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Boris Johnson asked for Evgeny Lebedev to skip City Hall security in 2015

Exclusive: Johnson made special request for Independent owner and a Russian dignitary to bypass ‘airport-style’ checks

The Guardian - UK

MPs to question chair of appointments panel over Evgeny Lebedev peerage

Committee summons Paul Bew to give evidence on No 10’s role in Standard owner’s elevation to Lords

The Guardian - UK

Government will consider public interest in releasing Lebedev advice

No 10 said the Government would respond in due course.

The Independent UK

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Prime suspect PM takes partygate delusion to hallucinatory new levels

With government taking a wild west approach to law-breaking, Labour chose to focus instead on Evgeny Lebedev’s peerage

The Guardian - UK

Lebedev has ‘nothing to hide’ as MPs back releasing security advice over peerage

Labour want the government to publish the relevant documents by no later than 28 April

The Independent UK

'I have nothing to hide': Russian media mogul Evgeny Lebedev lashes out at Keir Starmer over peerage questions

Labour has used a Commons device to force the government to disclose documents relating to the Russian oligarch son's appointment to the House of Lords

Daily Mirror

Businessman Lebedev says UK security advice about him should be public

Evgeny Lebedev, the ennobled British-Russian media boss and son of a former KGB spy, said on Tuesday security advice relating to Prime Minister Boris Johnson's decision to appoint him to parliament's upper chamber should be publicly released.

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Lord Lebedev insists security advice linked to his peerage should be released

The Russian-born businessman said: ‘I have nothing to hide.’

The Independent UK

Labour and Tory rebels force disclosure of security advice on Lebedev peerage

Conservative whips allow MPs to abstain in vote on publication in U-turn after backbenchers threaten to support Labour motion

The Guardian - UK

Lebedev criticises Labour as MPs debate releasing security advice behind peerage – as it happened

Latest updates: Peer says opposition criticism of him is based on ‘pure innuendo’; government may be forced to release security advice on Lebedev

The Guardian - UK

Evgeny Lebedev peerage: Labour seeks to force ministers to publish advice

Angela Rayner to force binding vote on release of information, including on PM’s involvement in decision

The Guardian - UK

Labour launches bid to force ministers to reveal secret guidance on Evgeny Lebedev peerage

Angela Rayner will trigger a vote to get security advice published following reports the Prime Minister overruled concerns raised by MI5 and MI6

Daily Mirror

Powerful commons committee urged to quiz Boris Johnson over Lebedev peerage

Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner has called on the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs to investigate Boris Johnson handing a peerage to media mogul Evgeny Lebedev

Daily Mirror

Labour calls for Cabinet Office to release guidance on Evgeny Lebedev peerage

Angela Rayner says disclosure is crucial to understand why Boris Johnson allegedly intervened in decision

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Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson accused of being open to blackmail over Russian's 'bunga bunga' parties

Labour MP Matt Western claimed British intelligence services may "not entirely trust" Boris Johnson - and accused him of being open to blackmail after allegedly attending a Russian oligarch's 'bunga bunga' parties

The Guardian - UK

It’s possible Evgeny Lebedev’s only crime is absurdity. Perhaps his editors could let us know

In all the recent chatter about the press baron, one group has been silent – his media execs

Evening Standard

‘Alexander and Evgeny Lebedev stand for freedom, to attack them is to attack freedoms everywhere’

Alexander and Evgeny Lebedev stand for freedom, to attack them is to attack freedoms everywhere.

The Independent UK

Nobel Peace Prize-winning editor defends Lebedev family from criticism

Dmitry Muratov said security concerns about the family are ‘misguided and dangerous’

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The Guardian - UK

Senior Tory MP warns about lack of checks on wealthy Russian donors

Bernard Jenkin tells committee he ‘can’t believe’ Boris Johnson nominated the son of a KGB officer for a peerage

Daily Mirror

Tory invited to Lebedev's villa with 'girls' and Boris Johnson - 'Profumo quit for less'

Rory Stewart, who was Foreign Office Minister, said there was "no way" he could accept the invite, adding John Profumo "lost his job for a lot less"

The Guardian - UK

Dominic Cummings accuses Boris Johnson of lying in Lebedev row

Former aide says PM was told intelligence services had serious reservations about peerage plan

The Independent UK

Raab: Nonsense to suggest PM pressed security services over Lebedev peerage

Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner repeatedly pressed Dominic Raab over Lord Lebedev’s elevation to the Upper House during Prime Minister’s Questions.

Daily Mirror

Angela Rayner blasts Tories for 'cavorting with Russian oligarchs' in furious PMQs clash

Dominic Raab was taunted by Angela Rayner and Labour MPs at a PMQs deputies face-off - as he accused her of 'nonsense' over Lord Lebdev's peerage and bizarrely insisted the PM is a 'very social' person

The Guardian - UK

We claim Britain is an ethical democracy - but oligarchs know that’s not true

The idea that politics can be subverted by wealth is pervasive in Russia, and that’s why its billionaires feel so at home in the UK, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The Guardian - UK

Lord Speaker urges tougher vetting amid concerns over Evgeny Lebedev

Lord McFall’s comment follows calls for parliamentary pass of Russia-born peer to be revoked

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