The Uzbek Prosecutor-General’s Office has asked Russian authorities to freeze real estate in Russia that belongs to Gulnara Karimova, the daughter of the late autocratic Uzbek President Islam Karimov.
Gulnara Karimova, the eldest daughter of late Uzbek former president Islam Karimov, has been remanded in custody following a 2015 conviction for extortion and embezzlement and is being investigated for more crimes, the Uzbek Prosecutor General’s office said on Friday.
Uzbekistan said today that it has jailed the eldest daughter of late president Islam Karimov, Gulnara Karimova – once a prominent socialite, fashion designer and singer – after charging her with massive fraud and money laundering.
The elder daughter of Uzbekistan’s late President Islam Karimov was questioned recently over money-laundering accusations by Swiss prosecutors while under house arrest in Tashkent, according to a lawyer who attended the meetings.
MOSCOW — Islam Karimov, who crushed all opposition in the Central Asian country of Uzbekistan as its only president in a quarter-century of independence from the Soviet Union, has died of a stroke at age 78, the Uzbek government announced Friday.
Journalist Hanoch Daum on Thursday shared an emotional clip on Facebook, showing a visibly moved young Israeli police officer who made Aliyah from Uzbekistan after reconnecting with her Jewish roots completing her conversion process and officially rejoining the Jewish people.