The case of Diana Lebedeva. Platon Lebedev: biography, career and interesting facts

In this photo, to the right of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, you see his accomplice, Platon Lebedev, one of the leaders of Menatep.

Yesterday Lebedev's granddaughter Diana died in Switzerland. The car in which the 19-year-old girl and her 23-year-old friend were traveling fell off the bridge into the river.


Diana was undeniably beautiful. I am very sorry for the girl: young, charming, rich. It would seem to live and be happy. Everything is given - money, health, youth and beauty.

But a terrible absurdity happened, which ruthlessly and completely unexpectedly ended the life of a happy girl.


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Actually, nothing unexpected. The law of the boomerang absolutely expectedly took effect and once again proved its inevitability.

You can steal money. You can kill, steal, rob, but no one has canceled the boomerang law yet, and this law always hits the sickest.

In the case of Lebedev, the patient is a beautiful young granddaughter whose life was taken for the sins of her grandfather.

Grandfather, whom I do not feel sorry for at all. The girl is very. I cannot sympathize with Lebedev, even if he faced such a loss.

Both Khodorkovsky and Lebedev are real bandits out of 90 who survived.


Platon Lebedev and Mikhail Khodorkovsky, 1998 Photo: lenta.ru

Alive, so that you understand, there were not sheep at all, but the most cruel ones. Sheep were shot. Survived - ruthless wolves.

And what happened to Diana is an answer to Lebedev for his sins. For the innocent old women of "Menatep", including. They, like his granddaughter, were also not guilty of anything, but they also did not live out the time allotted to them.

It's better to live like a middle class than to climb a ladder of bones to the top. It is better to spread less butter on bread than to go against your conscience.

Don't do shit, my dears. Be honest - to yourself first. Always fight for the truth. You will always be rewarded with justice.

"Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven" (Matt. 5:10).

Do you believe in the law of karma? Ever felt like you were paying for the sins of your ancestors? Doing certain actions, do you admit the idea that the most unsightly of them can hit your descendants hard?

Died in a car accident in Switzerland. The elite BMW crossover, in which 19-year-old Diana Lebedeva was driving, fell into the lake from the bridge. The deceased girl, who chose the pseudonym Ladydd11 for social networks, repeated the fate of the Princess of Wales.

According to Swiss media, the accident occurred on Thursday morning in the south of the country, near the village of Castagnola near Lake Lugano on a serpentine towards Geneva. Two Russians died in the accident: a 19-year-old girl and a 23-year-old young man who was driving. On Friday night, it turned out that Diana Lebedeva was the deceased. The identity of the young man allegedly driving has not yet been established.

The press service of the Russian Embassy in Switzerland confirmed that the 19-year-old girl who died in an accident in the canton of Ticino is the granddaughter of the person involved in the Yukos case, Platon Lebedev.

According to the representative of the embassy, ​​the Russian diplomatic mission is currently working on the removal of the bodies of the dead to their homeland. "This will be done as soon as possible," the press service said.

According to media reports, on Thursday morning, rescuers pulled the car out of the lake with a crane, and the bodies of young people were lifted by divers.

Judging by the pictures from the scene of the accident, the BMW X6 - took off from a section of the road with a sharp bend, knocking down the iron fence on the bridge.

It is possible that an icy road could become an indirect cause of the tragedy, which, combined with high speed, contributed to the loss of control of the driver of the vehicle. When falling, the crossover received significant damage to the body, especially the roof of the car, which somehow turned out to be crumpled.

A few hours after the news of Lebedeva's death, comments with condolences from friends and relatives began to appear on her Instagram under the last posted picture.

“Bright, Kind, Cheerful, Beauty Dianochka! We love you and you are always with us. The Kingdom of heaven! - write her subscribers. I really didn't know what to say! Only that I am very offended! What a beautiful, kind!

“Condolences… but to call the account the nickname of Princess Diana, who died in a car accident!?!… the same ending is unconsciously attracted,” another subscriber Lebedeva notes.

On Instagram, the girl is registered as ladydd11, which definitely alludes to the name Diana, Princess of Wales. In this regard, analogies arise with how the life of the princess was cut short - together with her companion, she died in an accident in Paris. It is also noteworthy that 19 years have passed since the death of the princess in 1997.

