2013

Russia Requests Extradition of Kazakh Tycoon Banker

24 Aug

Events and opinions

2213

Russia Requests Extradition of Kazakh Tycoon Banker

Russia has asked France to extradite Kazakh oligarch banker Mukhtar Ablyazov, accused of embezzling up to $6 billion from his former bank BTA, Russia's deputy prosecutor general was reported a read more..

24 Aug

Events and opinions

2265

Call to action: Kazakhstan

The Kazakh poet Aron Atabek has been in prison since 2007. He has been placed in solitary confinement for two years as punishment for writing a book that criticises President Nursultan Nazarba read more..

Kazakh president's brother accuses wife of wiring $75 million to 'king of bling

24 Aug

Events and opinions

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Kazakh president's brother accuses wife of wiring $75 million to 'king of bling

The oligarch brother of the president of Kazakhstan has accused his former wife of wiring $75 million (£48 million) to a celebrity jeweller nicknamed "the king of bling". The assertion, m read more..

Kazakh Tycoon Accuses Ex-Wife Of Scamming Him Out Of His $20 Million Apartment At The Plaza

24 Aug

Events and opinions

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Kazakh Tycoon Accuses Ex-Wife Of Scamming Him Out Of His $20 Million Apartment At The Plaza

The brother of Kazakhstan president Nursultan Nazarbayev has accused his ex-wife of secretly listing herself as a co-owner on the deed for his $20 million apartment at the Plaza, at 768 Fifth read more..

Kazakh businessman denied bond by French court for own safety

23 Aug

Events and opinions

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Kazakh businessman denied bond by French court for own safety

A French judge has ordered Kazakh businessman Mukhtar Ablyazov to stay in jail for his own safety until his extradition hearing in September. The judge, in a court in the southern French read more..

BTA Sees $6 Billion Asset Recovery Aided as Ex-Chief Denied Bail

23 Aug

Events and opinions

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BTA Sees $6 Billion Asset Recovery Aided as Ex-Chief Denied Bail

BTA Bank said a decision by a French court to deny bail to former Chairman Mukhtar Ablyazov will boost efforts by the Kazakh lender to regain control of $6 billion in assets it says were sto read more..

Swiss interrogate Kazakh oligarch Ablyazov's extended family

07 Aug

Events and opinions

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Swiss interrogate Kazakh oligarch Ablyazov's extended family

The Swiss authorities are interrogating the extended family of Mukhtar Ablyazov, a Kazakh oligarch arrested last week in France on fraud charges after 18 months on the run, and have effectivel read more..

07 Aug

Events and opinions

2410

Peinliche Offshore-Troubles für Aliyev

Während sein enger Vertrauter mit Offshore-Leaks-Verdacht und Betrugsvorwürfen kämpft, liegt Ex-Österreich-Botschafter Rakhat Aliyev selbst wegen Geldwäsche-Verdacht rund um einen dubiosen Yac read more..

05 Aug

Events and opinions

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Human rights defenders urge France to prevent Ablyazov’s extradition to Kazakhstan

The non-governmental organization focused on human rights Amnesty International urges France to prevent extradition of fugitive Kazakh banker Mukhtar Ablyazov to Kazakhstan, the organization s read more..

Pictured: The glamorous Ukrainian blonde who led to fugitive oligarch's capture after detectives tailed her from London's High Court to his luxurious French hideout

05 Aug

Events and opinions

2313

Pictured: The glamorous Ukrainian blonde who led to fugitive oligarch's capture after detectives tailed her from London's High Court to his luxurious French hideout

A fugitive Kazakh oligarch wanted over a $5billion bank fraud was tracked down to a French villa when a glamorous female friend unwittingly led detectives hundreds of miles to his hideout. ... read more..

Kazakhstan: Jailed Opposition Leader Loses Legal Battle

05 Aug

Events and opinions

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Kazakhstan: Jailed Opposition Leader Loses Legal Battle

Kazakhstan's Supreme Court has denied jailed opposition leader Vladimir Kozlov a review of his controversial trial and imprisonment, a case widely condemned as legally flawed and politically m read more..

Aliyev accusers make new request for action by police

05 Aug

Events and opinions

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Aliyev accusers make new request for action by police

Two men who claimed to have been tortured and framed by Kazakh millionaire Rakhat Aliyev, who is self-exiled in Malta, have filed a fresh complaint asking Maltese police to investigate their a read more..

Lawyer who proved to be fugitive oligarch Mukhtar Ablyazov's downfall - Telegraph

02 Aug

Events and opinions

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Lawyer who proved to be fugitive oligarch Mukhtar Ablyazov's downfall - Telegraph

Walking down the steps of the Royal Courts of Justice in London in the hazy evening heat, the blonde Ukrainian lawyer was looking forward to getting back to her villa in the south of France. read more..

Kazakh oligarch Ablyazov arrested in France: sources

31 Jul

Events and opinions

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Kazakh oligarch Ablyazov arrested in France: sources

Mukhtar Ablyazov, a Kazakh businessman accused of embezzling $6 billion from his former bank BTA, has been arrested near Cannes in southern France and is being held by police, sources familiar with read more..

Investigators told of Rakhat Aliyev’s alleged money laundering network

28 Jul

Events and opinions

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Investigators told of Rakhat Aliyev’s alleged money laundering network

The former son-in-law of Kazakhstan's dictator, Nursultan Nazarbayev, is now being accused of money laundering by lawyers across Austria, Germany and Liechtenstein - as confirmed in documents read more..

