Lebedev Buys stake in Evening Standard
ZUMA Press Inc 2009-01-21 16:40:20
epa01608041 A couple walk past an Evening Standard newspaper stand in London, Britain, 21 January, 2009. Russian oligarch and ex-KGB officer Alexander Lebedev agreed to buy a majority stake in London's Evening Standard newspaper from Daily Mail and General Trust Plc for a nominal sum, 21 January The newspaper was sold to Alexander Lebedev and his son Evgeny Lebedev, Daily Mail said in an e-mailed statement. Lebedev, who made his fortune in banking, is the founder of Moscow news magazine Korrespondent and owns a stake in the Novaya Gazeta newspaper. He is part of a wave of Russians who snapped up U.K. assets in the past few years. EPA/ANDY RAIN
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