Kazakh political exile Khrapunov gets asylum in Switzerland
Prominent Kazakh political figure Viktor Khrapunov has been granted asylum in Switzerland, as has his ex-wife. The pair would risk unfair treatment back in Kazakhstan, the Federal Administrative…
Khrapunov affair: Swiss dismiss Kazakh money laundering case
The Office of the Attorney General of Geneva has closed an investigation into suspected money laundering in a case involving Viktor Khrapunov, the former mayor of Kazakhstan’s largest…
Maurer on the Eve of a Delicate Trip to Kazakhstan. Switzerland Sends Kazakhstan Packing
P.1 Maurer on the Eve of a Delicate Trip to Kazakhstan The Kazakh affair. The Swiss judiciary draws a line under the so-called “Kazakh affair” after seven years…
Parliamentary immunity lied in alleged corruption case
A former Swiss parliamentarian has been stripped of his immunity, paving the way for a legal investigation into corruption allegations over lobbying efforts by Kazakhstan. It is a…
Swiss parliamentarians resist transparency
A former Swiss ambassador secretly lobbying for Kazakhstan’s interests inside the government building; or a Swedish arms factory’s nebulous attempt to influence Switzerland’s order for fighter jets: both…
How Sarkozy’s former spy chief worked on behalf of Kazakhstan
On Wednesday March 4th, France’s top appeal court ruled that billionaire Kazakh opposition politician and former banker Mukhtar Ablyazov could be extradited over an alleged six-billion-euro fraud. Meanwhile,…
France: Stop extradition of Kazakhstani opposition activist at risk of torture
The French government must not allow the extradition of Kazakhstani banker and opposition figure Mukhtar Ablyazov, Amnesty International said today, shortly after a French court ruled that he…
How the Kazakh security services tried to use “live bait” to catch Khrapunov
Original publication in PDF format Translation of: Как казахские спецслужбы ловили Храпунова на «живца»
Italy gives wife, daughter of wanted Kazakh banker refugee status
The wife and daughter of a Kazakh tycoon who is wanted in three countries for alleged fraud have been granted refugee status in Italy, their lawyer said on…
Ablyazov wins at cassation court in Paris
AIX-EN-PROVENCE COURT’S EXTRADITION DECISIONS ANNULLED; CASE SENT TO LYON TO BE HEARD ANEW CASSATION WIN COMES JUST AS SCANDAL ERUPTS OVER AIX-EN-PROVENCE COURT’S MISHANDLING OF CASE; NEWSPAPER PUBLISHES…
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