Media owner given peerage by Boris Johnson issues statement, as 386 Russian MPs added to UK sanctions listRussia-Ukraine war: latest updatesWhat we know on day 16Evgeny Lebedev, the son of a former KGB agent who was given a peerage by Boris Johnson, has insisted he is not a security risk, as the UK imposed sanctions against hundreds of Russian politicians, accusing them of being complicit in the invasion of Ukraine.After fresh concerns were raised over the scrutiny process behind Lord Lebedev’s peerage, the media magnate issued a statement through one of the newspaper he owns, the Evening Standard, in which he dismissed the “farcical” speculation as Russiaphobia. Continue reading…
Media owner given peerage by Boris Johnson issues statement, as 386 Russian MPs added to UK sanctions list
Evgeny Lebedev, the son of a former KGB agent who was given a peerage by Boris Johnson, has insisted he is not a security risk, as the UK imposed sanctions against hundreds of Russian politicians, accusing them of being complicit in the invasion of Ukraine.
After fresh concerns were raised over the scrutiny process behind Lord Lebedev’s peerage, the media magnate issued a statement through one of the newspaper he owns, the Evening Standard, in which he dismissed the “farcical” speculation as Russiaphobia.