{
  "id": 11261842,
  "title": "Russian prosecutors file lawsuit against Kazakh businessman and new International Chess Federation president Timur Turlov",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/russian-prosecutors-file-lawsuit-against-kazakh-businessman-and-new",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-01T19:02:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Meduza (English)",
    "slug": "meduza-english",
    "url": "https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/10/01/russian-prosecutors-file-lawsuit-against-kazakh-businessman-and-new-international-chess-federation-president-timur-turlov"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "According to Russia’s Prosecutor General’s Office, they have filed a civil lawsuit against Kazakhstani businessman Timur Turlov and his holding company, Freedom Finance. The lawsuit was filed in Moscow’s Tverskoy District Court, but the specific allegations have not been disclosed. The lawsuit includes Freedom Holding Corp., Freedom Finance Europe Ltd., and W-Empirical Holding Corp. as defendants. Timur Turlov, a Russian-born businessman, was recently elected as the president of the International Chess Federation (FIDE), succeeding former Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich, who was sanctioned by the EU. Turlov became a citizen of Kazakhstan in 2022 after renouncing his Russian citizenship and had been living in Kazakhstan for over 10 years. Forbes ranked him among the world's richest people in 2021 and 2026, with a fortune estimated at $5.2 billion. Freedom Holding, founded by Turlov in 2008 while he was still in university, provides financial services in 22 countries.",
  "summary": "Russia’s Prosecutor General’s Office has sued Kazakhstani businessman Timur Turlov and Freedom Finance, the holding company he founded, RBC reported. A deputy prosecutor general filed the lawsuit in Moscow’s Tverskoy District Court.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}