#lebedev — Public Fediverse posts
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Has Evgeny #Lebedev, owner of the Independent, who was made a life peer by his mate Boris Johnson, fallen out completely with the latter?
It seems his paper had decisively concluded there is no way back for Johnson.
While I heartily agree, I’m somewhat surprised to be reading it here.
But every fool can outlast their usefulness for oligarchs I guess…take note Farage.
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Evening Standard losses top £100m in seven years as daily closes - https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/oct/14/evening-standard-losses-newspaper-independent-lebedev it's almost as if - oh, never mind... #Lebedev #putin
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@EugeneMcParland That’s chicken feed! Lebedev put in the UK House of Lords by Johnson has a KGB agent father. Johnson apparently got completely off his head at a party both of them attended. When he was Foreign Secretary!! #Lebedev #Russia #Johnson #KGB
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Anne Applebaum hopes liberalism and democracy are sustainable but is uncertain of their fate.
“Nobody’s democracy is safe,” she writes.
Still, “there are liberal societies, open and free countries that offer a better chance for people to live useful lives than closed dictatorships do.”
For autocrats, liberty and autonomy are inconveniences.
#Conformity is king.There is little surprise that Putin portrays himself as the defender of faith and traditional values.
American democrats
– as well as Democrats
– have reason to be concerned.During the 2016 election, Paul #LePage, then governor of Maine, thought Trump needed to show some “authoritarian power”.
A lot has happened since then. Come November, LePage just may get his wish.
-- "Autocracy, Inc: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World" is published in the US by Penguin Random House
#Schröder #launder #stolen #wealth #United #Arab #Emirates #Turkey #Brexit #Lord #Lebedev #Farage #Russian #China #Iran #North #Korea #Brics #Kasowitz #Putin #Xi #gas #pipeline
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Applebaum turns her gaze to Gerhard #Schröder, German chancellor between 1998 and 2005.
Since then, he has worked for Nord Stream, Rosneft and Gazprom
– all Russian.Now 80, he has chaired the shareholder committee of Nord Stream,
reportedly earning around $270,000 a year.He also led the supervisory board of Nord Stream 2, now shuttered.
He is unapologetic.
In February 2022, after Russia invaded Ukraine, he told the New York Times:“I don’t do mea culpa, it’s not my thing.”
Applebaum also discusses so-called “hybrid states”,
which she characterizes as countries that are a
“legitimate part of the international financial system” and possess many of the trappings of democracy
but that are “also willing to #launder or accept criminal or #stolen #wealth or to assist people and companies that have been sanctioned”.She points to the #United #Arab #Emirates and #Turkey.
“Russian property purchases in the Emirates rose 100% after the invasion of Ukraine,” she writes.
Not surprisingly, Applebaum lauds patriotism but fears nationalism and isolationism.
By such metrics, #Brexit was a bust.
“Did the removal of Britain from the European Union give the British more power to shape the world?” Applebaum asks.
The answer is self-evident.
“Did it prevent foreign money from shaping UK politics?”
Want a hint? Evgeny Lebedev, son of Alexander Lebedev, a Russian oligarch and ex-KGB agent, is now #Lord #Lebedev of Hampton and Siberia, neatly ensconced in parliament.
“Did it stop refugees from moving from the war zones of the Middle East to Britain?
It did not.”Nigel #Farage’s dream has left the UK worse for wear. Farage’s admiration for Putin is a feature, not a bug.
“I said I disliked him as a person,” Farage recently said of the Russian president,
while campaigning for election as an MP.“But I admired him as a political operator because he’s managed to take control of running Russia.”
#Russian #China #Iran #North #Korea #Brics #Kasowitz #Putin #Xi #gas #pipeline
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#Ucraina, 14 #mercenari uccisi in attacchi russi a hotel di #Mykolaiv
L'attacco lanciato dalla #Russia ieri agli hotel di Mykolaiv ha causato la morte di 14 mercenari e il ferimento di altri otto.
"Gli otto feriti sono stati ricoverati in ospedale. Due sono in gravi condizioni e sei sono stati stabilizzati. La Resistenza ha visto almeno 14 morti trasportati all'obitorio", ha affermato #Lebedev, coordinatore delle forze della resistenza.
Rainews(N.B: definiscono "Resistenza" i mercenari)
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One of them's in the House of Lords.
But you knew that already, right?
