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Common goal: democracy. The first meeting of the ODF with Mukhtar Ablyazov
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janThe Kazakhstani regime, and, in particular, President Nursultan Nazarbayev’s lobbyists have done everything in their power to make the first meeting with the opposition politician particularly memorable.
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France has refused to extradite Mukhtar Ablyazov to Russia and Ukraine
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decBreaking news: France has refused to extradite Mukhtar Ablyazov to Russia and Ukraine. The decision of the French Conseil d'Etat is final. He is going to leave the arrest after 3 years.
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France to extradite Ablyazov on Moscow's request. Mediapart about his case.
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marFrench media outlet Mediapart, founded by a former Le Monde editor, Edwy Plenel, has published an article on the case of Mukhtar Ablyazov. Mediapart, famous for its investigative journalism, described how Kazakhstan had influenced the legal proceedings in France.
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French Prime Minister signs extradition decree to send Kazakh dissident to Russia
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octFrench Prime Minister Manuel Valls signed a decree on September 17, ordering the extradition to Russia of Kazakh dissident Mukhtar Ablyazov.
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French Ministry of Foreign Affairs erroneously hides behind the court proceedings when asked about Ablyazov
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julThe French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius has responded to a letter from Maddy Delvaux, currently an MEP, formerly a minister in the governments of prime ministers of Luxembourg Jacques Santer and Jean-Claude Juncker.
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International community calls on France to prevent extradition of opposition politician Mukhtar Ablyazov
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aprSince his arrest on the basis of a ‘red notice’, Mukhtar Ablyazov has already spent nearly two years in different detention facilities in France. Now, as the extradition trials have come to an end, the fate of the famous Kazakh oppositionist will depend on a decision by the French government.
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Kozlov: Home country of La Marseillaise may not support dictatorships
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aprThe leader of Kazakhstan’s biggest opposition party, Vladimir Kozlov, wrote a letter to the President and Prime Minister of the French Republic, Francois Hollande and Manuel Valls concerning Mukhtar Ablyazov.
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Ingancio Sanchez Amor in defence of Ablyazov: Appeal to the French government
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aprIngancio Sanchez Amor, addressed a letter to the Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee at the National Assembly of the French Republic, E. Guigou, requesting that it be delivered to all Committee members. In his letter, he appealed to the French government not to extradite the Mukhtar Ablyazov.
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MEPs from Poland, Estonia and the Czech Republic in a joint appeal to the French authorities concerning Ablyazov
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aprThe MEPs Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, Michał Boni (Poland), Pavel Svoboda, Tomas Zdechovsky (Czech Republic) and Tunne Kelam (Estonia) addressed an appeal to France’s highest authorities in defence of Mukhtar Ablyazov.
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Kazimierz Michał Ujazdowski appeals to Manuel Valls and Victor Shokin in the defence of Ablyazov
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marKazimierz Michał Ujazdowski, addressed an appeal to the Prime Minister of France, Manuel Valls and Ukraine’s Prosecutor General, Victor Shokin concerning the Kazakh dissident Mukhtar Ablyazov.
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ODF appeals to the French government not to extradite Ablyazov. Matignon Palace denies the right to submit the appeal
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marDespite being in receipt of permission from the Prefecture, the President of the Open Dialog Foundation, Lyudmyla Kozlovska, and the Kazakh oppositionist, Muratbek Ketebayev, were denied the right to submit a letter addressed to the French Prime Minister, Manuel Valls, at Hôtel Matignon.
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Kazakhgate in France: Kazakhstan linked to Senator’s lost immunity
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marFrench senator, Aymeric de Montesquiou, has been deprived of parliamentary immunity. As a representative of President N. Sarkozy for Central Asia, de Montesquiou allegedly accepted remuneration for facilitating the conclusion of Franco-Kazakh contracts.
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