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AT recent times popularity famous oligarch Alexandra Lebedeva noticeably weakened: he practically dropped out of the media news that supported interest in him. The fight on television with businessman Sergei Polonsky is a thing of the past, and even the threat of bringing the "fighter against corruption" to criminal responsibility by the "evil" state does not meet with its former enthusiasm in the Western media.
On his website, Alexander Lebedev reports that VEB is not yet considering the purchase of the United Aircraft Corporation's stake in the Ilyushin Finance leasing company, and comments on events that are extraneous for him: British pressure on Rossia Today or the events of January 7 in France. He thinks about serious money, without the use of which “cool” things are impossible: “A terrorist must be prepared, armed, buy transport, organize delivery, provide housing ...”
However, the decline in interest in Alexander Lebedev, in our opinion, is natural. In the language of chess players, Lebedev is a bright “opening player”, who starts the game well, but in the middlegame (mid game) starts to get stuck in problems and does not come to the endgame (end of the game) in best condition. What kind of businesses Lebedev did not start: the National Reserve Bank and the National Reserve Corporation, the largest potato production in Europe ... Ex-Prosecutor General Yuri Skuratov, who watched the growth of Lebedev's banking business, explained his initial success by friendship with ex-deputy finance minister Andrei Vavilov, with whom the former scout met while working in London. In 1995, for example, over 600 million dollars of budget money came to the NRB - after a successful deal with Gazprom. But Lebedev immediately had problems as soon as his connection with his patrons was cut off: as you know, Andrei Vavilov was caught stealing hundreds of millions of dollars from the state treasury.
Everyone remembers other undertakings of the “idealist capitalist”: to build up Russia with ultra-cheap low-rise modular houses, to raise the aviation industry to the wings ... As a result, homeless people deceived by promises wrote angry letters, and the aviation industry is now flapping the wings of a failed renewal. Now, following a link from Lebedev's website "Dream House", realtors are selling real estate in Bulgaria, Spain, France ...
Now the National Reserve Bank has friction with the law and lost the court with the payment of unpaid taxes, fines and penalties. The affairs of the oligarch are so shaky that in 2012 Alexander Lebedev announced his intention to leave the business of Russia and focus on social and publishing activities. But it does not lay golden eggs either: the newspapers Evening Standard and The Independent bought in the UK are pulling funds for maintenance.
For the oligarch, the “campaign against Vyatka” ended in failure: having received in the elections in the Slobodsky district Kirov region the place of the deputy of the local Duma, the billionaire could not jump from the district springboard into the seat of the senator. From latest news: On December 1, 2014, as the oligarch writes in his blog, he washed his hair early and put on a formal suit, directing his feet to the public reception of United Russia for an appointment with Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. But polite security officers gave him a turn from the gate: the oligarch was not on the list of citizens for a conversation with Medvedev ...
Well, how can one not recall the characteristic that Lebedev once gave Chief Editor website "Stringer.ru" Elena Tokareva: "Banker Lebedev is a super-loser, a supervisor among losers!"
"Cinderella" from the dock
It seems that the most brilliant recent project for Alexander Lebedev was the “girl with a bad past” (as she is called on social networks) - Elena Perminova, a fashion model and a defendant in a criminal case on the sale of ecstasy narcotic pills, considered in 2007 by the Central Court of Novosibirsk.
Now the Internet is replete with tearful pages, how the father of a lost child wrote a letter to State Duma deputy Alexander Lebedev, how he heeded his father’s tearful request, and then fell in love with a young nymphet ... Give or take - a plot in the spirit of either Nabokov's " Lolita, or Cinderella by the Brothers Grimm! However, there are a lot of skeptics of the romantic version about the letter from Cinderella's dad to the rich "daddy" from the State Duma: some media suggest that Lebedev met the aspiring model Perminova by choosing her in the catalog of an elite escort agency.
There are grounds for doubt: then a Vyatka pensioner will naively ask deputy Lebedev whether he really buys the sex services of young Kirov women? Then a video will appear on the Web, in which a person who looks like a banker-hope of the aviation industry, in a Kyiv hotel, “communicates” with a Ukrainian prostitute. It is not surprising that the patronage of the State Duma deputy Alexander Lebedev to the young maiden from the city of Berdsk, Elena Perminova, was not understood by the public. Moreover, in public consciousness two parallel high-profile drug trials came together - Elena Perminova (born in 1986) and the mother of a five-year-old child, Taisiya Osipova (born in 1984), who was ill diabetes. Although in the house of Osipova seized narcotic substance six times less than that of Perminova, the baby's mother was taken into custody. And Elena, with whom deputy Alexander Lebedev began to cohabit, remained at large until the trial, participated in modeling shoots and by the time of the verdict had managed to become the girl of the month of the Russian Playboy.
