for elections to the Mayoralty of Moscow and the State Duma
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Career landmark: member of the State Duma (2003–2007).
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1995· 1 entry
This bought the National Reserve Bank, a small Russian bank which was in trouble at the time
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1982· 1 entry
Lebedev began working at the Institute of Economics of the World Socialist System doing research for his Kandidat (between master's degree and doctorate) dissertation, The problems of debt and the challenges of globaliza
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1977· 1 entry
Lebedev entered the Department of Economics at Moscow State Institute of International Relations
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1959· 1 entry
Born 1959-12-16.
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