Runling Kazakhstan oligarch – the opposition, the leader of the “Democratic selection of Kazakhstan” Mukhtar Ablyazov achieved the termination of the trial regarding him in France.
Agence France-Presse reported that the limitation period in his case “on laundering money and the abuse of trust” has expired.
The decision of the Paris Court of Appeal is not final, as the lawyers of the Bank filed a cassation complaint. Criminal cases in Russia, Kazakhstan and Ukraine were initiated against Ablyazov. He was accused of fraud, fake documents and abuse of powers. In Kazakhstan, Ablyazov is accused of embezzling $ 7.5 billion. In November 2018, the Court in Kazakhstan sentenced the ex-banker to life imprisonment.