Alexander Lebedev owns a French newspaper.
Alexander Lebedev . He is part owner of the Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta and owner of two UK newspapers with son Evgeny Lebedev : the London Evening Standard , The Independent . Le Moniteur Universel was a French newspaper founded in Paris on November 24 , 1789 under the title Gazette Nationale ou Le Moniteur Universel by Charles-Joseph Panckoucke , and which ceased publication on December 31 , 1868 .