An investigation by OCCRP partner the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN) has revealed evidence indicating that a Kazakh behind a multi-billion dollar banking scam secretly owned one of Belgrade’s most…
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ASTANA, KAZAKHSTAN (22/10 – 40). Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev stressed that the continuity of friendship and alliance in relations between Russia and Kazakhstan will remain and the governments of the…
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Fugitive banker Mukhtar Ablyazov’s homes in The Bishops Avenue and St John’s Woods to be sold
by Keegan Rossby Keegan RossThree homes belonging to Mukhtar Ablyazov, including a £20million mansion in The Bishops Avenue and a £1million apartment in St John’s Wood, will be sold to recoup some of the…
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Fugitive Kazakh banker Mukhtar Ablyazov to face trial in Moscow
AKIPRESS.COM – The Moscow Tagansky District Court is to hear a criminal case against ex-Chairman of the board of directors of Kazakh BTA Bank Mukhtar Ablyazov, charged with embezzlement of over…
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Kazakh fugitive Mukhtar Ablyazov risks losing the right to asylum in France
The Swiss-based French language Gotham News, in an article by Stéphane Bonifassi, has reported on the possibility of Kazakh “opposition leader” Mukhtar Ablyazov, who has been in exile in France since 2013, losing the…
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Kazakhstan: former fugitive banker Ablyazov denies having funded the protests
by Flynn Owenby Flynn OwenThe fugitive Kazakh banker Mukhtar Ablyazov, currently residing in France, denied having contributed to the financing of the recent protests in the Central Asian country, which resulted in violent unrest. Ablyazov,…
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$7.5 Billion Money Launderer Receives US Government Loans
by Freddy Evansby Freddy EvansElvira Kudryashova – businesswoman, toy merchant, and professional money launderer – has had a harder life than most of us will ever know. She was forced to flee her native Kazakhstan…
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Six Candidates To Compete In Kazakhstan Presidential Election
by Freddy Evansby Freddy EvansKazakhstan’s Central Electoral Commission (CEC) registered six candidates to qualify for the country’s presidential election on November 20. Registration closed on October 21 and six candidates, incumbent Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Meiram Kazhyken, Zhiguli Dairabayev,…
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Tokayev’s tightrope walk to democracy
by Freddy Evansby Freddy EvansDemocracy in Central Asia in the making At the recent Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) summit, host Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s move to showcase a…
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Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has great intentions to transform the country into a modern state with the balance of power redistributed between the executive, legislative and judiciary government bodies. His…
