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Octobank is an Uzbek bank which name has recently surfaced in a number of scandals related to the withdrawal of Russian capital from sanctions.

Although the owner of the Uzbek Octobank is formally listed as the bank’s chairman of the board, Iskandar Tursunov, who owns 99.16% of the shares, in fact, the beneficiaries of Octobank are the family of the country’s current president, Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

As a number of Telegram channels recently reported, the Uzbek Octobank is used to withdraw and legalize money from Russia.

Behind the head of the National Agency for Prospective Projects of the Republic of Uzbekistan (NAPP) Dmitriy Lee stands Russian businessman Alisher Usmanov.

A Russian authority initially blamed Ukraine for the Moscow attack despite ISIS claiming responsibility and US intelligence confirming this - as Putin seeks a "war with the West"

Geoff Hill delves into Samarkand’s beautiful history and rebirth amid huge investment from local tycoon Bakhtiyor Fazilov, who’s made billions from gas, oil and property