Revealed: ex-KGB agent met Boris Johnson at Italian party Alexander Lebedev (Alexalexl) - Photos Russian oligarchs come to London - Russia Beyond The oligarch, whose main claim to fame is his $200 million sailing yacht— the largest in the world and named Black Pearl after the ship from the Pirates of the Caribbean film franchise—seems to be under Sofiya's spell. 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. Born in Moscow, Lebedev is the son of Alexander Lebedev, a Russian banker and former officer of the First Chief Directorate of the USSR's KGB and later its successor, the SVR, and his first wife, engineer Natalia Sokolova; his maternal grandfather Vladimir Sokolov was a scientist, and a member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, later the Russian Academy of Sciences. RUSSIAN billionaire Alexander Lebedev was charged on Wednesday with hooliganism and battery over a televised punch-up and faces up to five years in jail in what he says is revenge for criticising . Alexander Lebedev On Trial After Punching Talk Show Guest Lebedev, by contrast, doesn't own a yacht and lives comparatively modestly. The U.S. is vowing to go after their yachts, luxury apartments and private jets. Oligarch Alexander Lebedev cuts ties with Independent after sanctions hit Alexander Lebedev 13 The 63-year-old father of Evening Standard owner Evgeny is boss of Bank Rossiya THE 63-year-old father of Evening Standard owner Evgeny is boss of Bank Rossiya - believed to be. . . The billionaire was hit with an asset freeze and visa ban last Friday over his links to the Kremlin, while Vladimir Putin continues to wage war on Ukraine.