Alexander Yevgenyevich Lebedev’s first foray into the British social scene, with his cheeky smile and laceless Converse trainers, was like a breath of fresh air to a nation that tended to associate visiting Russian businessmen with assassination bids and hyper-inflation in the football transfer market. A former KGB spy he may have been, but he was so charming that his first major social outing – a £1.3m party he hosted for the Raisa Gorbachev Foundation at Althorp, the childhood home of Princess Diana – attracted Salman Rushdie, Elle Macpherson, Quincy Jones and a smattering of minor royals. Last year his white-tie charity gala dinner switched to Hampton Court Palace, and guests included Lady Thatcher, Naomi Campbell and Elton John. And how he loved all the fuss: “When you’re sitting at a dinner with Tom Wolfe on one side and Tom Stoppard on the other, then obviously it’s enjoyable.” In the last 12 months Lebedev has bought the London Evening Standard, been invited to No 10 to meet Gordon Brown, and is said to be considering the purchase of both the Independent and the Independent on Sunday. But who is this man? Why did he join the KGB and what did… Read full this story
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