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Ex-KGB spy in bid to buy UK paper

A Russian ex-KGB agent could soon be in control of London daily newspaper the Evening Standard.

Billionaire businessman Alexander Lebedev is believed to have made an offer for a 76% share of the paper.

Nick Higham reports.

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