Evgeny Lebedev

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Evgeny Lebedev is the proprietor of the Evening Standard and The Independent

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Evgeny Lebedev is the proprietor of the Evening Standard and The Independent

<p>Man with a mission: Elon Musk at the Bletchley Park summit</p>
Opinion
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Evgeny Lebedev: Why I love humanist and free speech champion Elon Musk

For some he’s an all-too-powerful hate figure but for others, his contribution is essential

2 Nov 2023
<p>The central idea in Dr Gabor Maté’s book The Myth Of Normal is how to heal a toxic culture   </p>
Lifestyle

Gabor Maté: ‘I wish the royals treated their children like animals’

Gabor Maté is the physician and trauma expert whose interview with Prince Harry made him a star. He talks therapy, pain, our toxic culture and his latest seminal book, The Myth of Normal, with Evgeny Lebedev

29 Sept 2023
Opinion

Food waste: Two problems tackled in one move - now let’s do it

Reallocating £25 million is a small effort - a win for farmers, food banks and environmentalists alike

7 Sept 2023
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London

Our fight for free speech

Standard launches major inquiry into silencing of debate and growing threat from cancel culture

29 Aug 2023
On The Breadline

Thank you! Standard’s Christmas appeal raises phenomenal £3.7million

Total reached through the generosity of our donors and readers

22 Dec 2022
On The Breadline

On The Breadline: Standard launches Christmas cost of living appeal

Standard launches Christmas appeal to help Londoners facing devastating ‘heat or eat’ choices

22 Nov 2022
<p>Mikhail Gorbachev with ES proprietor Evgeny Lebedev in 2012 </p>
UK

My dear friend Mikhail Gorbachev, the man who changed the world

He ended the Cold War and the nuclear arms race. Here the Evening Standard proprietor remembers a political titan, a loving husband and a big-hearted man

31 Aug 2022
<p>A woman carries an infant as they cross the border into Poland from Ukraine</p>
London

Evening Standard Ukraine appeal: This crisis has only just begun

Families fleeing war need your help more than ever

14 Mar 2022
<p>A paramedic performs CPR on a girl injured by shelling in a residential area. Her dad sits to the left. The girl did not survive</p>
World

President Putin, please stop this war

A personal plea to the Russian leader from Evening Standard proprietor Evgeny Lebedev

28 Feb 2022
Skill Up Step Up

Skill Up Step Up campaign: Let’s get to work

Standard launches £1m campaign to assist jobless young into work

6 Dec 2021
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Comment

Evgeny Lebedev on the need to protect Africa’s carbon sinks

Africa’s landscapes hold the key to solving our climate crisis

3 Nov 2021
<p>Fresh boost: three-year-olds Dream, Aaliyah, and Eva Rosie all receive fruit and veg from The Felix Project, which will run our new social kitchen</p>
Food for London

Food For London: Let’s end the capital’s hunger crisis now!

Social kitchen will open to cook 1.5m meals a year thanks to £1million from our fund

4 May 2021
<p>New global outlook: Paul Kagame tells Lord Lebedev conservation is built into his plan to give Rwanda a prosperous future</p>
Stop the Illegal Wildlife Trade

‘Our country almost became desert. Now conservation can reap benefits’

Interview: Rwandan President Paul Kagame tells Evening Standard Proprietor Evgeny Lebedev how his country can flourish after years of genocide and now Covid

2 Mar 2021
Help: the queue near Trafalgar Square as hundreds of people wait for help
Food for London

This is London in 2020: We feed 200 people a day. Last year it was 100

HOW TO GIVE: Text FELIX to 70480 to donate £10  (Texts cost £10 plus one standard-rate message) or go to our donation page at standard.co.uk/felix

20 Oct 2020
Stop the Illegal Wildlife Trade

Now we can begin to see disaster of new Covid conservation crisis

With our sister title The Independent, we are protecting wildlife at risk from poachers due to the conservation funding crisis caused by Covid-19. Help is needed to support rangers, communities and law enforcement to prevent wildlife crime. You can donate here

15 Jul 2020
Stop the Illegal Wildlife Trade

This trade in wildlife must end... for the safety of us all

Evening Standard proprietor Evgeny Lebedev on why the world must learn a crucial lesson post virus

23 Jun 2020