Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Alexander Lebedev has a new role - as an investigative journalist

http://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2013/nov/19/alexander-lebedev-newspapers

Alexander Lebedev, the man who bought The Independent and London Evening Standard, has taken on a newspaper job. He has become head of the investigative team at his Russian newspaper, Novaya Gazeta, reports the New York Times.

He also owns, as the NY Times does report, what is claimed to be the largest potato farm in Europe. It's in the region of Tula, where Lebedev is serving out his sentence of 150 hours of community service, repairing kindergartens, for punching a man on a TV talk show.