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March 3, 2022 admin 0 Comments

Alexandrovich Mordashov: A Billionaire Tycoon

Alexei Mordashov is a Russian billionaire businessman and Putin’s friend, who is the main shareholder and chairman of Russian conglomerate Severstal. The EU blacklisted Mordashov…

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October 4, 2021 admin 0 Comments

Leaked Papers Link Putin Associates to Offshore Dealings

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…

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September 24, 2021 admin 0 Comments

Ukraine passes ‘necessary’ law limiting influence of oligarchs, after shooting

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…

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August 13, 2021 admin 0 Comments

Revealed: Documents Show Akhmetzhan Yessimov and Galimzhan Yessenov Laundered Millions Through Offshore Companies

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…

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August 9, 2021 admin 0 Comments

Suspicious Funds from Kazakhstan flow via Switzerland

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…

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July 20, 2021 admin 0 Comments

Russian oligarchs and the ‘Champagne war’

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…

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February 12, 2021 admin 0 Comments

Yessimov Dumps Son-In-Law As Frontman After Divorce

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.…

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November 16, 2020 admin 0 Comments

“Ethical Concerns” Raised At Kazakhstan’s $63bn Samruk-Kazyna Fund

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…

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November 12, 2020 admin 0 Comments

Tui In Talks For Up To 1.8 Billion Euros Of Extra State Aid

TUI had received state-backed loans in two tranches this year, and an additional billion to two billion euros was being discussed.  The funds could come…

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October 23, 2020 admin 0 Comments

Kazakhgate Saga Finally Ends As Investigation Is Dropped in Belgium

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…

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