Dark Money: Inside Alexander Lebedev’s hunt for a trillion-dollar pool of dirty cash

He's survived assassination attempts, threatened exile and crooked courtrooms. But his latest adversary is the most sinister yet.

Words: Joseph Bullmore

The first page of Alexander Lebedev’s new book begins with a time-worn sentiment: “Money can’t buy you happiness.” The 255 pages that follow demonstrate in graphic detail the truth behind the cliché. Lebedev, an ex-oligarch, former KGB agent and one-time banker, has had a fate buffeted by the slings and arrows of an outrageous fortune. Money — its advantages, its trappings, the things it can and can’t control — lurks constantly in the shadows of his exorbitantly eventful life.

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