Mukhtar Ablyazov

Duman Mukhammedkarim was accused of financing an extremist group and participating in a banned group's activities for sharing an interview he’d conducted with Mukhtar Ablyazov.

The Kazakh state still has the final say in who is allowed to engage in public demonstrations.

Mukhtar Ablyazov is kryptonite in Kazakh politics.

Italian police staged a special operation to detain and repatriate the wife and daughter of Mukhtar Ablyazov in 2013. Now seven of those involved were sentenced. 

Hundreds of millions of dollars of suspicious origin have transited in and out of Kazakhstan with the help of U.S. banks, an investigation of thousands of leaked documents reveals. 

A Maltese academic, a Swiss lawyer, and a fugitive Kazakh oligarch -- what could possibly be the connection?

Bipartisan legislation introduced this week seeks to tackle abuse of INTERPOL by autocracies.

The lawsuit alleges that Sater plotted to use Trump-branded skyscrapers to launder money allegedly stolen from a Kazakhstan bank.

Kazakhstan’s political arena has little room for new parties or old foes.

Ilyas Khrapunov is hit with a $500 million fine for allegedly aiding Mukhtar Ablyazov's reported embezzlement.

Mukhtar Ablyazov's efforts to orchestrate protests from abroad have had feeble results. But Kazakh authorities are taking no chances.

Iskander Yerimbetov’s counsel recounts his client’s latest court hearing.

Behind the mecenatismo of a former prime minister, Kazakhstan’s opposition figures find a new platform in Brussels.

International fugitive and Kazakh opposition star Mukhtar Ablyazov urged supporters to carry blue balloons during the Nowruz holiday.

New rounds of litigation add to the opaque case of fugitive ex-Kazakh minister Mukhtar Ablyazov.

Jared Genser's firm described Iskander Yerimbetov as "a hostage" of the Kazakh state who had been subjected to torture.

International law frowns on creating stateless persons, but Astana's irritating exiles can afford to buy new passports.

If Mukhtar Ablyazov envisions an eventual triumphant return to Kazakhstan, things just got more difficult.

Kazakh politics plays out far from the steppe -- in New York lofts and courts.

Mukhtar Ablyazov, a staunch opponent of Kazakhstan's president, walks free after three years in a French prison.

The UN Special Rapporteur on Torture warns that if Ablyazov is extradited to Russia, he will likely end up back in Kazakhstan.

A bit more light on the manner in which post-Soviet elites access American property markets, and presidential nominees.

Astana may be redoubling its efforts against opposition media in both the physical and the digital realm.

Ablyazov, claiming political persecution, is fighting extradition from France to Russia.