Elena Perminova on the cover of the Novosibirsk magazine
As a result of the double standards of Themis, Taisiya Osipova was sentenced to 8 years in a penal colony, and Elena Perminova to 6 years probation. And soon, in 2010, Alexander Lebedev's lawyers, through the Basmanny District Court of Moscow, achieved the removal of Perminova's criminal record. Now the “girl with a bad past” adorns the life of an oligarch and lives the life of a “socialite”, around which journalists, photographers, make-up artists and VIPs fuss ...
He sees his brother-in-law from afar ...
Right now in new family oligarch Lebedev, judging only by reports in glossy magazines, consensus and reckless love. No one writes about the deal of the young, in trouble, Elena with a rich man 27 years older than her. Although earlier they wrote a lot about the prudence of a 17-year-old nymphet, who, coveting the discount offered by a drug dealer for the purchase of "goods", dragged her partner, 32-year-old Vitaly Kholodkov, into the drug business. During interrogations, the young lady handed over her first man to the police to commute the sentence with giblets, blaming him, and agreed to cooperate with the investigation - in particular, “participated in the control purchase of synthetic drugs from the drug dealer Karopetov.”
Elena Perminova
For Alexander Lebedev, such perfidy of a thin Siberian girl did not become an obstacle. “Like attracts like. Apparently, something seemed close and dear, ”they suggest in social networks. - We won’t guess, but due to the public nature of his character, the oligarch is promoting, in our opinion, like a business project. Losing popularity due to a fading business, he now flaunts in parties and in photographs next to the “style icon” he created ...
Commenting on the finances of terrorism on his blog, the oligarch is well aware of the power of money in any area. We do not undertake to assume how much the campaign resulted in the creation of the image of Cinderella from the prudent model of Elena Perminova, torn from the clutches of drug dealers-villains. Lively journalists, high society columnists and bloggers in London - a whole army is mobilized to create a legend about two loving hearts and the irresistible fashion style of Perminova-model. But many Web users do not consider Elena a beauty for unhealthy thinness (she has a hereditary weight problem), a specific appearance and thin legs that cause pity. “I have a desire to feed her!” - ironic on the Internet.
Alexander Lebedev welcomes famous guests
However, a chorus of glamorous voices rehearsed hosanna to an innocent sheep from Siberia, now living mainly in Britain: “Lena is the embodiment of everything she dreams of modern girl! She is a partner of businessman Alexander Lebedev, mother of wonderful sons Nikita and Yegor, a stylish model leading a secular lifestyle.” Of course, one can see behind the oligarch Lebedev a desire to prolong the family, because his son from his first marriage, 35-year-old Evgeny Lebedev, prefers gay parties in British rich houses. He even made himself a close friend of actor Kevin Spacey, a well-known frequenter of this kind of parties, in order to get "higher" in the London "chosen" club.
Elena Perminova with her husband Alexander Lebedev
And with Elena Perminova, according to evil tongues, the oligarch reached an agreement that “Elena gives birth to two children for Alexander, and he, in turn, develops her career as a model. Perhaps for this reason they do not register their relationship, because they do not consider them a marriage in the honest sense of the word.
It is also indicative how the billionaire used his common-law wife to withdraw assets from CJSC National Reserve Corporation. There, Elena Perminova in February 2011 bought out for 7.7 million rubles. real estate in Moscow on the street. Znamenka, 13, building 1, and after seven months, sold this object for almost 5 times more expensive to another subsidiary of her husband - OOO Management Company NRK Capital. Thus, the oligarch withdrew more than 28 million rubles from NRK CJSC. That is, Elena pays for social life and blitz flashes of photographers at fashion shows by participating in transactions, in comparison with which her crime with ecstasy pills is a trifle.
We don’t know what is behind the pink fairy tale about “Cinderella” of the oligarch Lebedev, who created a personal brand from a girl who, without blinking, sent her beloved man Vitaly Kholodkov and the dealer from whom she took drug pills to the camp bunk for 18 years ... Judging by the fact that the fairy tale did not result in a legal marriage, the oligarch does not trust the prudent Elena the party girl, despite the three children born from him.
