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In Almaty tritt der russische Staatsbürger Ilyas Karimov als selbsternannter Anwalt und angeblicher „Assistent des russischen Botschafters“ auf.

In Almaty, Russian citizen Ilyas Karimov presents himself as a lawyer and an “assistant to the Russian ambassador.”

One of Russia’s most notorious alleged criminal figures, Semyon Mogilevich — long wanted by U.S. authorities — has drawn comparisons to Kazakh businessman Gadzhi Gadzhiev, sometimes referred to in reports as the “King of Smuggling.”

The money laundering trial tied to alleged thefts in Kazakhstan has taken an unexpected turn, as a US court continues to hear a lawsuit filed by BTA Bank chairman Kenes Rakishev and the city of Almaty against former bank owner Mukhtar Ablyazov and ex-Almaty mayor Viktor Khrapunov and his son Ilyas Khrapunov, who are accused of laundering funds allegedly stolen in Kazakhstan.