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10 Former KGB Officers Who Are Now Filthy Rich

Julian Crowley
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·October 6, 2011

[tps_title]1. Alexander Lebedev[/tps_title]

It bears repeating: Alexander Lebedev, multi-billionaire banking and media tycoon, punched a fellow billionaire on a live TV program.

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In recent years, Lebedev has acquired a number of major British papers for sums of around £1, and he shows as much acumen in the world of fisticuffs as he does in business.

The oligarch formerly worked for the First Chief Directorate of the KGB for the better part of a decade, the Directorate being the body that was responsible for foreign operations and intelligence-gathering.

Judging by the fact that Sergei Polonsky (the man he hit) was knocked practically across the room with one blow, all that training must have paid off for the man estimated to now be worth $2 billion.

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