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NEWS ABOUT: Alexander Lebedev

Alexander Lebedev stories: 5 news summaries

Iconic London Paper Goes
Free After 182 Years

Owners eliminate cover price as Evening Standard hemorrhages cash

Oct 2, 09 4:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Evening Standard, London's 182-year-old afternoon newspaper, will become a freesheet later this month in an attempt to pump up the struggling title's circulation. The Standard, purchased by Russian oligarch Alexander Lebedev last year for the fire-sale price of one pound, loses $16 million a year and may fire staff... More »

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newspaper • London • free • British media • newspaper industry • Alexander Lebedev • Evening Standard

 Putin Denies 
 Digging ABBA 
 Cover Show 

But spokesman
admits that ex-KGB agent is a fan

Feb 7, 09 3:38 PM CST
(Newser) - Vladimir Putin is no dancing queen, the Kremlin insists, denying reports that Russia’s prime minister attended a hush-hush ABBA cover concert, AFP reports. “Officially and for sure Vladimir Putin never took part in any concert of the kind,” Putin’s spokesman said. “He wasn’t there.... More »

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Russia • Moscow • Vladimir Putin • ABBA • Alina Kabaeva • Alexander Lebedev

 Mamma Mia! 
 Putin's a Dancing Queen 

Putin's secret Abba tribute band concert

Feb 6, 09 9:56 AM CST
(Newser) - Russia's Vladimir Putin may appear to have ice flowing through his veins, but beneath that arctic exterior is the pulsating heart of an ABBA fan. The Russian PM paid $30,000 to have Abba tribute group Bjorn Again secretly flown to Moscow for a private concert for himself and a... More »

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Russia • Moscow • Vladimir Putin • ABBA • Alina Kabaeva • Alexander Lebedev • Bjorn Again • Lake Valdai

Want to Own a Newspaper?
Got $1.50?

Russian oligarch buying iconic London paper for token sum

Jan 16, 09 8:19 AM CST
(Newser) - A Russian oligarch with a past in the KGB is set to buy one of London's most visible newspapers, at the knockdown price of just a buck and a half. Alexander Lebedev will acquire the Evening Standard for the token price—the cost of two copies—from a media conglomerate... More »

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newspaper • London • KGB • Anna Politkovskaya • Novaya Gazeta • British media • Russian oligarchs • Alexander Lebedev • Evening Standard

Russia Tycoons Seek $78B Kremlin Bailout

Looming foreign debt forces oligarchs to return power to state

Dec 22, 08 10:33 AM CST
(Newser) - A dozen years after bailing out the Soviet government, Russia’s oligarchs are seeking $78 billion in Kremlin handouts to weather the credit crunch, Bloomberg reports. Russian businesses have racked up some $110 billion in foreign debt due in 2009. The one-year loans, sought by more than 100 companies, would... More »

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Russia • Oleg Deripaska • Roman Abramovich • global economy • credit crisis • bailout • economy • financial crisis • financial meltdown • Dmitry Pumpyansky • Alexander Lebedev

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