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Revealed: Boris Johnson approached Elon Musk on behalf of London Evening Standard owner Lebedev

Former PM’s private office forwarded business proposal from peer to owner of X in June 2024, leaked files suggest

The Guardian - UK

Autocracy, Inc review – fears for liberalism and democracy

Anne Applebaum’s book charts the rise of the world’s strongmen. Has the rules-based international order been defeated?

The Guardian - US

Government scrutiny of the Telegraph sale is a good thing – even if it’s for the wrong reasons

Intervention over a UAE-backed bid is welcome, but it’s unlikely to signal a new era of media-ownership transparency, writes Jane Martinson

The Guardian - UK

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Boris Johnson met with Russian mogul Lord Lebedev at height of Covid pandemic

BORIS Johnson held a private meeting with Russian media mogul Lord Evgeny Lebedev just days before the UK went into lockdown.

The National (Scotland)

Foreign aid and press freedom: A history of suspicions and silver linings

The NewsClick searches have left public opinion cleaved between the excessive nature of the police action and suspicion surrounding allegations of Chinese funding. The Indian media, too, seems to be a divided house, with one section trying to portray journalists linked to the portal as “Chinese Jaichands”.

Newslaundry

Daily Mail owner looks to Middle Eastern backers over Telegraph bid

Lord Rothermere is second potential suitor to turn to oil-rich region for financial support

The Guardian - UK

Evening Standard reliant on Evgeny Lebedev’s funding after losses widen

London newspaper has lost £84.5m in last six years, and auditors say it may cease publishing if support ends

The Guardian - UK

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The week in TV: Hijack; Boris, the Lord & the Russian Spy; Before We Die; The Trouble With KanYe

Idris Elba plays it uncool in Apple’s pacy hostage drama; Dispatches has a field day with Boris Johnson and the Lebedevs; sparks fly between two criminal matriarchs; and what the hell happened to Kanye West?

The Guardian - UK

Italy's secret service monitoring Lebedev villa at time of Boris Johnson visit

ITALY’S secret intelligence service were monitoring the Lebedev family’s luxury villa at the time Boris Johnson visited while serving as foreign…

The National (Scotland)

Italy ‘was monitoring Lebedev villa at time of Boris Johnson visit’

Intelligence service believed property was being used for espionage purposes, documentary claims

The Guardian - UK

Desperate insiders 'tried to get the Queen to stop Boris Johnson making peerage'

The former PM has been heavily criticised after elevating Evgeny Lebedev to the House of Lords, with sources claiming officials took the unprecedented step of turning to Buckingham Palace to block the nomination

Daily Mirror

Queen was asked to block Evgeny Lebedev’s peerage, claims documentary

Exclusive: Channel 4 film says officials contacted the palace in 2020 owing to concerns about Lord Lebedev’s father’s links to Putin regime

The Guardian - UK

Telegraph sale: who might win a fight for the voice of Tory England?

With a sell-off looming for the newspapers, several tycoons and groups look to have the money, and the motivation, to take over

The Guardian - UK

Ukrainian sanctions on media tycoon Alexander Lebedev revealed

The Russian businessman is the father of Evgeny Lebedev, who was given a peerage by Boris Johnson

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Geordie Greig appointed editor of the Independent

Former Daily Mail boss reunited with Lord Lebedev as news outlet faces tough financial challenges

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson met with son of ex-KGB oligarch the day after he was sanctioned

The then-Prime Minister met with Lord Lebedev the day after his father was hit by war sanctions in Canada. Former spy chief Alexander Lebedev has faced no such crackdowns from British Authorities

The Independent UK

Russia could draft ‘up to one million soldiers’ to fight in Ukraine

First Russian mobilisation since Second World War follows series of military setbacks in Ukraine

The Independent UK

Kremlin-critical newspaper Novaya Gazeta stripped of licence by Russian court

The government has censored the newspaper and its offshoots since the start of the war in Ukraine

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Evgeny Lebedev wanted private Russia trip for Johnson when mayor of London

Weekend trip was discussed in 2013 at Moscow dinner with London mayor’s chief of staff and Lebedev’s ex-KGB agent father

The Independent UK

UK's Boris Johnson defends meeting ex-KGB agent at party

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has defended meeting a Russian oligarch with a KGB past

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson defends 2018 meeting with ex-Russian spy Lebedev on Italian jaunt

The outgoing PM has been under pressure to explain the nature of the meeting, which happened straight after a Nato summit on how to respond to the Kremlin, and whether it was properly disclosed.

The Guardian - UK

PM says no official business discussed at Lebedev palazzo ‘as far as I’m aware’

Boris Johnson tells MPs 2018 trip was in line with security protocols and officials knew of it in advance

The National (Scotland)

Johnson claims meeting with former KGB officer Lebedev was not pre-arranged

Johnson said officials were aware in advance he was attending an event at the house of the Russian oligarch’s son, Evgeny Lebedev, in Italy

The Independent UK

Johnson insists meeting with former KGB officer Lebedev was not pre-arranged

The Prime Minister said officials were aware in advance he was attending the event.

The Guardian - UK

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