Russian investigators have marked the fifth anniversary of Anna Politkovskaya‘s murder by announcing that they will file new charges against previously arrested suspects. Lom-Ali Gaitukayev, a native of Chechnya, is accused of organising the shooting of the investigative journalist who was critical of Vladimir Putin‘s administration. New charges against the suspected hitman, Rustam Makhmudov, and [...]
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October 7, 2011
October 4, 2011
Alexander Lebedev faces charges of hooliganism over chatshow punch-up
Alexander Lebedev hits Sergei Polonsky on a Russian TV show Link to this video Russian prosecutors have launched a criminal case against the media tycoon Alexander Lebedev on charges of hooliganism for punching a fellow billionaire on a television programme. Lebedev was being investigated for hooliganism after a preliminary investigation found that the incident “brought [...]
October 4, 2011
Billionaire brawl: police open case over TV assault
Police have opened a criminal case against a Russian tycoon who is charged with hooliganism during a talk show aired on Russian TV. Aleksandr Lebedev landed a left hook on fellow billionaire Sergey Polonsky following a heated debate. Lebedev also faces charges of causing bodily harm to real estate developer Polonsky. The two super-rich businessmen [...]
September 19, 2011
With one punch Lebedev becomes a real media mogul…
I’ve no idea about the ins and outs of the squabble between newspaper publisher Alexander Lebedev and another Russian tycoon, Sergei Polonsky. But Lebedev’s televised assault on Polonsky (see above) does much to counter the prevailing view of him as a rather earnest and grey figure. In a couple of seconds of spontaneous action Lebedev [...]
September 19, 2011
Alexander Lebedev in Russian TV fight
Alexander Lebedev, owner of the Independent and the London Evening Standard, strikes Russian property tycoon Sergei Polonsky on a TV chat show after feeling insulted. Both men appeared as guests on the show about the global financial crisis that was being recorded in Moscow for the NTV channel
September 18, 2011
Tycoons Brawl: Strike it Rich (video)
The audience at a Russian talk show got more than their money’s worth. Two super-rich tycoons came to blows after a difference of opinion on the global financial crisis ended up in a fistfight. Aleksandr Lebedev, the owner of two British newspapers, punched fellow billionaire Sergey Polonsky during the recording of a discussion on one [...]
September 18, 2011
Russian billionaires come to blows
In his skinny jeans and basketball boots, he may appear to be the model of a modern media mogul. But Alexander Lebedev, the billionaire owner of the Independent and London Evening Standard, has shown a flash of his old KGB steel after punching a businessman in the face during a Russian television show. Lebedev, 51, [...]