there's been lots documented about Nazarbayev's offshore wealth, and that of his family members, particularly his two elder daughters. Here's the big @RFERL@Radio_Azattyk investigation from 2020: rferl.org/a/kazakhstan-n…
@RFERL@Radio_Azattyk Nazarbayev's youngest daughter Aliya has avoided much of the same scrutiny. But this 2016 lawsuit, which the @Telegraph first reported on, highlights the same spending and investments she made in the UK-- as her oldest sisters.
@RFERL@Radio_Azattyk@Telegraph Among other things, Aliya (reportedly) bought a $12.2 million mansion in London in the mid-2000s.
@RFERL@Radio_Azattyk@Telegraph Among the sources of Aliya Nazarbayeva's wealth: a car recycling company, which Toqaev today ordered shut down. Here's @Radio_Azattyk report on the scheme from last May:
Šetření @RFERL ohledně majetku rodiny Nazarbajevových vedlo také do CR, kde jsme našli tuto nemovitost v Karlových Varech, v současnosti neobydlenou, která je spojena s Nazarbajevovým zetěm Timurem Kulibajevem.
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Vladimir Gusinsky was once one of Russia’s most influential oligarchs. In recent years, he’s been tangled in lawsuits, debt disputes, and legal fights. He’s also drawn scrutiny from the FBI for, among other things, his ties to former FBI special agent Charles McGonigal. 🧵👇
Gusinsky socialized w/ McGonigal; he dined at Gusinsky’s Greenwich, Ct., mansion twice. The two were introduced by Sergei Shestakov, an ex-Russian diplomat who worked as a U.S. court interpreter and ALSO worked for Gusinsky. (Shestakov regularly attended Gusinsky’s birthdays.)
McGonigal and Shestakov were charged in Jan. 2023 with trying to help another oligarch, Oleg Deripaska, evade U.S. sanctions. A month prior, the FBI visited Gusinsky’s Greenwich home, and questioned his wife about the relationships. Gusinsky was not there at the time.
A grocery store (or cafe) in the village of Hroza, near Kupyansk in northeast Ukraine, was hit by shelling today; at least 48 people were killed, according to @ZelenskyyUa.
fascinating, granular details in this FBI affidavit unsealed last night about a Russian intel agent who created a false Brazilian identity, enrolled at @SAISHopkins, tried to get a @IntlCrimCourt internship, and is now in jail in Brazil (awaiting extradition)
When Brazilian police last year arrested the guy, Sergey Cherkasov, he had "multiple electronic devices"-- thumb drives, cell phones. They found a dead drop in Rio for comms equipment, all of which was turned over to the FBI. (sure seems like some super bad spycraft ops)
According to the FBI, Cherkasov (allegedly) spent a decade building this elaborate identity in Brazil about "Victor Ferreira," incl. a fake birth certificate, a backstory about a fictitious mother, a Portuguese aunt, and a story to explain why he didn't like fish.
.@tv2danmark adds new details to the Nord Stream investigation. For still unexplained reasons, Greek tanker Minerva Julie drifted over the explosions site, with its engine on/off, in early Sept. 2022, then continued on to St. Petersburg. Two weeks later, the blast was reported.
The @WSJ and @derspiegel earlier added new details about a yacht named Andromeda that German prosecutors believe is linked to the blasts. The yacht was rented in mid Sept. by a group of people, some of whom carried Ukrainian passports. wsj.com/articles/inves…@bopanc
Now opening in Boston federal courthouse (literally this hour): opening statements in the trial of Russian businessman Vladislav Klyushin, arrested in Switzerland in March 2021, and extradited some months later on a U.S. arrest warrant.
U.S. prosecutors have charged him and several co-conspirators with (essentially) hacking and insider trading. Klyushin has pleaded not guilty. He’s been sitting in a Massachusetts cell since arriving in the U.S., after a judge denied bail, deeming him a flight risk.
Klyushin owns/owned a company called M13, which provided media monitoring services to the Kremlin and other cybersecurity services. The company is reportedly close to Alexei Gromov, first deputy minister in the presidential administration and kind of a Kremlin media handler