‘Baron Lebedev of Hampton in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames & of Siberia in the Russian Federation is the gazetted name, style & title of the life barony conferred upon Evgeny Alexandrovich Lebedev’
Many firsts here. First son of a KGB officer to sit in the Lords. First peer from Siberia to take seat. But is it also the first time someone has included a foreign state as part of their title? https://t.co/9QjnuFFYf8
— Carole Cadwalladr (@carolecadwalla) November 22, 2020
Amazing!! The Russian government had to sign off on this title! Boris Johnson literally needed Putin’s permission to make the son of his FSB station chief Baron Lebedev of Siberia. You cannot make this shit up https://t.co/geJTWY8FKj
— Carole Cadwalladr (@carolecadwalla) November 22, 2020
Continuing good NEWS: Rudy Giuliani is under FBI investigation for working with Russian intelligence.
— Outspoken (@Out5p0ken) November 22, 2020
The US media — even Fox News — are busy analysing and isolating the threat to democracy presented by Trump (plus Bannon/Cambridge Analytica and Putin)
— Peter Jukes (@peterjukes) November 22, 2020
Back in the UK when it comes to Brexit (plus Bannon/Cambridge Analytica and Putin) we’re still light years behind and in denial
Lebedev’s bizarre request to have a Russian designation in his title meant that Vladimir Putin had to give his *permission* to the College of Arms for the appointment to proceed. Might be worth having a little think about that... https://t.co/q7624dCTJc
— James O'Brien (@mrjamesob) November 25, 2020
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