Posts Tagged ‘aleksandr lebedev’

23
February 2011

Russian media tycoon Lebedev under pressure after Putin’s villa report

Ekho Moskvy Radio

Russian businessman Aleksandr Lebedev, who together with former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev controls the Novaya Gazeta newspaper, has become under “unprecedented” pressure after the paper published reports according to which a villa is being built for Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in southern Russia, editor in chief of The New Times magazine Yegveniya Albats said in the “Special opinion” programme of the Gazprom-owned, editorially independent Ekho Moskvy radio on 15 February.

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15
February 2011

Famous businessman refuses to take part in Russian Business Week 2011

Ekho Moskvy

[Presenter] Famous businessman Aleksandr Lebedev has refused to take part in the Russian Business Week in London due to be opened by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov today. The entrepreneur has explained his decision by the worsening of business climate in Russia. Aleksandr Borzenko has the details.

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