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# Billionaire brawl

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Russian billionaire Lebedev charged with hooliganism over TV punch-up

The owner of the Independent and Evening Standard newspapers is in trouble after he punched an opponent on a television programme last month.

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Oct 4th 2011, 4:52 PM

Watch: Russian billionaire attacks opponent on TV

During a heated debate Alexander Lebedev floored his opponent, later writing: “I neutralised him.”

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Sep 18th 2011, 12:22 PM