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Sipping a pint of beer while talking passionately about politics, Laurence Fox reminds me of someone I can’t quite put my finger on. Every word that comes out of his mouth is the launch-pad for a controversial opinion piece. I pose the actor, best known for his role in the ITV drama series Lewis, a … Read more
Arise, Lord Lebedev of Moscow! (All he needs now is for the Kremlin to sign off the title) Evgeny Lebedev was awarded a life peerage by Boris Johnson in the summer Newspaper publisher flummoxed peers by requesting to have ‘Moscow’ in title Before Lebedev can take his place at the Lords, Kremlin has to sign … Read more
EVGENY LEBEDEV: Coronavirus is creating a catastrophe for our wildlife as illegal wildlife trade sees rhinos, lions and giraffes poached By Evgeny Lebedev For The Mail On Sunday Published: 23:55 BST, 18 July 2020 | Updated: 01:52 BST, 19 July 2020 One night in central Kenya, I accompanied rangers on a patrol around the Ol … Read more
Now they must shut these toxic animal markets: The WHO needs to declare these an urgent threat to public health in China after the coronavirus outbreak, says conservation campaigner EVGENY LEBEDEV By Evgeny Lebedev For The Mail On Sunday Published: 00:01 BST, 5 April 2020 | Updated: 00:01 BST, 5 April 2020 As details of … Read more
From the taiga snow forests of Russia’s far east to the savannahs of sub-Saharan Africa, I have been on the frontline of the fight against the illegal wildlife trade. With my publications, the Evening Standard and the Independent, we have campaigned for more than a decade against the horrors of animal poaching. Now coronavirus has … Read more
He enlisted in the KGB in his 20s, acquired a bank in his 30s and a British newspaper in his 40s. Now Russian billionaire Alexander Lebedev’s career has taken another astonishing twist. Alongside his partner, former model Elena Perminova, he has, I can disclose, become a baker and biscuit-maker — and the couple are launching their … Read more