Alexander Lebedev, the Russian millionaire who bought London's Evening Standard newspaper last week, said on Thursday that Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's strategy for economic recovery is based on cronyism and is fueling corruption. "We have two Putins," Lebedev said. "There are lots of words, but the system doesn't work."...

Alexander Lebedev comments current political and economic situation on Bloomberg TV, 29th of January, 2009...

Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday condemned the killings nine days ago of a prominent human rights lawyer and journalist, in a clear departure from the Kremlin’s previous handling of politically tinged murders. In the Russian president’s first show of support, he met Dmitry Muratov, editor of Novaya Gazeta, the paper where Stanislav Markelov and Anastasia Baburova worked, and Mikhail Gorbachev, the former Soviet leader and co-owner of the paper...

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev Thursday met staff of an opposition newspaper whose reporter was murdered earlier this month, the Kremlin said. Medvedev met former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, a co-owner of the Novaya Gazeta newspaper, and editor-in-chief Dmitry Muratov, the Kremlin said in a statement...

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev discussed on Thursday the recent shootings in Moscow of a lawyer and a Novaya Gazeta journalist with the paper's editor, as well as its co-owner, ex-Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Lawyer Stanislav Markelov was shot dead on January 19 in downtown Moscow. Novaya Gazeta journalist Anastasia Baburova was also wounded in the attack and died a few hours later in hospital...

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev expressed his condolences to the family and colleagues of Anastasiya Baburova, a 25-year-old reporter shot dead on a downtown Moscow street earlier this month. Medvedev made the remarks after inviting former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, a part-owner of Novaya Gazeta, and editor Dmitry Muratov to the Kremlin today, the newspaper’s spokeswoman, Nadezhda Pursenkova, said by phone...

Evgeny Lebedev has been meeting staff at the London Evening Standard, the paper in which his Russian businessman father Alexander bought a controlling stake last week. Yesterday the 28-year-old held an informal lunch with senior Standard executives and writers, who reported being "reassured" by his comments about the Lebedevs' plans for the paper...

Alexander Lebedev, the Russian oligarch who last week bought 75.1pc of London's Evening Standard, has revealed he will be forced to close the title in three years if his turnaround plan is not a success. Speaking exclusively to The Sunday Telegraph, Mr Lebedev, who is to spend £25m revamping the title, said he has seen his wealth halve in the past six months and will not be able to commit to the title for more than three years if markets continue to fall...

One question that has been curiously underplayed in the purchase of London's Evening Standard by Alexander Lebedev, the Russian billionaire, is this: should a British newspaper be owned by a foreigner? In almost any other country this would be a highly charged issue – it is inconceivable that the French would allow an overseas company to buy Le Monde, the Italians La Stampa or the Spanish El Pais...

When it comes to selling newspaper titles, one of the great Fleet Street guessing games is: who first leaked news of the deal - and why? There were some pretty sharp intakes of breath at Associated Newspapers when the gossip started to get out that Alexander Lebedev was to buy the London Evening Standard...

Carlos Slim's move to take a greater stake in the New York Times is the latest example of western media companies attracting investors from emerging markets. Last week Russian oligarch Alexander Lebedev confirmed that he was buying control of the London Evening Standard...

Alexander Lebedev said Thursday that he would use the Evening Standard to help Prime Minister Vladimir Putin fight corruption, although he said he would need to invest "tens of millions of pounds" into the loss-making newspaper "for at least two years"...

The new owner of the London Evening Standard, Alexander Lebedev, yesterday said that he has grown so concerned for safety at his Russian newspaper that he has asked the authorities if staff can carry guns. Novaya Gazeta's lawyer Stanislav Markelov, and Anastasia Baburova, a 25-year-old trainee journalist, were gunned down in the centre of Moscow by a masked killer while walking towards the metro from a press conference on Monday...

Alexander Lebedev, the Russian billionaire and former KGB agent, outlined his plans for London's Evening Standard at a news conference in Moscow yesterday. He said there would be changes at the paper and promised to funnel "tens of millions of pounds" into the loss-making title over the next two years...

The new Russian owner of the Evening Standard promised to invest millions of pounds to guarantee the newspaper's survival. Former KGB agent Alexander Lebedev said that he had no political agenda in buying the newspaper and added that he considered it a "social mission" to try to revive the loss-making London daily...