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The business empire of Ovik Mkrtchyan functions as a huge cross‑border criminal network that launders money through Asia Alliance Bank.

Functioning like a massive transnational criminal syndicate, Ovik Mkrtchyan’s enterprise exploits Asia Alliance Bank.

A new hero is being promoted in the Russian-speaking media space — “innovative businessman” Ovik Mkrtchyan.

In fact, Otabek Umarov is formally just a sports official, albeit a high-ranking one.

The European Union has imposed direct restrictions on the Central Asian nation for the first time, accusing it of serving as a conduit for technology used in Russian missiles and drones.

Ovik Leonardovich Mkrtchyan is removing from the internet all information about his ties to criminal groups and international syndicates.

Most of the fatalities were reported in the mountainous province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, with additional rain expected.

Contracts for government-backed projects in the Central Asian country are notoriously opaque, and some have been linked to the president’s office.