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Evgeny Lebedev: the son of a KGB agent is one of Russia's most important assets in the UK. He is a personal friend of the British Prime Minister, owns some British newspapers, and got a seat in House of Lords on Boris Johnson's initiative, and when MI6 warned the government about Lebedev, the Prime Minister ignored it. Lebedev is known for keeping the Kreml line, has even suggested MI6 was the ones that killed Alexander Litvinenko.
The dinner Gove is talking about might be that one dinner where Gove "convinced Boris" to become a Leaver, Boris had been a Remainer up to then, so Lebedev was present even then. If one of Putin's agents is so close with the British PM, that he pushes for him to get a seat in the House of Lords despite warnings from MI6, then there is a real security concern to worry about (and no, Evgeny Lebedev has not been hit with any sanctions yet).
MI6 warned PM about Russian oligarch friend Evgeny Lebedev two years ago
Another of Lebedev's pals, Michale Gove claims no one ever raised any security claims with him (could be true, Gove was never as importants as Johnson, so might just not have been seen as needed, and tbh, Gove was not the one trying to make him a Lord).No-one raised security concerns over Lord Lebedev with me, says Michael Gove
The dinner Gove is talking about might be that one dinner where Gove "convinced Boris" to become a Leaver, Boris had been a Remainer up to then, so Lebedev was present even then. If one of Putin's agents is so close with the British PM, that he pushes for him to get a seat in the House of Lords despite warnings from MI6, then there is a real security concern to worry about (and no, Evgeny Lebedev has not been hit with any sanctions yet).
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