Death of Diana Lebedeva in Switzerland. The father of an Azerbaijani who died together with the granddaughter of a Russian oligarch: “Diana asked the Azer to take her home” – photo – video

As it became known from the Swiss media, two Russians died on the road from Lugano to Geneva - a girl and a boy, driving a BMW. The deceased was the granddaughter of businessman Platon Lebedev - 19-year-old Diana. Her longtime friend Azer Yagubov was in the car with her. nephew of the department head government department Legal Department of the Government of the Russian Federation. Azer, like Diana, lived in Switzerland. The dazzling blonde was one of the brightest representatives of Moscow's golden youth, although she spent most of her time in Switzerland, where she received an education at one of the most prestigious educational institutions- University of St. Gallen.

As soon as the terrible news spread across social networks, Diana’s page was flooded with comments of condolences. Numerous friends of the granddaughter of the YUKOS co-owner publish posts with photographs of Lebedeva and words of sorrow: “A man of incredible beauty outside and inside. The brightest, kindest and sunniest soul. You are forever in our hearts, Diana,” Diana’s friends write in social networks. Diana's entourage included those with whom the girl visited primary school or just lived next door. Among them is the daughter of the former owner of Spartak Diana Chervichenko, the son of the owner Reso Guarantee"Sergey Sarkisov, gymnast Karolina Sevastyanova, daughter of oligarch Nastya Kudryashkina and nephew of Dmitry Malikov Dima.

Diana’s main hobby was singing; Lebedeva spent her leisure time in the best karaoke and restaurants in Moscow: the girl, along with her friends, was a regular at the La Maree, Bistrot and Mario restaurants. The owner of a spectacular appearance surrounded herself with objects luxurious life: Diana loved Hermes and Chanel bags, Cartier and Chopard jewelry, floor-length sable fur coats and Victoria Beckham dresses.

Died in a traffic accident in Switzerland. An elite BMW crossover, in which 19-year-old Diana Lebedeva was traveling, fell into the lake from a bridge. The deceased girl, who chose the pseudonym Ladydd11 for social networks, repeated the fate of the Princess of Wales.

According to Swiss media, the accident occurred on Thursday morning in the south of the country, near the village of Castagnola near Lake Lugano on a serpentine road towards Geneva. Two Russians died in the accident: a 19-year-old girl and a 23-year-old young man who was driving. On Friday night it turned out that Diana Lebedeva was killed. Identity of the alleged driver young man not yet installed.

The press service of the Russian Embassy in Switzerland confirmed that the 19-year-old girl who died in an accident in the canton of Ticino is the granddaughter of the person involved in the “YUKOS case” Platon Lebedev.

According to the embassy representative, the Russian diplomatic mission is currently working to transport the bodies of the victims to their homeland. "This will be done in as soon as possible", the press service clarified.

According to media reports, on Thursday morning, rescuers pulled the car out of the lake using a crane, and the bodies of the young people were lifted by divers.

Judging by the photographs from the scene of the accident, the BMW X6 flew off a section of the road with a sharp bend, knocking down an iron fence on the bridge.

It is possible that an icy road could have been an indirect cause of the tragedy, which, combined with high speed, contributed to the driver losing control vehicle. During the fall, the crossover received significant damage to the body, especially the roof of the car, which was somehow crushed.

A few hours after the news of Lebedeva’s death, comments with condolences from friends and relatives began to appear on her Instagram under the last photo posted.

“Bright, Kind, Cheerful, Beautiful Dianochka! We love you and you are always with us. Kingdom of Heaven! - write her subscribers. - I really didn’t know what to say! Only that I am very offended! Why so beautiful and kind!”

“I’m sorry... but calling an account the nickname of Princess Diana who died in a car accident!?!... unconsciously attracts the same ending,” notes another subscriber of Lebedeva.

On Instagram, the girl is registered as ladydd11, which definitely hints at the name of Diana, Princess of Wales. In this regard, analogies arise with how the princess’s life was cut short - she and her companion died in an accident in Paris. It is also noteworthy that 19 years have passed since the death of the princess in 1997.

Judging by the photographs on social networks, Diana Lebedeva was active social life. It is difficult to judge the girl’s other activities and hobbies from the photographs she publishes. Noteworthy is the fact that a girl with a very impressive appearance periodically posted selfies from inside cars where she was not wearing a seat belt.

The grandfather of the deceased is businessman Platon Lebedev, well-known in Russia and abroad. He was a partner of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, co-founder of the MENATEP bank and a member of the board of the Yukos oil company. In 2003, Lebedev was found guilty of tax evasion, theft, and money laundering and spent 10.5 years in prison, being released in 2014.

