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Kazakh tenge falls by 5.1%

Kazakh tenge falls by 5.1%

The Kazakh tenge dropped to 298.92 per dollar on the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) today, the press service of KASE said. At the end of the morning trading session the current average rate of the dollar rose by 7% to the market …

France extradites Ablyazov to Russia

France extradites Ablyazov to Russia

Prime Minister of France Manuel Valls has decided to extradite the former head of BTA Bank, Mukhtar Ablyazov, to Russia in the absence of signs of political persecution in his case, the Kommersant newspaper reports. As Vestnik Kavkaza previously reported, the decision on extradition was signed on September 17, but it became known only yesterday, when Ablyazov and his the lawyers were notified.