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'Putin critic' Russian billionaire Lebedev charged with 'hooliganism' over TV punch-out | | Russian billionaire Alexander Lebedev could
be jailed for five years after being charged with 'hooliganism'. Lebedev, the
Russian billionaire owner of The Independent and Evening Standard newspapers,
was charged with "hooliganism motivated by political hatred" for punching a fellow
guest on a television show. The hooliganism charge against Lebedev is the same
as that under which three members of the Pussy Riot feminist punk band were jailed
for two years last month, The Telegraph reports. According to the paper, the prosecution
relates to an incident last September when Lebedev punched rich property developer
Sergei Polonsky during the recording of a programme on Russia 's NTV channel,
which related to the global financial crisis. The businessman was not arrested
after the charges were announced and his spokesman said he refused to sign an
order preventing him from leaving the capital, the paper said. Legal proceedings
against Lebedev in Moscow came a day after the 52-year-old tycoon suggested President
Vladimir Putin had endorsed an attempt to put him in prison in revenge for allegedly
funding opposition groups.
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