In a word, taking into account the fact that not lambs, but hunters with a strong grip agreed to live in London and other prestigious places, the version " civil marriage- this is a deal ”is the right to life. So far, the relationship between the losing popularity of the oligarch and the star of the catwalks Perminova (“nymphets in feathers and rhinestones in her hair” - according to Internet reviews) is in balance - like scales in a money changer, where everything is bash on bash. And the romantic story of "Cinderella from Siberia" excites the girls. We can say that Alexander Lebedev, who is always strong in opening moves, is making his debut in this almost virtual project. Although after that, sooner or later, you know, there will always be an endgame...
By the age of 28, Elena Perminova managed to make successful career model, become the wife of an oligarch and have three children. The love story of a long-legged beauty from the Russian hinterland and businessman Alexander Lebedev cannot be called romantic: at the age of 17, the blonde was accused of distributing drugs and was going to be imprisoned for six years. Frightened by the gloomy prospects, the girl hastened to seek help from Deputy Lebedev, who was actively promoting the bill on witness protection. As a result, Perminova got off with only a suspended sentence, and next to the businessman-savior, a dazzling blonde now walked hand in hand, rapidly storming the glossy covers.
In an interview with Ksenia Sobchak for L "Officiel magazine, Elena Perminova first spoke about her first love at the age of 16 with a drug addict who forced her to distribute ecstasy.
- I had a man, my first love, the strongest. I was 16 and he was 32. I couldn't breathe without him, he was my life. At first, there were no drugs, if they had shown them to me right away, I would have been scared and ran away. It all started gradually: “Oh, I have a pill, come with me.” I'm young, I don't understand anything, it's a beloved man, like fun. And it went: "Oh, take the pill to my friend." I drove it once, drove it twice… Once the owner of the club caught me with these pills. I was very scared, came to my beloved and said: “Vital, I won’t do this anymore, continue without me.” He told me to pack my things and leave. I went to my mother, but almost immediately returned, I had withdrawal symptoms. 
According to Elena, she herself used only ecstasy and cocaine occasionally in the club. When asked if she took LSD, Perminova assured that she had not even touched "hard drugs."
- Once, when I was handing over the goods to a customer in the car, I was caught. The car door suddenly opened, they grabbed me by the collar, threw me on the hood. Oper beat me, kicked me, yelled: “Wider legs!”. My lover was not around, he ran away. Later, when he was caught, we were both interrogated for a long time, and at some point we were left alone for an hour and a half. He began to beg me to take the blame on myself, they say, they won’t put me in jail for this. I went to the investigator's office and took all the blame. The investigator sat down next to me and said: “Lena, silly, I beg you, tell the truth, you are just being used.” Then I spent a day in a temporary detention facility. It’s worse than a pre-trial detention center and a prison: a toilet opposite the bed, a pillow that stinks of urine ... They took away all my things from me, I asked for a bar of soap to wash my hands, to which they answered: “Maybe you can also bring a cake?” Waking up at six in the morning, knocking on the door and yelling “What article?”. You stand at attention, name your article, and for 15 minutes you are taken out for a walk in the yard, where a pack of dogs sits, barking incessantly. I was released the next day because I agreed to tell where we got the drugs. They were supplied to us by the person in charge of these cases in Novosibirsk. 
To avoid a real deadline, the future model had to go with operatives on a special operation to catch a drug dealer.
- I was equipped with listening equipment, they gave me money dyed with special equipment, and sent me to the “chief” supposedly to buy drugs. At the end of the deal, I had to give a sign to take off my jacket. I was waiting for him in a cafe, started counting the money, put it aside, looked at my hands: they were all blue from paint! She began to wipe her hands on her jeans in a panic. He arrived and asked: “Why are you sitting in a jacket?” I said, I have, they say, a hole in my jacket. We got into his car and he offered to drive. Opera followed us. When they arrived at the place, he counted the money and went for the goods. I had a voice recorder in my bag that recorded the entire conversation. When I returned with the goods, I took off my jacket, saying that I was very hot. When he finally gave me the drugs and took the money, he was caught. I was thrown into another car, I almost had a heart attack from fear. But the FSB guarded him, so he was released the next day. I was insanely afraid to go out into the street, I was very afraid that he would lie in wait for me and kill me. Then they confronted us, I told the whole truth. He was imprisoned for eight years, Vitalik - for five. 
