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Monday, 19 May 2003

RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES REPORTEDLY ISSUE WARRANT FOR ARREST OF TOP TURKMEN OPPOSITION MEMBER

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By empty (5/19/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)

Turkmen Prosecutor-General Kurbanbibi Atadjanova has said that Moscow Oblast\'s Zarai Raion court has issued an arrest warrant for the former head of Turkmenistan\'s Central Bank, Khudaiberdy Orazov. Orazov fled to Russia in early 2002 and joined the Turkmen opposition in exile. The Turkmen authorities subsequently accused him of embezzling $72 million during his tenure at the Central Bank.
Turkmen Prosecutor-General Kurbanbibi Atadjanova has said that Moscow Oblast\'s Zarai Raion court has issued an arrest warrant for the former head of Turkmenistan\'s Central Bank, Khudaiberdy Orazov. Orazov fled to Russia in early 2002 and joined the Turkmen opposition in exile. The Turkmen authorities subsequently accused him of embezzling $72 million during his tenure at the Central Bank. According to Atadjanova, the Russian arrest warrant charges Orazov with falsifying documents to obtain a Russian passport. She also alleged that he joined with fellow Turkmen opposition members in a plot to kill Turkmen President Saparmurat Niyazov, overthrow the country\'s constitutional order, and take power themselves. Niyazov has used the purported 25 November assassination attempt against him to destroy the opposition in exile. (turkmenistan.ru)
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