Alexander Lebedev (born 16 December 1959) is a Russian billionaire, referred to as one of the Russian tycoons. In March 2006 he was listed by Forbes magazine as one of the richest Russian, and the 194th richest person in the world with an estimated fortune of $3.5 billion^[1]. He is a member of the state Duma, a former KGB agent, owns a third of Aeroflot, and is part owner of Novaya Gazeta ^[2] December 16 is the 350th day of the year (351st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Business oligarch is a synonym of business magnate. The inclusion of the word oligarch describes the significant influence such wealthy people may have on the life of a state. ... Forbes Building on Fifth Avenue in New York City Forbes is a publishing and media company. ... Forbes magazine always lists the worlds wealthiest individuals: The Worlds Billionares. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with State Duma. ... The KGB emblem and motto: The sword and the shield KGB (transliteration of КГБ) is the Russian-language abbreviation for Committee for State Security, (Russian: ; Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti). ... Aeroflot Airbus A319 at Berlin Aeroflot — Russian Airlines (Russian:Аэрофлот — Российские авиалинии), or Aeroflot (Аэрофло́т; literally air fleet), is the Russian national airline and the biggest carrier in Russia. ... Novaya Gazeta is a Russian newspaper. ...

Biography

Alexander Lebedev was born to a family of Moscow intelligentsia. His father, Evgeny Nikolaevich Lebedev was a Professor at Bauman Moscow Highest Technical School and a retired athlete, a (former member of the Soviet National Water polo team). Alexander's mother, Matiya Sergeevna, after graduating from Moscow Pedagogic Institute worked in a rural Sakhalin school, then taught English in a Moscow tertiary school ^[3]. Location Position of Moscow in Europe Government Country District Subdivision Russia Central Federal District Federal City Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov Geographical characteristics Area  - City 1,081 km² Population  - City (2005)    - Density 10,415,400   8537. ... The notion of an intellectual elite as a distinguished social stratum can be traced far back in history. ... Bauman Moscow State Technical University is one of the oldest and biggest Russian educational institutions offering M.S. and Ph. ... Water polo is a team water sport, which can be best described as a combination of swimming, football (soccer), basketball, ice hockey, rugby and wrestling. ... Location of Sakhalin in the Western Pacific Sakhalin, GOST transliteration Sahalin, (Russian: , Korean: Traditional Chinese: 庫頁島; Simplified Chinese: 库页岛; pinyin: kùyèdÇŽo Japanese: 樺太 romaji: karafuto), also Saghalien, is a large elongated island in the North Pacific, lying between 45° 50 and 54° 24 N. It is part of the Russian...

In 1977, Alexander Lebedev entered the Department of Economics of Moscow State Institute of International Relations. After the graduation from this school in 1982, Lebedev started to work for the Institute of Economics of the World Socialist System doing research for his Kandidat (Ph.D.) dissertation The problems of debt and the challenges of globalization. However he soon transferred to the First Chief Directorate (Foreign Intelligence) of KGB. He worked there and its successor Foreign Intelligence Service until 1992^[3]. He worked in London under the diplomatic cover of an economics attaché ^[4]. According to Lebedev's personal site ^[3] his assignments included fighting the Capital flight from Russian Federation. According to Sunday Express he “spent more time studying finance and the City than British secrets” ^[2]. Russias leading educational institution in the field of international relations and diplomacy Categories: Wikipedia cleanup | Russia-related stubs ... Kandidat (Russian: кандидат) or Candidate of Science (кандидат наук) is a holder of a first post-graduate scientific degree in the former USSR since 1934 and in some post-Soviet states, awarded for a dissertation (the Doctor of Science is one level higher than the Kandidat). ... The First Chief Directorate (Russian: Первое Главное Управление) [or-PGU] of the Committee for State Security (KGB), was the organization responsible for foreign operations and intelligence collection activities by the training and management of covert agents, intelligence collection management, and the collection of political, scientific and technical intelligence. ... The KGB emblem and motto: The sword and the shield KGB (transliteration of КГБ) is the Russian-language abbreviation for Committee for State Security, (Russian: ; Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti). ... Sluzhba Vneshney Razvedki (Служба внешней разведки) (SVR) is Russian for Foreign Intelligence Service and is the name of Russias primary external intelligence agency. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... An attaché is a person who is assigned to the staff of a diplomatic mission and often has special responsibilities or expertise. ... Seen in Asian markets in the 1990s capital flight is when assets and/or money rapidly flow out of a country. ...

