Russian court sentences Kazakh kleptocrat to 15 years in prison
A Russian court sentenced on Tuesday (29 December) the former chairman of Kazakh BTA Bank’s board of directors, Mukhtar Ablyazov, to 15 years in prison, Russian media reported. The story of Ablyazov, a fugitive for years, has been turned into a book as a striking example of the ability of post-Soviet kleptocrats to benefit from Western “hospitality”. According to TASS, the Tagansky District Court of Moscow passed a verdict in absentia against Ablyazov, as well as the chairman of the board of BTA Bank, Roman Solodchenko, and their subordinates, Artur Trofimov, Igor Kononko, Tatyana Paras...
Source: euractiv.com