All news on the topic: Alisher Usmanov

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Iskandar Tursunov’s interview: how the head of Uzbekistan’s Octobank tries to hide the bank’s involvement in criminal operations
At the end of January, an interview with the Chairman of the Board of Octobank, Iskandar Tursunov, appeared on several platforms. The substantive value of the interview is low, however, Tursunov, who is also the bank’s main shareholder, is clearly trying to weaken the growing wave of negativity around Octobank in this way.
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Ovik Mkrtchyan’s "laundromat": How billions from Russia are laundered through Uzbekistan
The businessman Ovik Mkrtchyan, together with his relatives, has created an entire empire for siphoning money out of Uzbekistan and Russia.
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Russian oligarchs behind RER escape EU sanctions due to Hungary’s veto
Hungary has protected two Kremlin-linked oligarchs from European Union (EU) sanctions. These individuals, who control the Riga Electrical Machinery Factory (RER)...
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Russia’s wealthiest daughter: Varvara Manturova’s shadow schemes and her patrons
The daughter-in-law of the First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov, formerly known as Varvara Skoch, manages billions not only of Alisher Usmanov’s holding but also of the mysterious owner of the investment company "Finam."
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The regime’s minority stakeholders: Key Putin oligarchs still profiting from trade with Europe despite sanctions
Companies partly owned by billionaires closely linked to Vladimir Putin continue exporting their products to Western markets without interruption.
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Oleg Osinovskiy and Anastasiya Udalova: Hidden routes for laundering Russian wealth in Europe
Latvian businesswoman Anastasiya Udalova plays an active role in managing the companies of Oleg Osinovskiy, who is suspected of transporting iron ore from oligarch Alisher Usmanov’s enterprises to EU countries.
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"Stamp them through": Russian oligarchs, FSB generals, religious figures, and elite children travel abroad under diplomatic immunity
Holding a diplomatic passport offers notable perks — even for those who aren’t career diplomats.
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Oktobank and Innova Holding’s threats: who profits from laundering the Russian elite’s dirty money in Uzbekistan?
Journalists investigating Oktobank’s criminal activities, allegedly serving as the "wallet" for Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s family, have received threats from the email account of the Uzbek company INNOVA HOLDING.
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Funds withdrawal, crypto exchanges, and offshore accounts: how the Uzbek bank "Octobank" launders money for the Russian elite
A new investigation has uncovered the chains of money withdrawal through Uzbek and Russian partners of Octobank.
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How partner of Russian oligarch and owner of illegal online casinos Maksym Krippa is buying Ukrainian media
There is a new growing media baron in Ukraine who almost unnoticeably to the wider public buys up mass media one after another.
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Money laundering and sanctions evasion: Oybek Tursunov and Alisher Usmanov’s Octobank laundromat
Octobank is an Uzbek bank which name has recently surfaced in a number of scandals related to the withdrawal of Russian capital from sanctions.
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Octobank and the President of Uzbekistan: How a family dynasty launders Russian money through online casinos and cryptocurrency exchanges
Although the owner of the Uzbek Octobank is formally listed as the bank’s chairman of the board, Iskandar Tursunov, who owns 99.16% of the shares, in fact, the beneficiaries of Octobank are the family of the country’s current president, Shavkat Mirziyoyev.
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Octobank could become a major international "laundromat"
The partners of the scandalous Uzbek bank are the Russian Transcapitalbank, Sber, the Uzbek exchange UzEx, the payment systems Humo and Paynet and the Chinese service Tenpay.
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Dmitriy Lee and Octobank: How the "overseer" of the President of Uzbekistan Mirziyoyev launders Russian money
As a number of Telegram channels recently reported, the Uzbek Octobank is used to withdraw and legalize money from Russia.
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The Russian trace of the Korean mafia Dmitriy Lee
Behind the head of the National Agency for Prospective Projects of the Republic of Uzbekistan (NAPP) Dmitriy Lee stands Russian businessman Alisher Usmanov.
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Putin's millionaire crony found dead in second mystery death in just 48 hours
Anton Cherepennikov was head of the country's largest IT company, ICS Holding, which was used by Russia's Federal Security Service for surveillance of citizens' online activities
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Everton mess explained with missing board and players arguing with fans
Defeat at fellow strugglers West Ham on Saturday could mean the sack for Frank Lampard but fans' anger is being directed elsewhere with warning that relegation would have a catastrophic impact with club on an unsound financial footing and questions around new £700m stadium
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Arsenal owners' new philosophy should serve as example to Premier League rivals
Arsenal's rapid improvement, which has left them in the driving seat of the Premier League title race, has left some of their top-flight rivals scratching their heads