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#OpenDialogFoundation implicated in money-laundering claims
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.
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Akezhan Kazhegeldin: "The people themselves are still the source of power in Kazakhstan. Although they don't always remember that."
Ermurat Bapi interviews Akezhan Kazhegeldin.
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Belgium’s second Kazakhgate unfolds
Belgium again finds itself amidst a scandal that threatens to become “Kazakhgate-II”.
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BTA Bank AO : announces launch of criminal case against Ilyas Khrapunov
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.
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BTA Bank Wins Sanctions Against Ex-Chairman in Theft Lawsuit
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.
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How Western firms quietly enabled Russian oligarchs
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.
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Kazakhstan believes in protests, sort of
An independent polling agency in Kazakhstan has found in a nationwide survey that 43 percent of respondents view demonstrations as a force for good.
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Kazakhstan Remains Nazarbayev’s State
If it walks like a president, talks like a president, and has powers on par with a president…
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Russia seeks to accelerate old Soviet state union
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.
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Tages Anzeiger: Nazarbayev’s Regime Will Fall
For 30 years, the dictatorial clan has been doing nothing but enriching itself.
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The unsolved mystery of who owns Sherlock Holmes’s original £130 million home
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Who really is Kazakhstan’s leader of the nation?
The consensus among Kazakhstan watchers is that the former president is trying to contain his successor.
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Will Biden take on neglected Caucasus and Central Asia?
Following Trump’s erratic approach, Biden’s team of experienced pros are expected to try to reengage the region. Will they be able to?
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Yacht justice: A new front in the war drags Russia’s oligarchs into the spotlight
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.