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The Latest Breaking News from Evgeny Lebedev

Boris Johnson denies overriding security concerns over Evgeny Lebedev peerage

Labour’s shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper wrote to Mr Johnson following a report in The Sunday Times

Wales Online

PM denies intervening to secure peerage for Evgeny Lebedev

Boris Johnson has been urged to tell a parliamentary committee everything he knows about the Russian-born media mogul’s elevation to the Lords.

The Independent UK

Russian-born peer not 'distorting politics' because he never votes, claims top Tory

Minister James Cleverly said it was irrelevant that Lord Lebedev's dad was a former KGB agent and compared the situation to his own father being an ex-chartered surveyor

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Boris Johnson DENIES overruling spooks when he bagged peerage for Russian-born pal

Reports claim the Mi5 and Mi6 provided intelligence to the House of Lords which said there could be a national security threat if Lord Lebedev was granted a peerage. But the assessments were withdrawn after the PM intervened.

Daily Mirror

Johnson says UK may need to produce more oil and gas to reduce reliance on Russia – as it happened

UK prime minister says he will announce an energy supply strategy soon but adds that UK must go ‘step by step’

The Guardian - UK

PM must reveal his role in Evgeny Lebedev’s peerage – Yvette Cooper

Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper wrote to Boris Johnson asking him to hand over information to Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee.

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer calls for investigation into Evgeny Lebedev’s peerage

UK spy agencies reframed warning about security risk of appointing media owner after Boris Johnson intervened

The Guardian - UK

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Boris Johnson accused of 'risking national security' with peerage for Russian-born crony

Keir Starmer called for the Intelligence Committee to investigate the Prime Minister over bombshell claims that the security services raised concerns about Lord Lebedev - but they were dropped after the PM personally intervened

Daily Mirror

Evening Standard owner Lebedev uses front page to urge Putin to halt invasion

Russian-born crossbench peer Lord Evgeny Lebedev wrote an open letter to the Russian leader.

The Independent UK

Russian-British businessman Lebedev pleads with Putin to end Ukraine war

Evgeny Lebedev, the ennobled British-Russian media boss and son of a former KGB spy, on Monday pleaded with Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine.

Reuters

Russia-Ukraine war: Ukraine will release prisoners with combat experience to 'compensate for their guilt in the hottest spots of war' — as it happened

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says prisoners who have real combat experience will be released from jail and will be able to "compensate for their guilt in the hottest spots of war".

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