After the first love of Elena Perminova was released from prison, she spoke to him only once.
- I called him, he asked me for forgiveness and congratulated me on the birth of a child. I never called him again. I forgave him.
Now the mother of three children is doing charity work with might and main. The girl founded the online auction SOS by Lena Perminova, which sells things of famous personalities. All proceeds from sales go to a program related to pediatric oncology.
However, wealth did not save Elena from past habits. The girl tries not to spend money on clothes because of the high prices that “outrage her”, and goes to events exclusively in what designers send her to the hotel during Fashion Weeks.
ELENA PERMINOVA: THE WAY FROM THE YARD GOPOTA TO SOCIETY
Recently, two news stories were circulating in the global media space almost simultaneously, diametrically different in emotional terms, but nonetheless related to the same family circle. While fashion model Elena Perminova, the civil wife of the famous businessman Alexander Lebedev, was enjoying life at the presentation of Prada fashion novelties in Milan, the oligarch himself was trying to get rid of the British newspaper he had bought several years ago, the publication of which, by his own admission, brought him only in 2014 year more than 26 million dollars loss.
Lebedev has been unlucky for a long time and fatally. By and large, luck smiled at the owner of the National Reserve Bank (NRB) and the corporation of the same name only once, and that was back in the mid-1990s. Then the former foreign intelligence officer Alexander Lebedev, due to connections in powerful "bodies", managed not only to buy a bank for a pittance, but also to bring huge money from Gazprom there, thanks to which NRB made it to the top 10 Russian banks in a matter of months. In addition, the government of Viktor Chernomyrdin generously gave the NRB the authority to deal with domestic foreign currency loan bonds (OVVZ).
Apparently, it was active speculation in these securities that brought Lebedev the first billions - he became an oligarch. And, like all other oligarchs, he began to play politics in the dashing 1990s: everyone knows that the famous “photocopier box”, which became an unofficial symbol of the 1996 presidential election campaign, was stuffed with banknotes received at the NRB cash desk ...
AT THE BACKGROUND OF BUSINESS
However, after this, the affairs of the banker, at first smoothly, but confidently, and then completely rolled down. Political winds knocked Gazprom out from under the NRB. Lebedev's undertakings in the field of civil aviation ended in complete collapse: almost $ 900 million invested in Aeroflot, Ilyushin Finance Company, the German airline Blue Wings and the Russian low-cost carrier practically disappeared into the sand.
The apotheosis of the “flying career” of the capitalist-idealist (as Lebedev calls himself) was the sale for 1 ruble of the Red Wings airline, whose plane crashed quite inopportunely at the capital’s Vnukovo airport. Lebedev's attempt to revive the bankrupt Russian Capital bank from the ashes ended with a criminal case and searches in the NRB. As a result, Forbes magazine, which once printed the name of the banker at the top of the "golden hundred", came out in June 2013 with a murderous headline: "How billionaire Alexander Lebedev ended up on the margins of business and politics."
According to experts in the banking sector, NRB today may be on the verge of bankruptcy, and at the same time it can be sold for a maximum of 70% of the capital, while not a single buyer is visible on the horizon yet. Having suffered a deafening fiasco in the sky, the former investment banker descended - into literally- on the ground: he began to grow potatoes in the Tula region. However, the land, apparently, also turned out to be infertile.
Lebedev notes with regret that the income from the potato business in Russia does not allow him to cover the losses that the publishing business brings. Plus, the banker-potato grower turned out to be the hero of a scandalous scene that played out in live TV company NTV: he had a fight with no less odious businessman Sergei Polonsky. For a hooligan trick, the court sent Lebedev to socially useful work, but, as they say, there would be no happiness: a fight with Polonsky allowed the banker to maintain public attention to his person for some time. Attention, which he values \u200b\u200band very much and does not hide it.
CONDITIONAL TERM FOR PHOTOMODEL
However, there is another, so to speak, direction of Alexander Lebedev's investment activity, which also keeps him in the rays of worldly glory. This is the wife of the ex-oligarch, once a simple "yard" girl from Siberia, and now it seems like a fashion model and "socialite" Elena Perminova.
Perminova's favorite personal legend is a fairy tale about a modest provincial girl who was still lucky enough to find her own, albeit battered by unsuccessful business adventures, but, of course, handsome prince.
