Everything about Sergei Lebedev totally explained
General of the Army Sergei Nikolaevich Lebedev (; born
April 9,
1948) became director of
Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service, the
SVR, on May 20, 2000. On
October 5 2007 Lebedev was elected the Executive Secretary of the
Commonwealth of Independent States
Lebedev graduated in 1970 from the
Chernihiv branch of
Kiev's Polytechnical Institute. A 1978 graduate (cum laude) of the Diplomatic Academy of the Soviet Foreign Ministry, Lebedev speaks
German and
English.
Career
Before intelligence work, Lebedev served in the Army during 1971-72. He began his career in 1975 when he joined the
KGB. He began duties in the
First Chief Directorate (foreign intelligence) in 1975. According to news reports, he was appointed to SVR director position because
Vladimir Putin wanted "an intelligence chief whom he knows well and has confidence in." Putin and Lebedev met while serving in in East Germany.
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