The son of Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Igor Lebedev, followed in his father's footsteps and linked his fate with politics. He prefers to hide his personal life from prying eyes. It is known that Igor Vladimirovich is raising two adult sons.
Career son Zhirinovsky
Igor Lebedev is the son of the famous Russian politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky, deputy chairman of the lower house of the Russian parliament. He left the shadow of his father long ago and has many achievements of his own.
Igor Lebedev was born in 1972 in Moscow. He took his mother's surname when receiving his passport. This decision was made with the aim that the young man could build his career and not depend on his father. After leaving school, the son of a famous politician entered the Moscow Law Academy. In 1995, he first attempted to get into the State Duma, but he failed. Vladimir Zhirinovsky appointed him as his assistant. In 1997, Igor Vladimirovich was appointed head of the LDPR youth organization.
In 1998, Lebedev not only got into the State Duma, but also became the leader of the LDPR faction. Igor also edited the party literature and had the entire party fund at his disposal. Pursuing a political career, Zhirinovsky's son never forgot about raising the level of education. According to official data, he is a doctor of historical sciences and a candidate of sociological sciences. In the State Duma of the sixth convocation, Igor Vladimirovich became deputy chairman of the lower house of parliament.
Personal life
Unlike his influential father, Igor Lebedev always carefully concealed his personal life. The politician has very few joint photographs with his wife and children. Almost all publicly available footage was taken by accident. It is known that the name of the politician's wife is Lyudmila. They have known each other since childhood. Their families were once friendly and gradually the childhood friendship grew into more serious feelings.
Lyudmila is far from politics. She devoted herself to raising children and developing her own projects. In 2016, a loud scandal erupted in which the name of Zhirinovsky's son appeared. Lyudmila organized a consumer community "Kamena". Investors were asked to place their money at 100% per annum. The first hundred depositors were paid generous bonuses. For several years, the community regularly fulfilled all obligations, but then payments stopped. Lyudmila Lebedeva explained this by temporary difficulties. The case received wide publicity, because among the depositors there were a lot of disabled people who believed Zhirinovsky's daughter-in-law on the recommendation of the President of the All-Russian Society of the Deaf Valery Rukhledev.
Lyudmila refused to comment on her relationship with Igor Lebedev, and the politician, after news of the machinations of the Kamena society, said that he had divorced his wife back in 2000, so he could not say anything about this. Journalists questioned Lebedev's words, since a few years ago the spouses and their children were seen on vacation.
In a marriage with Lyudmila, Igor Vladimirovich had two twin sons, Sergei and Alexander. Vladimir Zhirinovsky and his wife have always paid a lot of attention to their grandchildren. They have appeared together at various events more than once. It is known that the children graduated from a boarding school at Moscow State University and continue their education in Switzerland. Parents strive to give them a good education so that the boys can build a brilliant political career.
Scandals involving Igor Lebedev
Igor Lebedev several times became a defendant in high-profile scandals. He was accused of financial fraud, but in 2017 he allowed himself an ambiguous statement regarding the birth of children with birth defects. On a social network, under a video in which a girl without arms and legs tries to eat on her own, he wrote the following: "Why are such children allowed to be born, after all, this is torture, not life ?!" These words aroused indignation among some people and Zhirinovsky's son was accused of cruelty.
Igor Lebedev refused to apologize. He stated that it was a private correspondence, albeit in a public space. Later, Vladimir Volfovich supported his son. In an interview, he said that Igor did not advocate forcing the murder of children. The decision should be made only by the mother, but she must be aware of the consequences of her choice.
Another scandal is associated with the awarding of an academic degree to Igor Vladimirovich. After Zhirinovsky's son became a doctor of historical sciences and his dissertation appeared in the public domain, one of the famous journalists was able to prove that there was a lot of plagiarism in his work. The Supreme Attestation Commission refused to revise the results of the award of a scientific degree, since at the time the violations were discovered, the statutory limitation period had expired.
