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In July 2020, Lebedev was nominated for a life peerage by British prime minister Boris Johnson for philanthropy and services to the media, a move that drew widespread criticism due to Lebedev's father having been a KGB agent. [4] [5] [6] He was appointed to be a crossbench life peer in the House of Lords as Lord Lebedev in November 2020. [7]
The house was decorated by Martyn Lawrence Bullard during 2011 at a cost of €10 million. [2] [3] Bullard said that Evgeny Lebedev had instructed him to create an interior that was "layered" and looked as if the castle and its possessions had been accumulated over many years and that the " ... driving force was his passion for the area — we spent weekends touring nearby castles and palazzos".
Evgeny Lebedev has sat in the House of Lords as a crossbench life peer since 19 November 2020 [40] [41] Since 2005, Lebedev's partner has been Elena Perminova, a former model; some sources report they are married while others say they are engaged. [42] [43] They have four children together, three sons and a daughter. [43] [44]
Lord Bew said the appointments committee had asked for security information on the son of a former KGB agent during the process. Boris Johnson did not put pressure on over Lebedev peerage, says ...
The head of British intelligence reportedly held security concerns over Lord Lebedev for as long as a decade. MI6 warned PM about Russian oligarch friend Evgeny Lebedev two years ago Skip to main ...
Lord Lebedev, left, and Boris Johnson at a reception in 2009 (Ian West/PA) His father, the oligarch Alexander Lebedev, was a former KGB agent.
He also called fellow politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky "the Lord God's monkey." [41] Lebed did not consider Ukraine and Belarus to be separate countries from Russia, [citation needed] nor did he consider the Ukrainian and Belarusian languages separate from the Russian.
Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper wrote to Boris Johnson asking him to hand over information to Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee.