Sergei Lebedev

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Colonel-General Sergei Lebedev (b. April 9, 1948) became director of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service, the SVR, on May 20, 2000. He 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.

[edit] 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.

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