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HISTORICAL FACTS: 6 | History Defined

Evgeny Lebedev may be no secret agent: but would Boris Johnson notice if he was?

Wild parties in Tuscany and a peerage for the Russian newspaper owner are not signs of a precautionary approach, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer turned down photo op with Evgeny Lebedev in 2020

Labour leader was invited to visit a church with Standard owner but declined to be pictured alongside him

The Guardian - UK

Tories scramble to defend Boris Johnson over peerage for Russian-born media mogul

Labour leader Keir Starmer said Boris Johnson has “serious questions” to answer in the wake of a report claiming the head of MI6 held security concerns over the elevation of Evgeny Lebedev to the House of Lords

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Michael Gove: No security concerns were shared with me about Evgeny Lebedev

The Communities Secretary told the BBC he knew nothing of any fears about the Russia-born lord whose father was a KGB agent

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer says Boris Johnson has 'serious questions' to answer on Lebedev appointment

Security services had concerns about Lebedev, whose father was in KGB, as far back as 2013, say reports but Boris Johnson made him a peer.

Daily Record

Gove defends Evgeny Lebedev after new questions raised about peerage

Security services had concerns about Lebedev, whose father was in KGB, as far back as 2013, say reports

The Guardian - UK

MI6 warned PM about Russian oligarch friend Evgeny Lebedev two years ago

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, the former Director of Public Prosecutions, accused the Prime Minister of disregarding the security service’s “serious reservations” about Lord Lebedev

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12 cronies, allies and donors Boris Johnson has handed gongs to at top of society

Boris Johnson has handed out honours to a string of allies, Tory donors and cronies during his time in Downing Street

Daily Mirror

Standard owner Evgeny Lebedev insists he is not ‘an agent of Russia’

Media magnate issues statement in relation to peerage, as 386 Russian MPs added to UK sanctions list

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson denies intervening to secure peerage for Evgeny Lebedev

Claim ‘simply incorrect’, says prime minister

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson denies overruling spies’ concerns over Evgeny Lebedev peerage

PM says he did not intervene to get Russian-British newspaper owner into Lords after security risk warning

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson denies overriding security concerns over Evgeny Lebedev peerage

Labour’s shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper wrote to Mr Johnson following a report in The Sunday Times

Wales Online

PM denies intervening to secure peerage for Evgeny Lebedev

Boris Johnson has been urged to tell a parliamentary committee everything he knows about the Russian-born media mogul’s elevation to the Lords.

The Independent UK

Russian-born peer not 'distorting politics' because he never votes, claims top Tory

Minister James Cleverly said it was irrelevant that Lord Lebedev's dad was a former KGB agent and compared the situation to his own father being an ex-chartered surveyor

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Boris Johnson DENIES overruling spooks when he bagged peerage for Russian-born pal

Reports claim the Mi5 and Mi6 provided intelligence to the House of Lords which said there could be a national security threat if Lord Lebedev was granted a peerage. But the assessments were withdrawn after the PM intervened.

The Guardian - UK

Johnson says UK may need to produce more oil and gas to reduce reliance on Russia – as it happened

UK prime minister says he will announce an energy supply strategy soon but adds that UK must go ‘step by step’

The Independent UK

PM must reveal his role in Evgeny Lebedev’s peerage – Yvette Cooper

Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper wrote to Boris Johnson asking him to hand over information to Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee.

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer calls for investigation into Evgeny Lebedev’s peerage

UK spy agencies reframed warning about security risk of appointing media owner after Boris Johnson intervened

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Boris Johnson accused of 'risking national security' with peerage for Russian-born crony

Keir Starmer called for the Intelligence Committee to investigate the Prime Minister over bombshell claims that the security services raised concerns about Lord Lebedev - but they were dropped after the PM personally intervened

The Independent UK

Evening Standard owner Lebedev uses front page to urge Putin to halt invasion

Russian-born crossbench peer Lord Evgeny Lebedev wrote an open letter to the Russian leader.

Reuters

Russian-British businessman Lebedev pleads with Putin to end Ukraine war

Evgeny Lebedev, the ennobled British-Russian media boss and son of a former KGB spy, on Monday pleaded with Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine.

ABC News

Russia-Ukraine war: Ukraine will release prisoners with combat experience to 'compensate for their guilt in the hottest spots of war' — as it happened

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says prisoners who have real combat experience will be released from jail and will be able to "compensate for their guilt in the hottest spots of war".

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