After Russian oligarch's $120 million yacht is seized, Putin allies ... Born in Moscow, Lebedev is the son of Alexander Lebedev, a Russian banker and former officer of the First Chief Directorate of the USSR's KGB and later its successor, the SVR, and his first wife, engineer Natalia Sokolova; his maternal grandfather Vladimir Sokolov was a scientist, and a member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, later the Russian Academy of Sciences. Another Russian business . Alexander Lebedev: the oligarch, conspiracy theories and a mercury ... Some have begun, albeit tentatively, to speak out — though it may be too little to end the war, or to protect their Western fortunes. accused of assault and illegal detention after an incident on a boat there. Alexander Lebedev on Instagram: "Вечерний театр на лодке Evening ... Alexander Lebedev, Russian businessman | Business Insider India Alexander Lebedev arriving for the annual Raisa Gorbachev Foundation Gala, at Hampton Court Palace in London. Lebedev, by contrast, doesn't own a yacht and lives comparatively modestly. The billionaire was hit with an asset freeze and visa ban last Friday over his links to the Kremlin, while Vladimir Putin continues to wage war on Ukraine. Media mogul Lord Evgeny Lebedev has appealed to Vladimir Putin to stop the invasion of Ukraine, through the Evening Standard newspaper. MOSCOW — Russian banker and media magnate Alexander Lebedev on Wednesday likened his trial for throwing a punch during a TV talk show to a political witch-hunt, and said the charge of . Alexander Lebedev shared a video on Instagram: "Вечерний театр на лодке Evening theatre on the boat" • See 1,904 photos and videos on their profile.