Judging by the photos on social networks, Diana Lebedeva led an active social life. It is difficult to judge other activities and hobbies of the girl by the pictures she publishes. It is noteworthy that a girl with a very spectacular appearance periodically posted selfies from the interiors of cars in which she was not wearing a seat belt.

The grandfather of the deceased is a well-known businessman in Russia and abroad Platon Lebedev. He was a partner of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a co-founder of the Menatep bank and a member of the board of the Yukos oil company. In 2003, Lebedev was found guilty of tax evasion, embezzlement, money laundering and spent 10.5 years in prison, being released in 2014.

Switzerland is a favorite place of study and recreation for the "golden youth" from Russia. In 2009, the small country was rocked by a scandal involving a group of "majors" from Russia who, in elite supercars, staged wild races around Lake Geneva that ended in a major accident.

Then four cars - Bugatti Veyron, McLaren Mercedes, Lamborghini Murcielago and Porsche Cayenne Turbo - started simultaneously from the intersection at the entrance to Bellevue.

Young people at speeds up to 220 km / h raced along the road, where the maximum speed is limited to 80 km / h. The race ended in tragedy - 22-year-old Russian Ziya Babaev, driving a Lamborghini, crashed into a Volkswagen Golf driven by a 70-year-old German pensioner. From the impact, a modest hatchback flew tens of meters, rolled over several times and crashed into a fence. The man received severe injuries, including the head, but still survived.

The examination showed that Babaev, who is the son of businessman Mehraj Babaev and studied in Geneva at the International Center of Moscow State University, was drunk at the time of the accident. After the accident, he was expelled.

By the way, the other participants in the race were the sons of the ex-owner of the Cherkizovsky market, Telman Ismailov, Alekper and Sarkhan. Young people drove Bugatti Veyron and Mercedes McLaren.

Despite the fact that the pensioner, after paying compensation, did not sue Babaev, the case went to court. The point in the trial of Babaev was set relatively recently. Last year, he was given a two-year suspended sentence and fined 10,000 francs. In court, he stated that he repented, pleaded guilty, but spoke little about the events of that night, citing that he did not remember anything.

The accident happened the day before, on November 24, in the area of ​​Castagnola. Possible causes of the accident are speeding and icing of the road. These factors may have caused the driver to lose control of the sharp curve of the bridge, nicknamed the Devil's Bridge by the locals.

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Rescuers have already removed the BMW car from the water by using a crane. The bodies of the dead were brought to the surface by divers.

The Russian embassy in Switzerland has already announced that they will organize the sending of road accident victims to their homeland as soon as possible, RIA Novosti reports.

The local police finds out the circumstances of the death of the Russians.

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According to the Life portal, Diana's companion was Azer Yakubov, the nephew of the head of the State Department of the Legal Department of the Russian government Subkhi Shikhlinsky. The young man lived in Lugano for the last nine years, where he studied for a master's degree.

The Russian media have already compared what happened to the car accident that killed Princess Diana of Wales in 1997. The name of the girl’s Instagram, ladydd11, also leads to associations.

businessman grandfather

Diana is the granddaughter of a Russian businessman, co-founder of Menatep Bank and one of the main shareholders of the Yukos oil company, Platon Lebedev.

In 2005, the businessman, along with Yukos partner Mikhail Khodorkovsky, was sentenced to eight years in prison. He was found guilty under six articles of the Criminal Code, including fraud, embezzlement of funds from the state, theft of valuable raw materials of apatite concentrate on a large scale, several failures to comply with decisions of arbitration courts, and tax evasion from individuals and legal entities. Subsequently, in 2014, the Presidium of the Supreme Court of Russia reduced Lebedev's term to the time served and decided to release him with the right to partial rehabilitation.

Golden youth abroad

This is not the first time that Russians in Switzerland have been in the center of public attention. So, in 2009, a scandal broke out in connection with the races on elite cars, which were arranged around Lake Geneva by representatives of the golden youth. Then there were also some victims - the overclocked Lamborghini driver, the son of construction magnate Mehraj Babayev, drove into the oncoming lane and crashed into a Volkswagen Golf, which was driven by a 70-year-old pensioner. The latter was seriously injured, but survived.

Other participants in the race were the brothers Alekper and Sarkhan Ismailov, the sons of Telman, the ex-owner of the Cherkizovsky market.