Switzerland - favorite place study and recreation for the “golden youth” from Russia. In 2009, the small country was rocked by a scandal with a group of “majors” from Russia, who staged wild races around Lake Geneva in elite supercars, which ended in a major accident.

Then four cars - Bugatti Veyron, McLaren Mercedes, Lamborghini Murcielago and Porsche Cayenne Turbo - started simultaneously from the intersection at the entrance to Bellevue.

Young people raced along the road at speeds of up to 220 km/h, where maximum speed limited to 80 km/h. The race ended in tragedy - 22-year-old Russian Ziya Babaev, driving a Lamborghini, crashed into a Volkswagen Golf, driven by a 70-year-old German pensioner. The impact sent the modest hatchback flying tens of meters away, rolling over several times and crashing into a fence. The man received severe injuries, including his head, but still survived.

The examination showed that Babayev, who is the son of businessman Mehraj Babayev and studied in Geneva in International Center MSU, was drunk at the time of the accident. After the accident he was expelled.

By the way, the other participants in the race were the sons of the ex-owner of the Cherkizovsky market Telman Ismailov Alekper and Sarkhan. The young people drove the Bugatti Veyron and Mercedes McLaren.

Despite the fact that the pensioner did not sue Babaev after paying compensation, the case went to court. Point at trial over Babaev was raised relatively recently. Last year he was given a two-year suspended sentence and fined 10,000 francs. In court, he stated that he repented, admitted guilt, but spoke little about the events of that night, citing that he did not remember anything.

Lebedev Platon Leonidovich – famous Russian entrepreneur. Together with him he created the MENATEP bank, and then they took the helm of the YUKOS holding. Platon Lebedev does not like to talk about his childhood and youth, or his parents. It is known that the entrepreneur was born on November 29, 1956 in Moscow. Platon Leonidovich has a twin brother, Victor.

After receiving his matriculation certificate, Lebedev entered the Moscow Academy national economy them. G. Plekhanov. In 1981 he became a certified specialist. The assignment brought Platon Leonidovich into the foreign trade structure of the USSR Ministry of Geology - “Zarubezhgeologiya”. Over 8 years of work in the organization, Lebedev reached the position of head of the economic planning department.

Business

Perestroika brought Platon Leonidovich into business. Shortly before his dismissal from Zarubezhgeology, the man met Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Together they create the Center for Scientific and Technical Programs for Youth. Khodorkovsky, Lebedev and Monakhov supplied computers to the country, created “boiled” jeans, which were fashionable at that time, and sold alcohol.

It took businessmen several years to transform MENATEP into a large enterprise that operated in 20 areas. Over the year, the company’s turnover reached 80 million rubles. The organization helped state-owned companies cash out banknotes. In the early 90s, MENATEP turned into commercial bank. In the biography of Lebedev appeared new milestone– co-founder of the bank with a 7% stake.

Soon Platon Leonidovich sits in the chair of the president of the MENATEP bank. The financial institution became an intermediary in government payments. Even the Ministry of Finance used it.

Clever schemes, which included offshore companies, issuing shares, and treasury tax exemption, helped Lebedev and his partners earn billions. The money earned was used to purchase shares in the country's raw materials companies. Thanks to this, Lebedev soon received a controlling stake in YUKOS. In 1996, 90% of the company's shares passed into the hands of the entrepreneur.

Businessman Platon Lebedev

During the default, entrepreneurs pulled off a clever scam. Money frozen in their accounts of individuals and legal entities were distributed among companies controlled by Platon Leonidovich. As a result, there was not a penny left in the bank. MENATEP officially became bankrupt.

Inside YUKOS, Lebedev and Khodorkovsky carried out serious reforms. They created companies involved in oil production, transportation, production of equipment, oils and additives. All enterprises became part of a huge holding company called YUKOS. In 2003, the subsidiaries received a single share. This allowed entrepreneurs to increase the value securities.

Mikhail Khodorkovsky's desire to achieve results in the political field led to serious problems. At Yukos they started tax audits, and later representatives of law enforcement agencies came.

Criminal prosecutions

Searches and investigations brought Platon Lebedev to the dock. The court considered a criminal case related to the illegal seizure of shares of OJSC "Eastern Oil Company", theft of oil, legalization cash and a number of other offences. The investigation into the case lasted two years.

The verdict to friends and associates Lebedev and Khodorkovsky was passed on May 31, 2005. The businessmen were transferred to a colony located in the village of Kharp. It is interesting that serving a sentence in accordance with Russian legislation Lebedev was supposed to be in the same region where he was convicted. But instead, the entrepreneur was sent to Yamalo-Nenets autonomous region. Platon Leonidovich's lawyers managed to change the place of detention.

