Police raid Lebedev's bank

Billionaire Alexander Lebedev, owner of Britain’s Independent newspaper, was held inside the Moscow headquarters of a bank he owns while masked police rifled through company files, his spokesman said today.

Tue, 02 Nov, 2010 - 12:13

Billionaire Alexander Lebedev, owner of Britain’s Independent newspaper, was held inside the Moscow headquarters of a bank he owns while masked police rifled through company files, his spokesman said today.

The spokesman said up to 30 armed Moscow policemen surrounded Mr Lebedev’s National Reserve Bank before entering..

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