As if that were not enough, the prosecutor general's office also said it had issued an international warrant for the arrest of Nikolai Gololobov, a lawyer representing Yukos.

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The authorities in Kazakhstan issued an international warrant for the arrest of Rakhat Aliyev, the son-in-law of President Nursultan Nazarbayev who was until last month the country's ambassador to Austria.

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