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<blockquote data-quote="Box Ox" data-source="post: 4505310" data-attributes="member: 48469"><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Independent" target="_blank">The Independent - Wikipedia</a></p><p></p><p><em><strong>"The Independent</strong></em> is a British online publisher of news that was established in 1986 as a politically independent national morning printed newspaper published in London. Nicknamed the <em>Indy</em>, it began as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadsheet" target="_blank">broadsheet</a> and changed to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabloid_(newspaper_format)" target="_blank">tabloid</a> format in 2003.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Independent#cite_note-5" target="_blank">[5]</a> The last printed edition was published on Saturday 26 March 2016, leaving only the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_newspaper" target="_blank">online edition</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Independent#cite_note-BBC_ind_stop-6" target="_blank">[6]</a></p><p></p><p>It tends to take a pro-market stance on economic issues.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Independent#cite_note-Wilby-7" target="_blank">[7]</a></p><p></p><p>It was controlled by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_O%27Reilly" target="_blank">Tony O'Reilly</a>'s Irish <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_News_%26_Media" target="_blank">Independent News & Media</a>from 1997 until it <strong>was sold to the Russian businessman and former <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KGB" target="_blank">KGB</a> officer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Lebedev" target="_blank">Alexander Lebedev</a> in 2010</strong>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Independent#cite_note-i2010-03-25-1" target="_blank">[1]</a>"</p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Lebedev" target="_blank">Alexander Lebedev - Wikipedia</a></p><p></p><p>"<strong>He transferred to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Chief_Directorate" target="_blank">First Chief Directorate</a> (Foreign Intelligence) of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KGB" target="_blank">KGB</a>. According to <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sunday_Times" target="_blank">The Sunday Times</a></em>, as a KGB spy, he was based at the Russian embassy in London during the 1980s.</strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Lebedev#cite_note-Times-3" target="_blank">[3]</a> He worked for the KGB's successor, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Intelligence_Service_(Russia)" target="_blank">Foreign Intelligence Service</a>, until 1992.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Lebedev#cite_note-Pers-4" target="_blank">[4]</a> Lebedev had the diplomatic cover of an economics <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attach%C3%A9" target="_blank">attaché</a>. According to his personal website, Lebedev's assignments included fighting <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_flight" target="_blank">capital flight</a> from the Russian Federation.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Lebedev#cite_note-Pers-4" target="_blank">[4]</a>"</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Box Ox, post: 4505310, member: 48469"] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Independent']The Independent - Wikipedia[/URL] [I][B]"The Independent[/B][/I] is a British online publisher of news that was established in 1986 as a politically independent national morning printed newspaper published in London. Nicknamed the [I]Indy[/I], it began as a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadsheet']broadsheet[/URL] and changed to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabloid_(newspaper_format)']tabloid[/URL] format in 2003.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Independent#cite_note-5'][5][/URL] The last printed edition was published on Saturday 26 March 2016, leaving only the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_newspaper']online edition[/URL].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Independent#cite_note-BBC_ind_stop-6'][6][/URL] It tends to take a pro-market stance on economic issues.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Independent#cite_note-Wilby-7'][7][/URL] It was controlled by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_O%27Reilly']Tony O'Reilly[/URL]'s Irish [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_News_%26_Media']Independent News & Media[/URL]from 1997 until it [B]was sold to the Russian businessman and former [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KGB']KGB[/URL] officer [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Lebedev']Alexander Lebedev[/URL] in 2010[/B].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Independent#cite_note-i2010-03-25-1'][1][/URL]" [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Lebedev']Alexander Lebedev - Wikipedia[/URL] "[B]He transferred to the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Chief_Directorate']First Chief Directorate[/URL] (Foreign Intelligence) of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KGB']KGB[/URL]. According to [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sunday_Times']The Sunday Times[/URL][/I], as a KGB spy, he was based at the Russian embassy in London during the 1980s.[/B][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Lebedev#cite_note-Times-3'][3][/URL] He worked for the KGB's successor, the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Intelligence_Service_(Russia)']Foreign Intelligence Service[/URL], until 1992.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Lebedev#cite_note-Pers-4'][4][/URL] Lebedev had the diplomatic cover of an economics [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attach%C3%A9']attaché[/URL]. According to his personal website, Lebedev's assignments included fighting [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_flight']capital flight[/URL] from the Russian Federation.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Lebedev#cite_note-Pers-4'][4][/URL]" [/QUOTE]
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