Billionaire Lebedev Asks Putin to Intervene After Police Raid
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Russian billionaire Alexander Lebedev, owner of the U.K.’s Evening Standard and Independent newspapers, is asking Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to intervene after Moscow police raided his National Reserve Bank last week.
Lebedev said he was targeted because he and Novaya Gazeta, the Moscow weekly newspaper he owns, have focused on investigating corruption. He said he plans to send 25 letters to Russian leaders and agencies, including Putin, President Dmitry Medvedev, the Prosecutor General’s Office and courts, asking them to stop police from interfering with his businesses.