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Hunt the Banker
Hunt the Banker

Hunt the Banker

The Confessions of a Russian Ex-Oligarch

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY

256 Pages, 6.25 x 9.25

Formats: Cloth

Cloth, $39.95 (US $39.95)

Publication Date: March 2020

ISBN 9781846893032

Rights: US

Quiller Publishing (Mar 2020)

Price: $39.95
 
 

Overview

A former KGB intelligence officer, now the owner of the Independent and Evening Standard, reveals scams, corruptions, and attempted assassinations

Alexander Lebedev is best known as the Russian businessman who bought the Evening Standard and The Independent newspapers. A former KGB intelligence officer in the USSR's London Embassy, the book is mainly a memoir of Lebedev's hair-raising experiences as someone who aspires to show that an "honest banker" is not an oxymoron. He describes the dirty tricks used against him and the attempt to assassinate him and details how the Russian and international political and business elite live. Lebedev openly tells of his relations with leading politicians, businessmen, and cultural figures in Russia and abroad, and investigates corruption scandals, dodgy multi-billion-dollar deals, and contract killings. He describes facing five years of imprisonment for a minor fracas during a television talk show, and how celebrities (Elton John, Hugh Grant, Keira Knightley, John Malkovich, Ian McKellen, Stephen Fry) rallied to his defense. He discusses policemen and secret policemen slipping him memoirs and transcripts of episodes which would otherwise have remained unknown. It is ultimately a portrait of a political system which ensures that genuine attempts to improve the fortunes of his country and its citizens are built on sand.

Reviews

"I know Alexander Lebedev well, and his career has not been uneventful. It is absolutely clear that he is motivated by something immeasurably greater than an ambition to accumulate billions of dollars. 'What really matters,' he says, 'is to get people thinking whether they are living their lives as they should. Can we really not do better? I am certain we can.' He seeks to persuade others of this belief with compelling speeches and, more importantly, through his own practical actions in a spirit of civic responsibility." â€â€Mikhail Gorbachev

Author Biography

Alexander Lebedev is a Russian banker, philanthropist, and public figure. A member of the KGB's Foreign Intelligence Service, he worked in the USSR Embassy in London in the 1980s. Since 1992 he has been a businessman, founder, and beneficial owner of financial and industrial group National Reserve Corporation, including National Reserve Bank. 

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