
Lebedev: Lord of Siberia
The Slow Newscast
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The Origin of Alexander Evgenyevitch Lebene
Alexander evgenyevitch lebene was a former officer of soviet foreign intelligence. He made his millions trading bonds and then bought a small, struggling bank to what heis described as an open tender. A few months later the man who'd go on to become the largest foreign investor in russia landed in moscow. Bill met alexander throug a shared interest one of the world's largest gas companies used largely to enrich the country's feasting oligarchs.
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