But will Lebedev skate away with the Independent?

Imagine Monkey's surprise, sitting down to enjoy the speed skating at the Winter Olympics on Eurosport, to hear that none other than Alexander Lebedev was taking to the ice. What the London Evening Standard owner was doing in Vancouver is anyone's guess. Except it turns out it was another Aleksandr [sic] Lebedev, a 22-year-old chap whose hobbies include "listening to music" rather than "buying British newspapers" . With the deadline to buy the Independent extended to next week , the other Lebedev is going to have to get his skates on.