Evgeny Lebedev, Russian-English publisher and philanthropist
Evgeny Alexandrovich Lebedev, Baron Lebedev (Russian: Евгений Александрович Лебедев, tr. Evgeniy Aleksandrovich Lebedev, pronounced [ɪ̯ɪvˈɡʲenʲɪɪ̯ ˈlʲebʲɪdʲɪf]; born 8 May 1980), is a Russian-British businessman, who owns Lebedev Holdings Ltd, which in turn owns the Evening Standard, The Independent and the TV channel London Live. He derives his wealth from his father, Alexander Lebedev, who is a Russian oligarch and former KGB officer.In July 2020, Lebedev was nominated for a life peerage by UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson for philanthropy and services to the media, a move that drew criticism. British security services warned that granting Lebedev a peerage posed a national security risk, but Johnson went ahead with it despite the security service assessment. Lebedev has stated that he is not a security risk and his family "has a record of standing up for press freedom" in Russia. Lebedev has sat in the House of Lords as a crossbench life peer since 19 November 2020.