New probe launched in France against Suleiman Kerimov

Prosecutors in the French city of Nice have launched a new investigation against Russian businessman and senator Suleiman Kerimov on charges of collusion in a large-scale tax evasion, Prosecutor of Nice Jean-Michel Pretre said.

"The session was held last night, he was charged with collusion in a large-scale tax evasion," TASS cited him as saying.

The prosecutor added that the senator, who is currently in France, had paid a 20-mln euro ba