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Nationalist leader involved in BTA Bank case faces house arrest

Investigators filed a motion with Moscow's Basmanny District Court to place Aleksandr Potkin, former leader of the Russian nationalist Movement Against Illegal Immigration, under house arrest in the BTA Bank embezzlement case.

12:01 17.10.2014

Russian nationalist arrested in $5 billion BTA Bank embezzlement case

Alexander Potkin (a.k.a Alexander Belov, b. 1976), former leader of the Russian nationalist Movement Against Illegal Immigration, has been arrested in the case of the $5 billion embezzlement at the Kazakh bank BTA, Kommersant newspaper reported on Thursday, citing sources at the Russian Interior Ministry.

11:04 16.10.2014

Fugitive Kazakh banker Mukhtar Ablyazov to stay in detention in France

Bail was denied Monday by French court for fugitive banker Mukhtar Ablyazov, wanted by Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan.

15:04 06.10.2014

Italian court overturns deportation ruling on Ablyazov’s wife as unlawful

Italy’s Supreme Court of Cassation has ruled that the deportation of Alma Shalabayeva, the wife of the former head of BTA Bank, Mukhtar Ablyazov, to Kazakhstan was unlawful, RIA Novosti announced, citing Italian media.

10:54 31.07.2014

Eurasia Logistic manager convicted of $730 mln fraud released on parole

The former Director General of Eurasia Logistic, Alexander Volkov, who was sentenced in a $730 million fraud case in 2012, has been released on parole, Kommersant newspaper wrote on Monday.

12:09 30.06.2014

French court allows Russia and Ukraine to participate in Ablyazov’s trial

The investigative chamber of the Lyon Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday that Russia and Ukraine can send their representatives to the trial of former banker Mukhtar Ablyazov, whose extradition the two countries have requested, AFP writes.

16:26 03.06.2014

Ex-head of Kazakh BTA Bank accuses French prosecutor of slander

The former head of the Kazakh BTA Bank, Mukhtar Ablyazov, whose extradition case is being heard in France, has accused public prosecutor Solange Legras of slander. She said Ablyazov tried to influence the French court.

10:27 30.04.2014

BTA Bank CEO’s extradition cancelled for lack of signature – lawyer

The Supreme Court of France has vacated a ruling on the extradition of fugitive ex-CEO of BTA Bank Mukhtar Ablyazov because of an administrative error by the court, according to the statement of Antonin Levy, legal consultant to BTA Bank in France.

16:48 11.04.2014

Hong Kong court freezes assets allegedly linked to Ablyazov

A Hong Kong court has imposed a freezing order restraining former BTA Bank Chairman Mukhtar Ablyazov from dealing with the shares and assets of two Hong Kong companies Kazoil-Astana Group Ltd. and Maxray Logistics Ltd.

19:32 25.02.2014

Spanish court suspends extradition of Ablyazov's security chief

The National Court of Spain has suspended the extradition of Alexander Pavlov, former BTA Bank CEO Mukhtar Ablyazov's chief of security, over security fears.

14:51 20.02.2014

Former BTA Bank CEO's property may be seized in Kazakhstan

Property of fugitive ex-CEO of BTA Bank Mukhtar Ablyazov may be seized in Kazakhstan, First Deputy Prosecutor General of Kazakhstan Iogan Merkel told the press on Wednesday.

12:08 29.01.2014

Former BTA Bank CEO appeals French extradition ruling

The lawyers of fugitive ex-CEO of BTA Bank Mukhtar Ablyazov have filed cassation appeals against the extradition ruling, French media reported.

10:31 16.01.2014

Amnesty International calls to prevent extradition of ex-BTA Bank head

Amnesty International appeals to the French authorities to prevent the extradition of fugitive ex-CEO of BTA Bank Mukhtar Ablyazov to Russia or Ukraine, according to the NGO’s statement released on Friday.

10:26 10.01.2014

French court rules to extradite fugitive banker Ablyazov to Russia or Ukraine

A court in France's Aix-en-Provence on Thursday ruled to extradite fugitive BTA Bank ex-CEO Mukhtar Ablyazov to Russia or Ukrauine, with the priority given to the Russian side, AFP reports.

14:48 09.01.2014

BTA Bank ex-CEO's associate freed from detention in Moscow – report

The Russian Interior Ministry's Investigative Department has released Yelena Tischenko, a close associate of Kazakh billionaire and former chairman of the board of BTA Bank Mukhtar Ablyazov.

10:40 26.12.2013

Wife of BTA Bank’s fugitive ex-CEO allowed to leave Kazakhstan

Alma Shalabayeva, the wife of former BTA Bank Chairman of the Board Mukhtar Ablyazov, is now allowed to leave Kazakhstan, after the restriction notice imposed earlier was substituted for bail, official Foreign Ministry’s spokesman said a briefing on Tuesday.

10:56 24.12.2013

French prosecutors seek to extradite ex-BTA Bank CEO Ablyazov to Russia

The Prosecutor General's Office of Aix-en-Provence asked to grant a request for extradition of former BTA Bank CEO Mukhtar Ablyazov to Russia because more serious crimes have been committed there, AFP reported.

10:36 13.12.2013

French court begins ex-BTA Bank CEO Ablyazov extradition hearing

Court of Aix-en-Provence on Thursday began the hearing of extradition of former BTA Bank CEO Mukhtar Ablyazov to Ukraine.

14:55 12.12.2013

UK court orders Ablyazov to pay out $400 million to BTA Bank

London’s High Court ordered fugitive ex-banker Mukhtar Ablyazov to pay damages Tuesday amounting to approximately $400 million. Ablyazov formerly served as the chairman of BTA Bank, which is described in Tuesday’s judgment as a major Kazakh bank that effectively nationalized in February 2009.

12:19 27.11.2013

Ablyazov’s brother in law held in contempt, sentenced to 22 months

London’s High Court has held the brother in law of ex-BTA Bank Chairman Mukhtar Ablyazov in contempt, and has sentenced him to 22 months in prison, according to a statement issued Thursday by BTA Bank.

14:08 21.11.2013