MOSCOW (Reuters) - Olympic gymnast Alina Kabayeva is to lead the biggest private pro-Kremlin media holding in Russia, its spokeswoman said on Monday, after serving more than six years as a parliamentary deputy.
The National Media Group, which owns 25 percent of the mainstream pro-Kremlin Channel One and a majority stake in influential Izvestiya daily, is controlled by businessman Yuri Kovalchuk.
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