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Just what IS Blair's game? As he shuts £60m money-making empire the question is: Is he set for a comeback?

tnoniblairwTony Blair set the stage for a potential political comeback last night with the shock announcement that he is shutting down his secretive money-making empire.

Corruption: Moving money out of purgatory. In the crackdown on kleptocracy, ‘global policemen’ states have faced difficulties in returning illicit assets to citizens.

kznigeq.jpgAron Bornstein arrived in Kazakhstan in February 2009 with $84m and a daunting assignment. His job was to hand out millions of dollars to impoverished families, non-governmental agencies and students who wanted to pursue secondary education. The catch was that he could not have any dealings with the Kazakh government, which was not exactly happy to see him coming.

Kazakhstan Refuses to Investigate Panama Paper Links to President's Family

nazarbayev dumKazakhstan’s general prosecutor has ruled out investigating allegations in the Panama Papers, including ones against the family of the president, Radio Free Europe reports.

U.S. Demands Uzbek Leader's Daughter Turn Over $550 Million

gulkarWASHINGTON -- U.S. prosecutors said the daughter of Uzbekistan’s president and several associates failed to comply with a court order to turn over more than $500 million held in Swiss banks as part of a long-running money-laundering investigation.

Blair's £5m deal with a despot: Explosive leaked papers reveal PM’s greed as he shamelessly touted services to Kazakh president accused of appalling human rights abuse

tn 1Tony Blair touted his firm's services to a dictator for £5.3million a year, the Daily Mail can reveal today. He made the shameless sales pitch to Nursultan Nazarbayev, offering the Kazakh president his 'unique personal experience and insights'. Leaked documents lay bare the former prime minister's dealings with a regime behind appalling human

Tony Blair gives Kazakhstan’s autocratic president tips on how to defend a massacre

tonyblairTony Blair told the Nursultan Nazarbayev that the deaths of 14 protesters 'tragic though they were, should not obscure the enormous progress' his country had made

Tony Blair's £5m deal to advise Kazakh dictator

tony nazarbaevTony Blair demanded more than £5 million a year to advise a dictator through his secretive consulting business. Leaked documents show for the first time the huge fees charged by Tony Blair Associates, a company set up by the former prime minister on leaving Downing Street, in a much criticised deal with Kazakhstan.

David Cameron could unmask the mystery owners of £170 billion worth of UK property

maskThe government planning to create a register for offshore companies buying property in the UK that would require the companies to reveal who is behind them, according to the Times.

Kazakh president’s daughter hides Page Six article from dad

sohomamoKazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev never saw a Page Six story about his recent dining requests at a Soho restaurant — which included having a staffer test any food from the kitchen — because his powerful daughter Dariga made sure he didn’t, sources said.

Tony Blair advised Kazakhstan's president on how to present a massacre of oil workers as the ex-PM's firm helped the former Soviet republic build a huge tourist resort

naz tonyTony Blair advised the president of Kazakhstan to present the killing of oil workers as 'tragic' but not something which should 'obscure' real progress made in the country, it was claimed today.

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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