After retirement as a Lieutenant Colonel Lebedev created his first company: the Russian Investment-Finance Company (Русская инвестиционно-финансовая компания). In 1995 the company bought a small and troubled bank named National Rezerve Bank that soon grew to become one of the largest Russian banks^[3]. The National Rezerve Bank and Alfa Bank were the only two out of the ten largest Russian banks that survived the Russian financial crisis of 1998. Now it is in the top thirty of Russian banks^[3]. In the U.S. Army, Air Force and Marine Corps, a lieutenant colonel is a commissioned officer superior to a major and inferior to a colonel. ... Alfa Bank, the corporate treasury of the Alfa Group, is one of the largest commercial banks in the Russian Federation. ... The global recession of 1998, which started with the Asian financial crisis in July 1997, exacerbated Russias financial crisis. ...

Among bank's assets are:

• 30% of the main Russian national airline Aeroflot (the largest private stock holder);
• 44% of the Ilyushin Finance Co, that owns a significant share of Russian aircraft-building industry;
• significant parts of Sberbank, Gasprom, Unified Energy System.

The bank is the core of the National Reserve Corporation, that according to Lebedev's personal site owns around US$2 billion of assets^[3]. Forbes ^[1] estimates Lebedev's fortune higher as US$3.5 billion. Aeroflot Airbus A319 at Berlin Aeroflot — Russian Airlines (Russian:Аэрофлот — Российские авиалинии), or Aeroflot (Аэрофло́т; literally air fleet), is the Russian national airline and the biggest carrier in Russia. ... Ilyushin (Russian: Илью́шин) is a Russian (formerly Soviet) aircraft manufacturer (design office prefix Il), founded by Sergey Vladimirovich Ilyushin. ... Sberbank is the largest bank in the Russian Federation. ... Gazprom (Cyrillic Газпром, sometimes transcribed as Gasprom) is the largest Russian company and the biggest natural gas extractor in the world. ... The Unified Energy System (UES) is Russias state electric power monopoly. ...

The National Reserve Corporation included National Meat Company, National Mortgage Company (Национальная Ипротечная Компания), construction companies as well as daughter structures in textile, telecommunications, trams and trolleybuses, electrical power, chemical and tourist industries. They own a large tourist hotel network in Crimea (Ukraine) and plan to create the National Reserve Park that will manage diverse tourist enterprises in Russia, Ukraine and France. According to his website Lebedev was one of the first prominent businessmen with interests to Russian technology and socially-oriented business rather than the simple explanation of the country's natural resources^[3]. Sunday textile market on the sidewalks of Karachi, Pakistan. ... Telecommunication involves the transmission of signals over a distance for the purpose of communication. ... A CLRV Streetcar in the City of Toronto. ... Å koda 14 Tr trolleybus in Vilnius A trolleybus (also known as electric bus, trolley bus, trolley coach, trackless trolley, trackless tram or simply trolley) is a bus powered by two overhead electric wires, from which it draws electricity using two trolley poles. ... Transmission lines in Lund, Sweden Electric power, often known as power or electricity, involves the production and delivery of electrical energy in sufficient quantities to operate domestic appliances, office equipment, industrial machinery and provide sufficient energy for both domestic and commercial lighting, heating, cooking and industrial processes. ... Chemical tanks in Lillebonne, France Chemical industry includes those industries involved in the production of petrochemicals, agrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, polymers, paints, oleochemicals etc. ... A tourist boat travels the River Seine in Paris, France Tourism can be defined as the act of travel for the purpose of recreation, and the provision of services for this act. ... Motto: Процветание в единстве - Prosperity in unity Anthem: Нивы и горы твои волшебны, Родина - Your fields and mounts are wonderful, Motherland Capital Simferopol Largest cities Simferopol, Eupatoria, Kerch, Theodosia, Yalta Official language Ukrainian. ...

Lebedev is a founder and the President of the National Investment Council, a non-political and non-Government organization working to improve the investment sentiments in Russia, protecting interests of the Russian business abroad and fighting the negative sentiments towards the Russian business^[3]. Anti-Russian sentiment is a broad term for a wide spectrum of dislike or fear of Russia, Russians, Russian culture or politics of Russia. ...

