Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Media mogul LordEvgeny Lebedev has appealed to Vladimir Putin to …
Lord Lebedev’s peerage should be investigated by Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee, Labour has said, after it was claimed that Britain’s security services dropped alleged concerns about his ennoblement after the intervention of the Prime Minister. Yvette Cooper, the shadow home secretary, said Boris Johnson should hand over any advice given to him by Britain’s spy agencies over his plan …
Highlights Russia-born media mogul Evgeny Lebedev urges Russia to stop war President Putin, please stop this war, Evgeny Lebedev asks Russian President As a Russian citizen I plead you to stop Russians killing their Ukrainian brothers, sisters, he said Russia-born media mogul Evgeny Lebedev has used the pages of a British newspaper he owns to implore Russian President Vladimir Putin …
Highlights The Ukrainian government imposed a night curfew People will need a special permit to travel in the cities The Ukrainian government imposed a night curfew in Kyiv on Monday which will last from 8 pm to 7 am. Earlier, the Swiss president stated that Russia’s attack on Ukraine was 'unacceptable' and Switzerland will adopt European Union sanctions, including asset …
It was an editorial volte-face that confounded The Independent's Left-wing readership. A senior political source has claimed to The Mail on Sunday that Mr Rajan – now a rising star at the BBC – had agreed to support the Conservatives if Mr Cameron agreed to attend the birthday party of his proprietor, the Russian businessman Evgeny Lebedev. Mr Rajan, who …