The difference is that, unlike the classic Cinderella, Lena Perminova was not at all exhausted by honest overwork. Being 27 years younger than her chosen one (born in 1986 in the small town of Berdsk, a suburb of Novosibirsk), she grew up in an atmosphere of poverty and permissiveness characteristic of that time. Parents, apparently, did not particularly burden themselves with the upbringing of Lena. She studied poorly at school, and by the age of thirteen she had turned into a typical representative of a provincial gopota. At the age of 16, the future "socialite" gets in touch with a drug addict and criminal Vitaly Kholodkov, who becomes her roommate and attracts her to a profitable business - drug trafficking, in particular ecstasy.
In 2004, the couple was “screwed up”, the recidivist Kholodkov was given 8 years in prison without a hitch, and Perminov, as a minor, was left under investigation and on his own recognizance.
Left without a loved one, Perminova, as you might guess, indulges in all serious and comes to the career of a fashion model. It's no secret that the path to the modeling business for ordinary girls from Russia lay and lies exclusively through "all serious". I won’t be surprised if it turns out that the first photoset of a novice Siberian model was nudity.
It was during this piquant period of her biography that Perminova met State Duma deputy Alexander Lebedev (there was such a political experience in the life of an oligarch). The newly-minted "prince" first of all undertakes to save his beloved from the clutches of justice. Super-expensive lawyers are hired for Perminova, dozens of custom-made PR articles are published in her defense, “agents of influence” raise a storm of anger on social networks. Lebedev himself at the same time began to actively maintain his account in LiveJournal, became a famous blogger, which, on the one hand, causes ridicule in the professional banking environment, on the other hand, allows to attract even more public attention to the Perminova case.
A powerful PR campaign in defense of a drug-dealing fashion model, for which Lebedev needed not only a lot of money, but also the skills of a former KGBist, has borne fruit. In 2007, the court nevertheless found Perminova guilty, but at the same time issued her an extremely lenient sentence - a suspended sentence.
PR CAMPAIGN FOR CINDERELLA
Having achieved some success in the field of formation public opinion, Lebedev, as they say, got a taste. It was after meeting Perminova that the banker-deputy began to actively explore the niche of the publishing business. In Russia, he buys Novaya Gazeta and launches an openly adventurous project - the tabloid newspaper Moscow Correspondent. In the UK, Lebedev's publishing investments are The Independent and the Evening Standard tabloid.
The publishing activity of Alexander Lebedev is, to put it mildly, with varying degrees of success. Moskovsky Korrespondent was closed after the editor of the newspaper (due to drunkenness, they say) published a “duck” about the intimate relationship between Russian President Vladimir Putin and gymnast Alina Kabaeva. Many experts agree that it was this publication that became the last nail in the coffin of Lebedev's business, which was hit by an avalanche of tax, prosecutorial and other audits ... Novaya Gazeta, according to the media magnate himself, pumped out more than $ 15 million from his bins and continues to bring stable monthly losses.
Lebedev's British publishing projects are led by his son from his first marriage, Evgeny. The young man is known in London society for his extravagant beard, even more extravagant night parties, and plus everything - we suspect of non-traditional sexual orientation (which, however, in the Old World is already considered rather not a vice, but a virtue). The media wrote about his close friendship with the famous representative of the "blue" party, actor Kevin Spacey, who helps him infiltrate the ranks of London bohemia. True, all this extravagance, as the figures show, does not contribute to the effectiveness of project management.
The Independent, although bought by Lebedev Sr. for 1 British pound, has already brought the publisher more than 20 million British pounds of loss. Only Evening Standard feels more or less stable.
But the PR campaign of Cinderella-Perminova is gaining momentum. Not only numerous glossy magazines, but also thousands of commentators on social networks around the world work on the image of the former drug dealer. Many comments are written as if they were carbon copies: wow, what did the poor girl from the Russian hinterland who stumbled in her youth achieve!.. At the same time, it is practically not specified anywhere - what did she actually achieve? The right to call yourself a "socialite" using your husband's disappearing funds? And also travel to fashion shows with another cohabitant of another famous oligarch - Daria Zhukova?
Against the backdrop of Perminova's secular amusements, Lebedev's comments on the state of his affairs look especially amusing. For example, he complains to the audience of one economic forum: “I have been a shareholder of a potato farm for 7 years. A bad harvest constantly puts us on the brink of bankruptcy. But we supply potatoes to monasteries, where they pray for us. I think that due to prayers we survive ... "
It's good, after all, that in the monasteries they don't read glossy magazines and don't watch news from Milan on the Fashion TV channel, from the show of the new Prada collection.
