Evgeny Lebedev, the owner of the London Evening Standard, is the son of a billionaire Russian banker and former KGB officer.
Evgeny Lebedev, owner of the Independent and the London Evening Standard newspapers, was given a peerage in July 2020.
The Sunday Times says that in March 2020 the commission that vets peerage appointments advised the prime minister against granting the newspaper owner a seat in the House of Lords - also known as a peerage - due to security concerns.Responding to the Sunday Times, Lord Lebedev said the allegations were incorrect.
The Intelligence and Security Committee said it produced a report in July 2020 which said several members of the Russian elite with close links to Vladimir Putin were involved in UK charitable or political organisations, which put them in a position to help the Russian state influence UK public opinion or policy.
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