Paris (AP) " Lawyers for a Kazakh banker (click here) turned dissident accused of embezzling billions say they will appeal a French extradition order that would send him to Russia to face justice.
Mukhtar Ablyazov's legal saga began in 2001 and spans several countries, most recently France where he was arrested more than two years ago. He has fought extradition to Russia, which claims its citizens were defrauded in the collapse of the now-nationalized bank, BTA.
His lawyers on Monday disclosed France's extradition order and promised an appeal. BTA said the extradition order was an essential step in recovering the missing money.
Ablyazov, a former Kazakh energy minister, turned against longtime leader Nursultan Nazarbayev and founded an opposition party. His lawyers say they fear Russia will hand him over to Nazarbayev.
He has his own website (click here).
Get the feeling he is guilty when he sold his mansion? (click here) Nothing like saying "Honey, I'm home."
Maybe France should work out a trade for a Russian citizen with an affection for radiation poisoning?
July 29, 2015
Fugitive Kazakh tycoon Mukhtar Ablyazov's (click here) brother-in-law, Syrym Shalabaev, has been detained in Vilnius.
Media in Lithuania quoted the chief of the Lithuanian Criminal Police Bureau, Rolandas Kiskis, as saying that Shalabaev was detained on July 28 and his possible arrest and extradition will be decided by a court.
Shalabaev is a brother of Alma Shalabaeva, who is the wife of former Kazakh banker and opposition figure Ablyazov.
Ablyazov is currently in French custody fighting a French court's ruling to extradite him to Russia....