Elena Perminova was born in the town of Berdsk in 1986. Now, when looking at past photos of Perminova, you can’t immediately tell about the nature of a real daredevil.
Lena's youth was filled not only with dreams of fame, but also with crime adventures. Elena loves to tell a story about a happy accident that determined the future, and hush up the past under investigation. Alexander Lebedev, who soon became not just a guardian angel, but also an official husband, helped Elena get off with a slight fright and a suspended sentence.
Currently, Elena has 11 years of life with a billionaire, and most importantly - three charming crumbs.
Despite having many children, the model looks flawless, elegant and elegant. This is evidenced by numerous fresh photos and likes from a million followers on Instagram.
Elena Perminova before and after pregnancy
Elena does not hide her athletic toned body and is photographed in bold outfits for magazine covers, at secular parties and shows.
The celebrity claims that the combination of training and special cosmetics works wonders. Ideal forms just two months after the birth of the child prompted fans to think about the plasticity of Elena Perminova.
Elena herself says about the impeccability of the figure that immediately after pregnancy and childbirth, contrary to the prohibitions of doctors, she did light exercises daily, used creams for stretch marks, and beauty procedures. The main thing that can get in shape, according to the model, is sports and regular training. Perminova did yoga, jogging, performed general physical exercises but never went on a diet.
Internet users have suggested that Elena Perminova did liposuction and removed stretch marks from a plastic surgeon. A refutation of such statements is Elena's confession in an interview with a fashion magazine.
The podium star said that she did not spend much effort on restoring and normalizing the condition of the skin and body after childbirth. Thanks to proper care for the skin, after the birth of her first child, Elena needed only 3 weeks to return to the model norm, and after the birth of her daughter - a couple of months.
Lena Perminova before and after the alleged plastic surgery (photo)
"While talking about plastic surgery doesn't go!" - so says Perminova. She says that visible changes in the photo after - this is the result of properly selected cosmetics and professional makeup. But fans are not satisfied with this answer.
Many users social networks it is believed that Lebedev's wife did plastic surgery and slightly enlarged her lips. In the photo of Lena Perminova, after the alleged plastic surgery, the narrower upper lip has acquired volume, which may indicate filler injections or successful lip makeup: applying a pencil a little further than the natural contour.
Lena Perminova, before plastic surgery, whose photos are slightly different, was more natural and “not stretched”. Perhaps such an effect is the consequences of "beauty injections".
The model names disinfecting cosmetic procedures, expensive masks and regular detox as the reasons for the flawless color and evenness of the skin.
Most likely, not plastic, but many years of experience in the field of fashion and beauty, constant personal care - the key to the excellent condition of Lena's skin and body.
The ability to present oneself in the best perspective, the work of professional photographers and retouchers provoke the appearance of gossip about the plasticity of a famous model and socialite. If we compare how Lena Perminova looked in the photo before and after plastic surgery, it is hardly possible to say with 100% certainty about the fact of plastic surgery.
Alexander Evgenievich Lebedev - big businessman, banker, beneficial owner of the financial and industrial holding "National Reserve Corporation", which includes about a hundred enterprises in various sectors of the economy, media tycoon, owner of a large block of shares " Novaya Gazeta”, the British TV channel London Live, influential publications Evening Standard, Independent, I Newspaper and other media resources. Previously, he was a people's deputy and a KGB officer.According to Forbes, he made a billion-dollar fortune in the late 1990s in commercial and government debt transactions. In 2006, the amount of his capital reached $ 3.7 billion, but subsequently the entrepreneur lost most of his assets. In 2015, his property was estimated at $400 million.
Childhood and family of Alexander Lebedev
The future oligarch was born on December 16, 1959 in Moscow. The head of the family, Evgeny Nikolaevich Lebedev, was a well-known optical physicist in professional circles, a professor at Moscow State Technical University. Bauman. Mom, Maria Sergeevna, taught students foreign language at MGIMO. 
Parents gave their son an excellent education. At first, he studied at school with an English bias No. 17, then at the Faculty of Economics of the Institute international relations. In 1982, after completing his studies, he began working at the academic Institute for the Economics of the World Social System.
