Alexander Lebedev tells Vladimir Putin Russian spies are trying to steal empire
The 50-year-old owner of The Independent newspaper titles and the London Evening Standard said his Moscow-based banking empire was under serious attack and that he had been threatened with jail unless he left the country.
"Thank God there have been no grenades or plastic explosives so far," he wrote.
"(But) we are dealing with an organised mafia group acting on the pretext that it is "carrying out orders from above."