Alexander Lebedev Leaves UK News Board After Canada Sanctions
- Business provides various services to the Evening Standard
- Lebedev and his son Evgeny acquired the Independent in 2010
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Former KGB agent Alexander Lebedev stepped down from the board of a UK newspaper business days after he was sanctioned by Canada, filings show.
On Sunday, Lebedev ended his directorship of Independent Print Ltd, according to a filing published Tuesday. The business provides “outsourced campaign and publishing services” to the Evening Standard newspaper and Independent news website, according to its latest available accounts. A newspaper for 30 years, the Independent went digital in 2016 and its primary trading company is now Independent Digital News and Media Ltd.