Career of Alexander Lebedev
In 1983, he was offered to join the ranks of state security officers. In 1984, Alexander graduated from the Red Banner Institute. Yu. Andropov KGB of the USSR. As an undercover security officer, he held various positions in Soviet diplomatic missions abroad. Since 1987, Alexander lived and worked in the capital of Foggy Albion, which allowed him to make many useful contacts. 
A successful diplomat, intelligence officer, a member of the British establishment, acquired useful connections in business circles, met with Mikhail Prokhorov, Oleg Boyko, Vladimir Potanin, Andrey Kostin.
In 1991, a special services officer with the rank of colonel of the KGB resigned and embarked on entrepreneurial activities. From 1992 to 1993 he was the representative of the banking institution Kompani Finansjer Tradison in the CIS.
Interview with banker Alexander Lebedev: the best in 4 minutes
In 1993, the ex-special service agent, in partnership with former colleagues, established the Russian Investment and Financial Company, included in the structure of CB Imperial, within which he specialized in restructuring the external debts of the Russian Federation. In 1995, RIFC bought out the National Reserve Bank. Gazprom was among its founders and main shareholders. In 1999, Lebedev initiated the creation and headed the National Investment Council.
Political career of Alexander Lebedev
In 2000, Alexander defended his Ph.D., and three years later - his doctoral dissertation. In 2003, he was nominated for the post of head of the administration of the capital and received about 12% of the vote (against about 75% of the vote for Yuri Luzhkov). According to analysts, this attempt was a means to express themselves in big politics. 
In the same period, he became the head of the Motherland bloc, participated in parliamentary elections and was among the deputies of the State Duma of the 4th convocation. Then the parliamentarian left his business projects and posts, including the position of the head of the NRB, and focused his efforts on the execution of tasks supreme body authorities. He moved into United Russia”, became the deputy chairman of the Committee for CIS Affairs, the head of the group of deputies for cooperation with the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada, a member of the group of delegates of the Russian Federation to PACE.
In 2006, the politician announced his entry into A Just Russia, and also, in partnership with Gorbachev, acquired a stake in Novaya Gazeta, transferred the package to the fund of the wife of the ex-president valuable papers Aeroflot.
Biography of Alexander Lebedev from Discovery Channel
In 2007, Alexander Evgenievich took over the leadership of the National Reserve Corporation, receiving more than half of the company's shares. In 2008, he was “expelled” from A Just Russia (supposedly due to the discontent of the Right Russians in connection with the publication of information about the alleged divorce of Vladimir Putin and his wedding with Alina Kabaeva).
Alexander Lebedev hit Sergei Polonsky
In 2008, the New Media company was established, headed by Lebedev. In 2009, he bought (for the symbolic £1) the UK tabloid Evening Standard, the first influential British publication owned by the Russian media mogul. In 2010, for a similar fee, he also bought out the Independent.
Personal life of Alexander Lebedev
AT this moment the oligarch is married for the second time. His first wife was the daughter of Academician Vladimir Sokolov Natalia. Their common son Eugene was born in 1980. In 1998, the marriage broke up. Evgeny Alexandrovich became an economist, was the executive director of English media resources owned by his father (Independent, I Newspaper, Evening Standard). 
The second chosen one of the millionaire was the model Elena Perminova, who was younger than husband for 27 years. She gave him three children: Nikita (born 2009), Yegor (born 2011) and Arina (born 2014).
According to the media, at a young age (17 years old) she was prosecuted on charges of distributing narcotic drugs. The young girl was threatened with a prison term of up to 6 years in prison. However, allegedly thanks to the support of Alexander, in those years of the deputy, to whom Lena's father turned for help, she received a suspended sentence.
The main hobbies of a businessman are swimming and football.
Alexander Lebedev today
In 2011, the oligarch became a Duma deputy from the Slobodsky municipal district, located in the north of the Kirov region. In 2012, critical articles about his business methods in various fields of activity (aviation, agriculture, construction) were published in the press. In the same period, the millionaire announced his intention to focus exclusively on publishing with the suspension of all his business projects in Russia. According to him, he concluded that his mission was to support free media. 
Lebedev volunteers to provide disinterested assistance to non-profit programs in the field of culture, ecology, and social protection. To this end, he created the Charitable Reserve Fund project.
Among the awards of Alexander Evgenievich are gratitude for participation in the election campaign of Boris Yeltsin, the Order of the Russian Orthodox Church, the Ukrainian Order of Yaroslav the Wise, the UNESCO Dialogue of Cultures medal and other awards.
