Director --- LEBEDEV,
Sergey Nikolayevich, Col-Gen, appointed in May 2000 (ITAR-TASS, 20 May
00). Promoted to Col-Gen (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey, 22 Dec 00).
ADDRESS: 119034, Moscow, Ostozhenka St., bldg.
51/10;
Telephone: 429-30-09 (reception),
247-19-38 (press service) (RIA Novosti, 27 Jun 02).
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[Lebedev worked with Putin in the German
Democratic Republic in the eighties. "Incidentally, it was Sergey
Ivanov during his visit to Washington in April who "showcased" Lebedev,
who until recently had been the SVR's official representative in the United
States." (Kommersant, 29 Jun 00 P 3). Took office in May 2000.
He was born in the town of Dzhizak in Uzbekistan in 1948, graduated from
the Chernigov branch of the Kiev Polytechnical Institute in 1970 and the
USSR Foreign Ministry's Diplomatic Academy in 1978. Lebedev joined the
intelligence community in 1973. In 1975, he was transferred to the
KGB 1st main department and sent abroad to work as a spy. Prior to that,
he was trained in the KGB Kiev School and the KSB Red Banner Institute.
He worked in Germany for a long time and later occupied high posts in the
SVR central administration. In 1998, he was appointed SVR envoy to
the United States. Lebedev speaks German and English." (Agentstvo
Voyennykh Novostey, 22 Dec 00).]
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