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Well this certainly is interesting.
Gulnara Karimova was indicted in the US on March 7 2019.
This is the press release from March 7 2019:
Mobile Telesystems Pjsc and Its Uzbek Subsidiary Enter into Resolutions of $850 Million with the Department of Justice for Paying Bribes in Uzbekistan justice.gov/opa/pr/mobile-…
Here are all the people & companies mentioned in the press release:
Gulnara Karimova
Bekhzod Akhmedov
KOLORIT DIZAYN INK LLC
Mobile Telesystems Pjsc
Uzdunrobita LLC
VimpelCom Limited (now VEON)
Telia Company AB
Unitel LLC
Coscom LLC
These sentences are fun, eh?
"Karimova’s and Akhmedov’s case is assigned to U.S. District Judge Kimba Wood of the Southern District of New York."
"The case against MTS and KOLORIT is assigned to U.S. District Judge J. Paul Oetken of the Southern District of New York. "
"The investigation has thus far yielded a combined total of over $2.6 billion in global fines and disgorgement, including over $1.3 billion in criminal penalties to the United States. In related actions, the Department has also filed civil complaints seeking the forfeiture of...
...In related actions, the Department has also filed civil complaints seeking the forfeiture of more than $850 million held in bank accounts in Switzerland, Belgium, Luxembourg and Ireland, which constitute bribe payments made by MTS, VimpelCom and Telia, or funds involved in...
...the laundering of those corrupt payments to Karimova."
"Law enforcement authorities in Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, France, Ireland, Isle of Man, Latvia, Luxembourg, Norway, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden & the United Kingdom have provided valuable assistance in this case."
VimpelCom (now VEON) = corruptapalooza.
Hey Robert Mercer. Hey Mikhail Fridman. Hey Alfa Bank.
HEY, IT'S ALL CONNECTED!
Guess who lent VimpelCom close to $2 BILLION? Sberbank, that's who.
Alfa Bank/ Alpha Bank
Potayto/ Potahto
Semion/ Semion
Russian Organized Crime/ Russian Mafia State
Hey guess what!? It's all connected.
All of it.
March 6 2019. SEC Cease & Desist to Mobile Telesystems PJSC
sec.gov/litigation/adm…
Mobile Telesystems = MTS/MTC.
It trades on the Moscow exchange and on the NY stock exchange. Which is why the SEC can do enforcement actions.

Parent company = Sistema
Sistema = controlled by Vladimir Yevtushenkov
Hey guess what it's all connected, all of it.
Evtushenkov / Yevtushenkov
Potayto Potahto
ROSNEFT
Evtushenkov is bff's with the former mayor of Moscow, Yury Lushkov.
who has a cameo here:
thedailybeast.com/trumps-rep-wit…
As I said, it's all connected.
Russian. Mafia. State.
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