Ex-KGB spy in bid to buy UK paper
A Russian ex-KGB agent could soon be in control of London daily newspaper the Evening Standard.
Billionaire businessman Alexander Lebedev is believed to have made an offer for a 76% share of the paper.
He has previously revealed that he used the paper to find out information when he was a young spy based in London.
In 2006, he teamed up with ex-Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to buy the Russian paper Novaya Gazeta.
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Billionaire businessman Alexander Lebedev is believed to have made an offer for a 76% share of the paper.
He has previously revealed that he used the paper to find out information when he was a young spy based in London.
In 2006, he teamed up with ex-Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to buy the Russian paper Novaya Gazeta.