🇬🇧 Boris Johnson nominated a Russian newspaper owner for a seat in the House of Lords without giving any formal rationale for his appointment, according to newly disclosed information from the commission that vets nominees.
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> Evgeny Lebedev, also a British citizen, was given a seat for life in the upper chamber of parliament as part of the former prime minister’s list of political peerages in July 2020, becoming Baron Lebedev of Hampton in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames and of Siberia in the Russian Federation.
It's him — the Baron of Siberia! 🧐
