The evidence of Lebedev’s dealings in Cyprus reportedly involve Anastasiades and Philippou in assisting him to acquire Cyprus citizenship in 2011, and then conceal it from the Cyprus courts, as well as from the Federation Council in Moscow, where Lebedev was a senator representing Chuvashia. Lebedev left the senate and Russia for the US in April 2014. He said at the time he was resigning voluntarily “to avoid becoming a target for all sorts of discussions and misinterpretations that harm the reputation of the Federation Council.”