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From 2008 to 2013, Utemuratov, was described as an "adviser to the president" and held a role as a special representative to
Kyrgyzstan. This close relationship with Nazarbayev led to Utemuratov being given the nickname "the grey cardinal" in Kazakhstan. The Times quoted a spokeswoman for Utemuratov
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Utemuratov's assets including stakes in luxury hotels, cash in bank accounts in half a dozen countries and a Burger King franchise, by a UK civil court on the claim of BTA Bank. According to a statement distributed by Verny Capital on 9 December 2020, the freezing
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Glencore's copper subsidiary shares held by Verny
Capital. In 2012, Glencore bought the Kazzinc shares back from Verny Capital for $ 1.359 billion, including $ 400 million in cash and the rest in Glencore shares. In 2013, Glencore-controlled zinc producer Kazzinc, acquired the
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Utemuratov was born in 1957. His father worked in the judiciary and was a prosecutor, and his mother worked as an accountant. Utemuratov graduated from the
Faculty of Economics of the Almaty Institute of National Economy in 1981.
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In 2013, Glencore gave a loan to Astana
Property Management (APM), a company owned by Bulat Utemuratov via Verny Capital. The loan was to finance APM's construction of the Talan Towers hotel and apartment complex in
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the Swiss-based mining and commodities company, announced its initial public offering (IPO) in London, the company said that some of the proceeds would be used to buy back the
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Temirbank and part of its shares in Alliance Bank to Utemuratov in May 2014, ForteBank was created.
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English Court in relation to the assets of Bulat Utemuratov had been revoked following a settlement between the two parties.
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saying he: "is neither a middleman, nor proxy for President Nazarbayev" and that he had not profited from his relationship with the President.
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