#lebedev #blojo #Tories #Corruption #londongrad
Suspected spies for Russia held in major UK security investigation
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66504350 -
At the beginning of Russia's offensive against Ukraine last year there was a lot of talk about sanctions and, in particular, pursuing the oligarchs.
I'm not noticing anything at all about this in the news recently. Nothing, zip, nada.
I can only presume that the oligarchs have been mildly inconvenienced & are continuing to live their lives of debauchery without further hassle?
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The dubious relationship between Boris Johnson and the Lord of Siberia.
The former British prime minister appointed Evgeny Lebedev, the son of a former KGB officer turned oligarch, to the House of Lords, against the advice of the intelligence services, who were convinced of links between the Lebedev family and the Kremlin.
#UK #Russia #BorisJohnson #EvgenyLebedev #Lebedev #KGB #Oligarch #Kremlin #HouseOfLords
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Channel 4: Dispatches
Boris, the Lord & the Russian Spy: Dispatches
https://www.channel4.com/programmes/boris-the-lord-the-russian-spy-dispatches
#Conservatives #Russia #ToryCorruption #ToryLies #Lebedev #Putin
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The British Establishment will want to 'move on' from this embarrassment, they'll be onto their obsequious minions to "draw a line under things" and all the other sickeningly twee Brit euphemisms for "Covering our posh, useless assess"
#Lebedev #BorisJohnson #UKPOL
https://bylinetimes.com/2023/06/27/laundering-the-lebedevs/ -
The #Johnson-#Lebedev Letters: A Back-Channel to Vladimir #Putin? https://www.bylinesupplement.com/p/the-johnson-lebedev-letters-a-back
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Italy ‘was monitoring Lebedev villa at time of Boris Johnson visit’
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jun/26/italy-was-monitoring-lebedev-villa-at-time-of-boris-johnson-visit-documentary-claims?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other #johnson #russia #lebedev
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Boris, the Lord and the Russian Spy: Dispatches will be broadcast on Tuesday 27 June at 10pm on Channel 4.
Well that should be interesting...
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Italy ‘was monitoring #Lebedev villa at time of #BorisJohnson visit’
Intelligence service believed property was being used for #espionage purposes, documentary claims
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jun/26/italy-was-monitoring-lebedev-villa-at-time-of-boris-johnson-visit-documentary-claims #ToryCorruption -
For more articles about Boris Johnson - Evgeny Lebedev by @adambienkov
see
https://bylinetimes.com/?s=evgeny+lebedev #BorisJohnson #Lebedev #politics -
Queen was asked to block Evgeny Lebedev’s peerage, claims documentary
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/jun/25/queen-was-asked-to-block-evgeny-lebedevs-peerage-claims-documentary #BorisJohnson #Lebedev
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Propaganda Lithographs from ‘Russian Placards 1917-1922’ by Vladimir Lebedev, 1923
A Soviet artist illustrates the glory of Soviet life and culture for children of a rosy-fingered tomorrow https://flashbak.com/propaganda-lithographs-from-russian-placards-1917-1922-by-vladimir-lebedev-1923-452487/ #art #illustrations #Lebedev -
[Accès libre 24h] RENCONTRE. « J’ai peur de m’effondrer » : la #guerre dévore cette spécialiste de l’Ukraine
L’invasion #russe a fait basculer Anna Colin #Lebedev « sur une autre planète ». Depuis neuf mois, la chercheuse française, née à Moscou et qui a vécu en #Ukraine, court sans répit entre ses étudiants, les médias, les institutions, Twitter… Elle vient aussi de publier « Jamais frères ? – Ukraine et Russie, une tragédie postsoviétique » (*).
par Cécile RÉTO
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CW: Johnson’s sexual incontinence
@Marverde To answer your question “Why is #Lebedev a peer?” I’m going to point you towards a John Sweeney video on YouTube, Boris Johnson and the Russian Mountain https://youtu.be/023nN-tvADs Then consider Johnson’s sexual incontinence. Based on those two knowns it’s not hard to manifest a theory. I’m sure whatever you imagine the truth is far more lurid.
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#UKpolitics ‘lackeys and donors’
Why is #Lebedev a peer?
Why is he having a say in our laws?The sooner we move to an ELECTED second chamber the better.
I applaud this and hope it stays in the manifesto.
Keir Starmer: I will abolish House of Lords to ‘restore trust in politics’
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/nov/19/keir-starmer-i-will-abolish-house-of-lords-to-restore-trust-in-politics