Italy’s shameful collusion with Kazakhstan

28 Jul

Events and opinions

2174

Italy’s shameful collusion with Kazakhstan

Fifty plainclothes Italian special agents raided a villa on the outskirts of Rome on May 29 and absconded with Alma Shalabayeva and her 6-year old daughter, Alua. Two days later, after unchara read more..

Kazakh dictator renews friendship with David Cameron

26 Jul

Events and opinions

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Kazakh dictator renews friendship with David Cameron

The authoritarian leader of Kazakhstan visited David Cameron in Downing Street while he was on a private trip to London with his family this week, it has emerged. In a visit, which was not off read more..

LEAD: Italy may take diplomatic action against Kazakhstan Eds: Adds EU, Kazakh deputy premier Europe

26 Jul

Political process

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LEAD: Italy may take diplomatic action against Kazakhstan Eds: Adds EU, Kazakh deputy premier Europe

Rome (dpa) - Italy may take action against Kazakhstan's ambassador if the central Asian republic fails to ensure the wellbeing of the wife and daughter of a dissident that Rome has wrongly deporte read more..

21 Jul

Events and opinions

2372

Revealed: Aliyev wanted to buy MaltaToday

Multimillionaire accused of human rights abuses, torture, money laundering and murder had approached MaltaToday's ownership to buy the company. Rakhat Aliyev, the multimilli read more..

Exiled foe of Kazakh president says regime is out to kill him

20 Jul

Events and opinions

2071

Exiled foe of Kazakh president says regime is out to kill him

Valletta (dpa) - Rakhat Aliyev, a former member of the Kazakh regime, said Sunday from his exile in Malta that secret agents from the energy-rich Central Asian republic are on a mission to "ki read more..

Deportation of Kazakhs Frays Italy’s Government

19 Jul

Corruption!

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Deportation of Kazakhs Frays Italy’s Government

A political storm unleashed by the whirlwind expulsion of a dissident Kazakh oligarch's wife and daughter has further strained the tense relations within the coalition parties of Italy's fragi read more..

Kazakhstan won't let oligarch's wife return to Italy

13 Jul

Events and opinions

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Kazakhstan won't let oligarch's wife return to Italy

Kazakhstan said on Saturday the wife of fugitive former minister and oligarch Mukhtar Ablyazov could not leave the country because she was under investigation, and Ablyazov said his wife and d read more..

Laying the golden egg. It’s party-time on spaceship Nursultan.

11 Jul

Economy

2503

Laying the golden egg. It’s party-time on spaceship Nursultan.

KAZAKHSTAN'S capital, Astana, celebrated its 15th anniversary on July 6th with a petrodollar-fuelled party. It happened also to be the 73rd birthday of the country's strongman president, Nursu read more..

Cameron under fire for visiting Kazakhstan's dictator to sign lucrative energy deals

29 Jun

Political process

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Cameron under fire for visiting Kazakhstan's dictator to sign lucrative energy deals

David Cameron is under pressure from human rights campaigners as he prepares to do business with Kazakhstan. He will become the first serving British leader to visit the oil-rich country read more..

David Cameron's trip to Kazakhstan offers him a major opportunity - but will he take it?

26 Jun

Events and opinions

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David Cameron's trip to Kazakhstan offers him a major opportunity - but will he take it?

It should be both easy and timely for Cameron to publicly raise concern about human rights abuses and the imprisoned opposition leader at the highest levels read more..

Blair's dirty money: As his tentacles reach Mongolia, how the ex-PM is making millions from some of the world's most evil regimes

24 Jun

Economy

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Blair's dirty money: As his tentacles reach Mongolia, how the ex-PM is making millions from some of the world's most evil regimes

With every passing month, Tony Blair looks more and more like a deposed emperor who has systematically set up his own government in exile. How else should we view the inexorable rise of h read more..

A Prison within a Prison: the Plight of Kazakh Poet Aron Atabek

24 Jun

Events and opinions

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A Prison within a Prison: the Plight of Kazakh Poet Aron Atabek

Hooded and handcuffed, sixty year old poet Aron Atabek shuffles around a dimly-lit room. The guards accompanying him prevent any communication with his fellow prisoners; the hood that they've read more..

15 Jun

Events and opinions

2296

A Kazakh horror show nears it is ending

State seeks bailed-out bank sales; mooted deals get mixed reception. Four years after being nationalized and restructured by the Kazakh government, a trio of troubled Kazakh lenders are eyeing read more..

Causa Aliyev: Konten von Ex-Botschafter eingefroren

13 Jun

Events and opinions

2433

Causa Aliyev: Konten von Ex-Botschafter eingefroren

Der kasachische Ex-Botschafter in Wien soll einem Bericht zufolge wegen des Verdachts der Geldwäsche einvernommen werden. Auf Malta ist das Vermögen des Ex-Botschafters Kasachstans in Österrei read more..

How Far Will Nazarbaev Go To Take Down Mukhtar Ablyazov?

11 Jun

Events and opinions

2467

How Far Will Nazarbaev Go To Take Down Mukhtar Ablyazov?

Ten years ago, Mukhtar Ablyazov stepped out of Kazakhstan's notorious Derzhavinsk prison with a pledge to give up politics. Ablyazov, a "wild '90s" oligarch and rising force in Kazakhstan read more..

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