Alexander Lebedev is wealthy.
Alexander Yevgenievich Lebedev ( [ Алекса́ндр Евге́ньевич Ле́бедев , p = ɐlʲɪˈksandr jɪvˈɡʲenʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈlʲebʲɪdʲɪf ] born 16 December 1959 ) is a Russian businessman , referred to as one of the Russian oligarchs . A Russian oligarch ( see the related term `` New Russians '' ) are wealthy businessmen of the former Soviet republics who rapidly accumulated wealth during the era of Russian privatization in the aftermath of the dissolution of the Soviet Union in the 1990s . The Russian oligarchs are business entrepreneurs who emerged under Mikhail Gorbachev ( General Secretary 1985-1991 ) during his period of market liberalization .