23 Jan 09 | News and features
Alexander Lebedev has announced that he has requested journalists on his Novaya Gazeta newspaper be allowed to carry guns.
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19 Jan 09 | News and features
Anastasiya Baburova, a reporter for Novaya Gazeta, the Russian newspaper funded by Alexander Lebedev, was seriously wounded in a shooting incident in Moscow earlier today.
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15 Jan 09 | Uncategorized
The UK press is buzzing with the news of Russian Alexander Lebedev’s takeover of London’s Evening Standard.
So what can Standard staff expect? Abramovich-style injections of cash? Possibly not: less than two months ago, Novaya Gazeta, the Russian paper funded in large part by Lebedev, ditched a large number of staff and freelancers. Read Maria Eismont’s report for Index on Censorship here.
