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23.05.2013 12:35
RL's Uzbek Service – "received a strict 'order from above' to sully the name of Gulnara Karimova by any means necessary," said a message by @meclarck retweeted by Karimova.
She also indulges in speculation that the report was aided by MTS, TeliaSonera's former mobile-phone rival, which was forced out of Uzbekistan in the summer of 2012 after a raid by tax police.
Falling Out With A Former Ally?
The former head of MTS in Uzbekistan, Bekzod Akhmedov, is a one-time ally of Karimova's and is under investigation in Sweden and Switzerland in connection with money-laundering on
Zones: Uzbekistan , Features , Picks
Authors: Daisy Sindelar
22.05.2013 04:00
of $5 million in exchange for 2 million new mobile-phone subscribers.
The confirmation of the agreement, dated July 31, 2012, is potentially significant, coming just weeks after Uzbek authorities revoked the operating license of a rival company, Russia's MTS, leaving 9 million Uzbek subscribers without wireless service.
'Escort' Through Regulatory Bodies
"Mission: Investigation" has already reported that a former MTS executive, Bekzod Akhmedov, served as Karimova's middleman in some negotiations with TeliaSonera while still employed by the Russian telecom company. Akhmedov is now a suspect in the Swiss and Swedish investigations.
Gulnara Karimova (right) with Halit
Zones: Uzbekistan , Features , Must Reads , Picks
Authors: Daisy Sindelar , Farruh Yusupov
22.05.2013 04:00
Bekzod Akhmedov
A former ally of Karimova, Bekzod Akhmedov is believed to have helped negotiate TeliaSonera’s Uzbek business dealings even as he was serving as the head of a rival company, Uzdunorbita, the local subsidiary of Russian wireless giant MTS.
Akhmedov fled Uzbekistan in the summer of 2012 after Uzbek authorities staged a raid on Uzdunorbita in an apparent attempt to seize MTS holdings and clients. He was placed on an Interpol wanted list, raising alarm bells at Geneva bank Lombard Odier, where he held several large accounts. Swiss prosecutors opened the money-laundering case soon afterward, naming
17.01.2013 06:16
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16.01.2013 09:48
Russian mobile phone service giant MTS says its subsidiary in Uzbekistan has filed for bankruptcy. Russian mobile phone service giant MTS says its subsidiary in Uzbekistan has filed for bankruptcy.
MTS officials said the decision was brought about by the inability of its Uzdunrobita Company to pay a $600 million fine for tax evasion.
Uzbekistan canceled Uzdunrobita's operating licenses.
The company denied any wrongdoing, but in August the Tashkent Criminal
Zones: Russia , News , Uzbekistan
12.01.2013 10:41
billions.
Elder's letter goes on to list 13 companies that Karimova was believed to own or hold a share in at the time.
They include several telecoms companies, including Uzdunorbita, which was later sold to the Russian telecommunications giant MTS. It made headlines last summer when Tashkent aggressively sought to strip the company of its assets.
Incestuous Business Dealings
In an indication of the incestuous nature of Uzbek business dealings, it was the head of Uzdunorbita, Bekhzod Akhmedov, who served
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Zones: Uzbekistan , Features , Must Reads , Picks
Authors: Daisy Sindelar , Farruh Yusupov
12.12.2012 16:41
a longtime ally with ties to the telecom market.
"These executives tell the story of how the secret deal was struck between TeliaSonera and Gulnara Karimova's representative, Bekhzod Akhmedov, who is the former CEO of the Russian telecom operator MTS in Uzbekistan," Laurin says. "He was also the front man for Gulnara Karimova in deals with other telecom operators."
Citing fear of repercussions, both of the TeliaSonera executives featured in the SVT documentary remain anonymous, with their comments voiced by
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Tags: Gulnara Karimova
Zones: Uzbekistan , Features , Picks
Authors: Daisy Sindelar , Farruh Yusupov
06.12.2012 14:37
director of a mobile-phone retailer in Russia's republic of Tatarstan, over allegations that she forced her staff to strip to their undergarments and strike raunchy poses in front of a camera as punishment for not making enough sales.
MTS, Russia's largest mobile-phone operator, has fired Biktimirova as branch director of the company's retail outlet in the town of Naberezhnye Chelny.
The photographs, allegedly posted on an internal company portal, were made public in mid-November when
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Zones: Transmission , Blogs , Russia , Tatar-Bashkir
30.11.2012 09:40
business interests in every corner of the economy in her native Uzbekistan, and is now under investigation by Swiss authorities for shady financial dealings.
In November, authorities in Moscow seized her luxury apartment there in connection with mobile-phone provider MTS's troubles in Uzbekistan, where the company's subsidiary -- at the time the country's largest mobile provider, once partly owned by Karimova -- was shut down abruptly and had its assets seized.
The trials and tribulations have not stopped Karimova
Tags: Gulnara Karimova
Zones: Transmission , Blogs , Uzbekistan
09.11.2012 09:33
seize assets belonging to Russia's largest mobile telecommunications company. The Tashkent City Court in Uzbekistan has reversed a September ruling to seize assets belonging to Russia's largest mobile telecommunications company.
According to the November 9 decision, the company, MTS, was ordered to pay a $600 million penalty to compensate for alleged tax evasion and embezzlement at the company's Uzbek subsidiary, Uzdunrobita.
The decision comes a week after Russian investigators seized a Moscow apartment worth $10 million belonging to Gulnara Karimova, the daughter of Uzbekistan's president.
The apartment was seized in connection with a criminal investigation into
Zones: Russia , News , Uzbekistan
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