Boris makes Evgeny Lebedev - son of a KGB spy - a lord
Boris #Johnson makes Evgeny #Lebedev - son of a #KGB spy - a lord. An astonishing act of cronyism and weakness. For background on #Russian influence on UK politics read my book Shadow State and the chapter '#Moscow Gold'. https://t.co/WdEDicz4fW
— Luke Harding (@lukeharding1968) July 31, 2020
Boris Johnson nominates Evgeny Lebedev to Lords. No-one has any clue whyhttps://t.co/bqifjUhlvO
— Carole Cadwalladr (@carolecadwalla) July 31, 2020
In April 2018 #Boris Johnson dumped his foreign office security detail and flew to the Lebedevs' Italian villa. This was soon after the #GRU poisoned Sergei Skripal. What did they discuss? Lord Lebedev isn't likely to tell us but #Moscow will know https://t.co/GjRAQyovCp
— Luke Harding (@lukeharding1968) July 31, 2020
In the #UK, Evgeny Lebedev, the son of the once KGB officer and then banker Alexander Lebedev, was granted peerage today. Lebedev, owner of the Independent and the Evening Standard, will probably be the first House of Lords member to be born in #Russia:https://t.co/lT42GPXFLn
— Alex Kokcharov (@AlexKokcharov) July 31, 2020
Russian ex-KGB agent turned business tycoon Yevgeny Lebedev has been appointed to the House of Lords in Britainhttps://t.co/2ssbMb7PxR
— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) July 31, 2020
With @borisjohnson as PM, we are seeing in Britain the normalisation of corruption that for decades we have condemned elsewhere. The Lords list but the latest. My piece for @TweetTheArticle https://t.co/ZjoXC6SZ2k
— ALASTAIR CAMPBELL (@campbellclaret) August 2, 2020
Boris Johnson a "security risk" who could be blackmailed, said former UK Foreign Secretary - EU Today https://t.co/iun2xgqgoR
— Colby News (@colbynews) August 2, 2020
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