PARIS—Traced to a Cote d’Azur villa by private detectives for the bank he once led, the Kazakh oligarch-turned-dissident is dwarfed by the masked French court guards flanking him. He is the smallest man in the room.
Mukhtar Ablyazov is nonetheless a huge problem for Western governments, forced to choose between abetting a resource-rich authoritarian regime or defending a man who is known to have hidden millions — and happens to be a rare force for political opposition in his homeland.
French President Francois Hollande is wrapping up a two-day visit to Kazakhstan on Saturday, accompanied by about 40 corporate executives and more …read more
Source: The Epoch Times
