Lebedev

Lebedev is at home at Knightsbridge parties but clearly prefers the company of playwrights, novelists and fellow intellectuals.

Alexander Lebedev: profile Mark Tran 2010

But Lebedev is cautious to avoid direct criticism of Vladimir Putin or Dmitry Medvedev.

Alexander Lebedev's office raided by masked police Luke Harding 2010

According to journalists on Novaya Gazeta, Lebedev is a tycoon-intellectual with a social conscience.

Alexander Lebedev: profile Mark Tran 2010

Lebedev is also co-owner of Moscow-based newspaper Novaya Gazeta, alongside former Russian president Mikhail Gorbachev.

Independent's new daily i to target 'lapsed readers of quality papers' Mark Sweney 2010

Lebedev is trying to do something so the country will be better.

Alexander Lebedev: profile Mark Tran 2010

Lebedev acquired the Independent titles in March this year after buying them from Independent News & Media for £1.

Independent's new daily i to target 'lapsed readers of quality papers' Mark Sweney 2010

The young art director offers this advice to Alexander Lebedev as he launches a new, digital-era newspaper: "The only way forward is to do things other newspapers wouldn't do, to try to do more than a newspaper every day."

What lessons could the Independent learn from Portugal's i? Giles Tremlett 2010

There was a widespread belief that Alexander Lebedev and his son, Evgeny, having turned the loss-making Evening Standard into a free paper, would do the same with the Independent.

Will the arrival of i mean newspaper readers will desert the Independent? Roy Greenslade 2010

The Independent's owner, the Russian billionaire Alexander Lebedev, hopes i?

Independent introduces its succinct spin-off ? the tabloid 'i' James Robinson 2010

Lebedev, owner of the Independent titles through his UK company Independent Print, said that the launch was the latest example of his commitment to the UK newspaper industry.

Independent's new daily i to target 'lapsed readers of quality papers' Mark Sweney 2010