WASHINGTON, April 29 (UPI) -- Alexander Lebed could never become president of Russia, yet if he had, he might have been great at the job, and made his nation a secure and respected part of the West.

KRASNOYARSK (voa) – Russia has buried Krasnoyarsk governor Alexander Lebed, who died in a helicopter crash Sunday. President Vladimir Putin, wearing an armband of mourning and looking somber, joined ...

RETIRED GEN. Alexander I. Lebed showed good sense and personal courage in brokering an end to hostilities in Chechnya. That’s why his popularity is soaring and that’s why he has started an aggressive ...

KRASNOYARSK, Russia -- Voters in Krasnoyarsk go to the polls Sunday to choose a successor to the late General Alexander Lebed as head of this vast resource-rich Siberian region at the end of a bitter ...

ALEXANDER LEBED, who has died aged 52, was once seen by many as a future Russian president. An immensely popular army officer, he came third in the presidential election of 1996, before throwing his ...