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Baroness Hypocrite: How the Blairite law chief with an illegal immigrant cleaner has cosy links to two vile despots that raise grave questions about her suitability to be new boss of the Commonwealth

kazakhbarA coronation was staged last week, a stone’s throw from Buckingham Palace, amid the gilded splendour of Marlborough House, a former royal residence on The Mall.

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Media Quarter Marx: Geldwäsche bei Finanzierung?

Media Quarter Marx Stecken im umstrittenen Media Quarter St. Marx (MQM) Gelder aus dem Steuerparadies Panama? Die ÖVP glaubt an einen Krimi und stellt Geldwäsche bei der Finanzierung in den Raum. Noch in dieser Woche bringt sie eine Anzeige gegen unbekannt ein. Im zuständigen Ressort von Renate Brauner (SPÖ) wehrt man sich gegen "das Anpatzen".

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Secret offshore firms 'own area 3 times bigger than London'

sherlockhomesThat includes vast chunks of central London's Baker Street, owned by a collection of offshore companies linked to Rakhat Aliyev and his family

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Justice minister Brandstetter: "I get really angry"

brandshetetterThe legal specialist Wolfgang Brandstetter has been Minister of Justice of the Republic of Austria since December 2013. Previously he acted, among other things, as defence counsel of the late businessman and Kazakh Ambassador Rakhat Aliyev.

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Swedish bank 'loaned billions' to oligarch using tax havens

naznordeaNordea, the Swedish bank linked to this week's global tax evasion scandal, is accused of helping an oligarch close to Kazakhstan's dictator president.

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Kazakhstan: Panama Papers Expose Nazarbayev Grandson

nuralialievAmong the huge spectrum of international figures brought low by the Panama Papers document leak is the grandson of Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev.

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VimpelCom Pays $795 Million To Settle Uzbekistan Bribery Investigation

gulnkarimNetherlands-based telecommunications giant VimpelCom announced today that it would pay U.S. and Dutch government authorities $795 million to end an investigation into bribery in Uzbekistan. While the settlement does not reveal the recipient of the bribes, most sources point to Gulnara Karimova, daughter of the Uzbek president.

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Autocrats’ bag of tricks for staying in power

autocratExcluding hereditary monarchies, there are close to 40 countries around the world in which the national leader has been in power for 10 or more years, writes Freedom House analyst Elen Aghekyan. A small number of rulers stay in office by simply ignoring the letter or spirit of the law.

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Near-Record U.S. Penalty Seen for VimpelCom in Uzbek Case

sudhamVimpelCom Ltd., a mobile operator partly owned by Mikhail Fridman and other Russian billionaires, is in talks to pay about $775 million -- a near record -- to settle U.S. allegations it paid bribes in Uzbekistan to win business, according to three people familiar with the matter.

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TeliaSonera could face wider Eurasia probe

paperglassUS authorities are considering a probe into TeliaSonera’s operations in other Eurasian countries, building on an ongoing investigation over alleged corruption in Uzbekistan.

Experts of the Committee against Torture Commend Kazakhstan for Enhanced Legislation

Experts of the Committee against Torture Commend Kazakhstan for Enhanced Legislation

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Kazakh official: Not the time to resolve differences through war

Kazakh official: Not the time to resolve differences through war

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Oil majors sued by Kazakh government over billions in revenue

Oil majors sued by Kazakh government over billions in revenue

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