In 2003 Lebedev stood as a candidate for the elections of Moscow Mayor and State Duma. He received 13% on the Mayoral elections loosing to the incumbent Yuriy Luzhkov but won the place in the State Duma by the Rodina party list (he was actually number one on the Moscow regional list of this party). Later he broke with "national-patriotic electoral block "Rodina" and became a member of the pro-Government United Russia party^[3]. Lebedev (together with the former President of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev) is also the owner of the 49% of the Novaya Gazeta, one of the most vocal critics of the current Russian Government ^[5]. 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Emblem commemorating the 100 year anniversary of Russia Dumas Boris Gryzlov, speaker of the Russian State Duma since December 2003 The State Duma (Russian: Государственная дума (Gosudarstvennaya Duma), common abbreviation: Госдума (Gosduma)) in the Russian Federation is the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia (legislature), the upper house being the Federation... // In politics The incumbent, in politics, is the current holder of a political office. ... Yuriy Mikhailovich Luzhkov. ... Rodina or Motherland-National Patriotic Union (Rodina - Narodno-Patriotičeskij Sojuz, Партия РОДИНА) is one of the four parties that control seats in the Russian legislature. ... Vladimir Putin with United Russia emblem in the background United Russia (Yedinaya Rossiya, Russian Единая Россия; the more correct translation is Unified Russia) is a political party in Russia which usually labels itself centrist. ... Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachyov ( , IPA: , commonly written as Mikhail Gorbachev; born March 2, 1931) was the last leader of the Soviet Union, serving from 1985 until its collapse in 1991. ... Novaya Gazeta is a Russian newspaper. ...

After the assassination of a prominent Novaya Gazeta journalist Anna Politkovskaya Lebedev wrote an article ^[6] praising the talents of Politkovskaya and suggesting that the assassins were actually trying to target the good names of her opponents. He also pledged 25 million Russian rubles (around US$1mln) for the information leading to catching the assassins ^[6]. So far the reward was not claimed. The assassination of Anna Politkovskaya, the Russian journalist, took place on Saturday, 7 October 2006. ... Anna Stepanovna Politkovskaya (Russian: ; 30 August 1958 – 7 October 2006) was a U.S.-born[1] Russian journalist and human rights activist well known for her opposition to the Chechen conflict and the Putin administration. ... ISO 4217 Code RUB User(s) Russia and self-proclaimed Abkhazia and South Ossetia Inflation 10. ...

Currently Lebedev is the Vice-Chairman of Duma's committee on the Commonwealth of Independent States; the coordinator of Duma's group on interactions with Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and the coordinator of the State Duma group dealing with the city of Moscow^[3]. Headquarters Minsk, Belarus Member states 11 member states 1 associate member Working language Russian Executive Secretary Vladimir Rushailo Formation December 21, 1991 Official website http://cis. ... Verkhovna Rada. ...

Lebedev continued his research in Economics getting the Kandidat (Ph.D.) degree for his dissertation Problems of the Russian Foreign Debt (Global and Regional Aspects) (2000) and his Dr. Sci degree for the dissertation Financial Globalization in the context of the Global, Regional and National (Russian) development^[3]. Kandidat (Russian: кандидат) or Candidate of Science (кандидат наук) is a holder of a first post-graduate scientific degree in the former USSR since 1934 and in some post-Soviet states, awarded for a dissertation (the Doctor of Science is one level higher than the Kandidat). ...

Lebedev has a long history of supporting culture and charity. He even created the organization named Blagotvoritelny Reserve Fund (Charitable Reserve Fund) to make some order on these activities. Among the organizations and projects he (or BRF) sponsored are^[3]:

• Children Center for Hematology and Transplantology named after Raisa Gorbachyova in Saint Petersburg (General Sponsor of the construction)
• Burdenko military Hospital
• State Russian Museum
• Fomenko Theater
• Moscow Art Theatre,
• Lesya Ukrainka Russian Theater in Kyiv,
• Museum of Mikhail Bulgakov in Kyiv,
• Restoration of the monument to Alexander Suvorov in Swiss Alps.
• Monument Sorrow (Скорбящая) in London by sculptor Andrey Scherbakov commemorating Soviet soldiers who died during World War II

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References

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External Links

• Alexander Lebedev. "Beyond Khodorkovsky", Wall Street Journal, June 10, 2005. Retrieved on 2007-01-13. (in English)
• Personal website (Russian)
• Personal livejournal (Russian)

• Biography (Russian)
• Interview to Radio Liberty (Russian)
• Sponsorship page (Russian)
• National Rezerve Bank (Russian)