The Pandora Papers investigation, which involved a consortium of some 600 journalists from a variety of global media outlets, is based on the leak of…
Oligarchs would be forbidden from financing political parties or taking part in privatisations. Top officials, including the president, prime minister and head of the central…
This is the story of a young man who married into one of Kazakhstan’s most prominent political families and was able to build a fortune…
Payments from Kazakh oligarchs lead to a complaint of suspected money laundering filed with the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (Finma). A Geneva-based private bank…
French producers cut off supply in protest over new law ordering Russian-made wine to be labelled as ‘champagne’. The French champagne industry group called on…
Galimzhan Yessenov enjoyed a meteoric rise in his business career after marrying into Kazakhtan’s elite but his recent divorce has seen this process swiftly reversed.…
Akhmetzhan Yessimov, the chairman of Samruk-Kazyna, has been criticised by Kazakhstan’s public accounts committee over ethical issues at the $63 billion sovereign wealth fund. Kazakhstan’s…
A Belgian judge has dismissed a bribery case brought against the former Brussels attorney general and a member of the country’s royal family, bringing to…
Margulan Seisembayev has returned to Kazakhstan after the billionaire oligarch was forced to flee the country for a second time. Seisembayev posted a message on…
Belarus made headlines last year when pro-democracy protests rocked the country and the political crisis also helped fuel a currency crisis. The Belarusian ruble recovered…