UK Government Accused of Cover-Up for Withholding Security Advice on Peerage for Russian Tycoon

File photo of Evgeny Lebedev (left) and Boris Johnson attending a pre-lunch reception for the Evening Standard Theatre Awards at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London, on Nov. 23, 2009. Ian West/PA

The UK government has been accused of a “cover-up” after it refused to release detailed security advice over a Russian-born businessman’s entry to the House of Lords.

British–Russian media mogul Evgeny Lebedev, whose father worked as a KGB agent, was made a lifelong member of the upper house of the British Parliament in July 2020.