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The fake human rights NGO Open Dialog Foundation (ODF), closely associated with Kazakh fugitive Oligarch Mukhtar Ablyazov, has, in recent years, attracted much speculation over its financial affairs, and in particular questions as to the true nature of the relationship with Ablyazov himself, writes Gary Cartwright.

Ermurat Bapi interviews Akezhan Kazhegeldin.

Belgium again finds itself amidst a scandal that threatens to become “Kazakhgate-II”. 

The Prosecutor's Office in Geneva is conducting a criminal case against Ilyas Khrapunov, son-in-law of BTA Bank's former owner. Khrapunov is suspected of laundering money stolen from BTA Bank. 

A federal judge in New York ordered former BTA Bank JSC chairman Mukhtar Ablyazov to pay the Kazakh lender’s legal fees for the discovery process after he failed to hand over evidence in a lawsuit accusing him of laundering hundreds of millions of dollars in U.S. real estate.

Behind a set of imposing metal doors in an easy-to-miss office building in a New York City suburb, a small team manages billions of dollars for a Russian oligarch.

An independent polling agency in Kazakhstan has found in a nationwide survey that 43 percent of respondents view demonstrations as a force for good.

Kazakhstan has been diverting crude oil exports away from the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline to Russia's Caspian Pipeline Consortium route after contamination in Azerbaijan'sflagship Azeri Light crude disrupted the Mediterranean export system, according to S&P Global Commodities at Sea data Aug. 13 and an industry source with direct knowledge of the matter.

If it walks like a president, talks like a president, and has powers on par with a president…

Moscow is moving to transform the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) into a more unified political and economic bloc, an apparent response to perceived Western pressure against the grouping. 

 For 30 years, the dictatorial clan has been doing nothing but enriching itself.

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The consensus among Kazakhstan watchers is that the former president is trying to contain his successor.

Following Trump’s erratic approach, Biden’s team of experienced pros are expected to try to reengage the region. Will they be able to?

From the hillsides above Barcelona, the superyacht looked like a building. The titanic vessel, christened Dilbar in 2016, was often docked at Port Vell, dwarfing the Barcelona aquarium next door and stretching nearly the length of two football fields.