For almost 10 years, lawyers have been fighting to reduce the sentence. Numerous petitions and appeals helped. Platon Lebedev was released after 11 years. This was achieved due to the fact that charges of laundering 2 billion rubles were withdrawn and prosecutions for tax evasion were stopped.

Platon Leonidovich left the colony on January 24, 2014. He received the right to partial rehabilitation by decision of the Presidium Supreme Court RF. Despite this, more than 17 billion rubles were recovered from Lebedev. On the side of the entrepreneur were many cultural figures, including.

Personal life

Platon Lebedev – head big family. The businessman first married in 1977 to a girl named Natalya. The wife gave Platon Leonidovich two children - daughter Lyudmila and son Mikhail.

While in prison, Lebedev files for divorce. Almost immediately he gets married again. Maria Cheplagina became the new wife. At that time, the lovers were already raising two children - Maria and Daria. During numerous trials, the wife testified in favor of her husband and read letters written by her daughters.

Now Platon Leonidovich is a happy father and grandfather. Lyudmila Lebedeva married businessman Ibragim Suleymanov. The son-in-law has repeatedly come to the attention of the police for fraud and connections with crime bosses. And in 2007 he went to jail.

On November 24, 2016, something happened in the family of an entrepreneur. Granddaughter Diana Lebedeva had an accident during a trip to Geneva. The girl received injuries incompatible with life. The student at the University of St. Gallen and representative of the golden youth of Moscow was only 19 years old.

Platon Leonidovich does not talk about the death of his granddaughter. Journalists were not allowed to attend Diana's funeral. And under the photo on Instagram of the girl, heated discussions took place. Some mourned with the family of the deceased, others argued that Diana herself was to blame for what happened.

Platon Lebedev now

Platon Lebedev's health was undermined by imprisonment. After leaving the colony, he planned to engage in health procedures. But I could not travel abroad due to the lack of a passport.

The road to Europe and America is closed for Platon Leonidovich due to a debt of 17 billion rubles. Lebedev lives in a village near Moscow. International arena – main goal Platon Lebedev, but so far she has not submitted due to the sanctions imposed against Russia.

Condition assessment

In 2016, Forbes magazine placed Platon Lebedev in 164th place in the ranking richest people. The businessman's fortune was estimated at $500 million. In 2017, there were no major changes in Platon Leonidovich’s income, but richer people appeared who pushed him back to 196th position in the ranking.

Childhood and family

Diana was born on September 22, 1997 in the family of entrepreneur Platon Lebedev, who gained fame in the 90s, first as a co-founder of Menatep Bank, and then as a member of the board of the Yukos oil company, headed at that time by Mikhail Khodorkovsky. In 2003, Lebedev was arrested as a defendant in the “YUKOS case” and remained in prison for almost 10 years.

Diana - daughter eldest daughter Lebedeva, Lyudmila. She and her brother Mikhail were born from the businessman’s first marriage to Natalya Emyasheva. How Lyudmila Lebedeva’s personal life developed and who Diana’s father is, history is silent. It is only known that Lyudmila is the mother of three children.

The fact that Diana lived among rich people from childhood is evidenced by the fact of friendship with the children of famous and influential people. The girl went to school with some of them, and lived next door with others. Everyone wrote touching words condolences on social networks for the deceased, speaking about her exclusively as a kind and sunny man. Mikhail Khodorkovsky also reacted to the tragic news by posting a photo of the girl on Twitter with the words:

"I've known her since she was a baby."

Creation

Journalists name singing among the girl’s main creative hobbies. Diana loved spending time with her friends in karaoke bars. Another niche of party girl activities has become modeling business. Possessing a bright and attractive appearance, Diana Lebedeva was the face of many brands of clothing, cosmetics and perfumes.

The image of a slender, dazzling blonde in photo shoots was a worthy decoration for glossy magazines. At the same time, Lebedeva posted glamorous pictures on Instagram to please her fans.

It is known that in 2016, shortly before her death, Lebedeva starred in a photo shoot for the Zara brand. The model herself preferred luxury brands such as Hermes and Chanel in life, and Cartier and Chopard in the jewelry niche.

Personal life

Could such a beauty as Diana Lebedeva be lonely? Not a single source denies this, but does not confirm it either. One way or another, about who the heart was occupied luxurious blonde, no information. As well as about who the young woman is with socialite made romantic acquaintances.

The fact that at the time of the tragedy Diana was not alone in the car - her friend, 23-year-old Azer Yagubov, was driving, gave rise to a series of assumptions about a possible connection. Moreover, the guy is also a representative of a famous family.

His father is businessman Makhri Yagubov, his uncle is the head of the state department of the legal department of the Russian government, Subhi Shikhlinsky. However, the young man’s father said that Azer was not at all the boyfriend of Platon Lebedev’s granddaughter; the young people had only friendly relations.

