French court upheld a former banker Ablyazov in custody
The court of appeal of Lyon has rejected the appeal of the lawyers of the former head of Kazakhstan's BTA Bank Mukhtar Ablyazov, who was asked to release the client from custody.
According to the head of the investigative chamber of the court Luc Fontaine, protection has not provided the necessary assurances that Ablyazov in the case of the release will not hide from justice, informs RIA of " news " referring to the France Press. Mukhtar Ablyazov, a former Minister of energy of Kazakhstan and the former head of the Board of Directors of BTA Bank. In 2010, the financier was declared wanted by the investigating authorities of Ukraine on suspicion of theft of Bank funds and fraud. Kazakhstan accuses him of financial irregularities totaling more than $ 6 billion. Complaints to him and Russia. In the last month of summer last year Ablyazov was arrested on one of the French villas. Since then, the French courts consider options for his extradition. Do Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan. At the end of may last year the wife and daughter Ablyazov were caught in a house near Rome under the pretext that were on the area of Italy fake passport. Later they were quickly deported to Kazakhstan, which caused a serious scandal. Himself an ex-banker denies all charges.
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