Israelis of Kazakhstani Descent - Kazakhstani Immigrants to Israel, Alexander Mashkevitch, Vadim Alexeev, Boris Avrukh, Mark Gorman, Max Birbraer (Paperback)

Chapters: Kazakhstani Immigrants to Israel, Alexander Mashkevitch, Vadim Alexeev, Boris Avrukh, Mark Gorman, Max Birbraer. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 20. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Alexander Mashkevich (Hebrew: also transliterated Alexandr Mashkevic; Russian: ), born in 1954, is a businessman with major holdings and close political relationships in Kazakhstan. He holds both Kazakh and Israeli citizenship; according to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, he usually travels on his Israeli passport and "rarely spends more than a week each month in Kazakhstan." Mashkevich was born in Frunze, Kyrgyz SSR, Soviet Union in 1954 to Rakhel Yoffe (born in Belarus) and Anton (born in Lithuania). He is a graduate of Kyrgyz State University where he studied philology. Mashkevich started out an academic career but became a businessman during perestroika. Mashkevich, Patokh Chodiev, and Alijan Ibragimov form "the Trio," a group of Kazakh businessmen who became billionaires. The Trio gained control of the recently privatized chromium, alumina, and gas operations in Kazakhstan (some of the largest ones in the world). Mashkevich and fellow Trio members are awaiting trials in Belgium for money laundering, falsifying documents and criminal association. Even though these charges were filed five years ago, legal proceedings have been slow and the cases have not yet started. Mashkevich currently serves as President of the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress (EAJe one of the five regional branches of World Jewish Congress (WJe. In this capacity, he has visited a number of synagogues around the world and met with many prominent individuals. He also has the ear of some highly placed Israeli government leaders. For instance, in 2002, Mashkevich had a private meeting with then-Foreign Minister Shimon Peres...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=23969567