“Azer was engaged, we were preparing for the wedding. Diana was more friends with youngest son. They all studied together. After one of family events Diana asked Azer to take her home from their friends,” he said in an interview with 1news.az.

Among close friends deceased daughter singer Dmitry Malikov, Stefania, and daughter Russian oligarch Igor Kudryashkin - Nastya Kudri.

Death

A terrible accident happened on the morning of November 24, 2016 in the canton of Ticino, near the village of Castagnola. The elite crossover BMW X6, in which Diana and Azer were, was driving along the highway from Lugano to Geneva. On a section with a sharp bend, the car flew off the road and, breaking through an iron fence, crashed into the lake.

Presumably, the young people died immediately. The cause of death was injuries incompatible with life. A photo report from the scene of the tragedy demonstrated: the car was pulled out of the water using a crane. The photo shows that the body of the car is severely crumpled and the roof is crushed.

Among the versions of what happened are an icy road and excessive speed. In particular, there was an assumption about races organized by young people on the morning track. The media published a selfie of the deceased, posing behind the wheel while not wearing a seat belt, as proof that the girl was not vigilant behind the wheel and on the road.

The reaction of Diana's friends to this was violent. Here's what friend Stefania Malikova wrote on social networks:

“There were no races, there was heavy fog, the road was serpentine, windy, and the driver lost control.”

Makhri Yagubov also named probable cause accident fog:

“On the road where the accident occurred, there is a 90-degree turn, it is impossible to drive there. high speed. The cause of the accident was probably thick fog."

The death of the young beauty caused a wave of comments on social networks. In Diana's fate, fans found analogies with the biography of her famous namesake Diana of Wales, who also died in a car accident. It is noteworthy that Diana was born in the year of the Queen of Hearts’ death - in 1997, and the model named her Instagram profile ladydd11.

The parents arranged for their daughter lavish funeral. On Troekurovskoye Cemetery Many of the girl’s friends came, including celebrity children. Journalists were not allowed into the ceremony. The relatives of the deceased ordered the deployment of enhanced security. However, reporters noticed Diana’s grief-stricken mother, who was carefully supported by her father, Platon Lebedev.

The girl was buried in a luxurious white coffin. A huge memorial in the form of a tent was erected over Diana's grave. For the construction, 4 sections had to be combined at once, and the approaches to neighboring graves were damaged. Subsequently, this fact caused a lot of discontent and criticism against Lebedev’s family, and complaints were filed with the authorities. At the beginning of 2017, the question of dismantling the memorial tent was raised.

The accident occurred the day before, November 24, in the area settlement Castagnola. Possible reasons accidents are called speeding and icy roads. These factors could have caused the driver to lose control on the sharp curve of the bridge, nicknamed by locals the Devil's Bridge.

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Rescuers have already pulled the BMW car out of the water using a crane. The bodies of the dead were brought to the surface by divers.

The Russian embassy in Switzerland has already announced that they will organize the sending of victims of road accidents to their homeland as soon as possible, RIA Novosti reports.

Local police are investigating the circumstances of the death of the Russians.

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According to the Life portal, Diana’s companion was Azer Yakubov, the nephew of the head of the State Department of the Legal Department of the Russian Government, Subkhi Shikhlinsky. The young man has lived in Lugano for the last nine years, where he studied for a master's degree.

Russian media have already compared the incident to the car accident in which the princess died Welsh Diana in 1997. The name of the girl’s Instagram – ladydd11 – also suggests associations.

Grandfather businessman

Diana is a granddaughter Russian businessman, co-founder of Menatep Bank and one of the main shareholders of the Yukos oil company Platon Lebedev.

In 2005, the businessman, along with his Yukos partner Mikhail Khodorkovsky, was sentenced to eight years in prison. He was found guilty under six articles of the Criminal Code, including fraud, theft of funds from the state, theft of valuable raw materials of apatite concentrate on a large scale, and several failures to comply with decisions arbitration courts, tax evasion from individuals and legal entities. Subsequently, in 2014, the Presidium of the Supreme Court of Russia reduced Lebedev’s sentence to time served and decided to release him with the right to partial rehabilitation.

Golden youth abroad

This is not the first time that Russians in Switzerland have found themselves in the center of public attention. So, in 2009, a scandal broke out in connection with racing in elite cars, which were staged around Lake Geneva by representatives of the golden youth. Then, too, there were no casualties - the speeding Lamborghini driver, the son of construction magnate Mehraj Babayev, drove into the oncoming lane and crashed into a Volkswagen Golf, driven by a 70-year-old pensioner. The last one received severe injuries, but survived.

Other participants in the race were brothers Alekper and Sarkhan Ismailov, sons of the ex-owner of the Cherkizovsky market Telman.