Evgeny Lebedev, son of former KGB agent and russian oligarch Alexander Lebedev. Married to the daughter of Vanessa Redgreave, who was very active in establishing a far left communist party in Great Britain. He is the owner of the Evening Standard and The Independent. You cant make this up

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  1. Rich person with probable strong political leanings owns news outlets. I’m not sure what’s so surprising about that

  2. You can’t make up the fact that a wealthy man owns news organisations? You have a very weak imagination OP.

    Also I’m not sure why you’re trying to paint him as being left wing due to his mother in law’s political leanings, the fact that he himself is good friends with Boris Johnson* should give you an idea as to his kind of politics.

    *fun fact Lebedev was considered a risk in British security circles, but that status was overruled by Boris last year, shortly after this he was given a life peerage by, you guessed it, Boris Johnson.

  3. He dated Joely Richardson, whose family were critical in breaking out of jail. One of the biggest KGB agents in Britain, George Blake. After he had only served 5 years of a 42 year sentence. As her father was Tony Richardson who financed the break out.

    https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-25675566

    However they never married. Eugeny admits to paying for female escorts and has also dated Elizabeth Hurley and ex-Spice Girl Geri Halliwel. But he seems to be gay and is unmarried as of Feb 2021.

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