Anatolie Stati v. Emmanuel Grinshpun: Discovery Application

Application by Anatolie Stati, described as “a Moldovan businessman, who held interests in substantial oil fields in the Republic of Kazakhstan, which were wrongly expropriated by Kazakhstan resulting in the state’s obligation to pay a nearly $500 million international arbitral award”, to take discovery from Emmanuel Grinshpun for use in legal proceedings in Moldova against “Vladimir Voronin, Oleg Reidman, Emmanuel Grinshpun, Nursultan Nazarbayev, Karim Massimov, Timur Kulibayev, Kairat Boranbayev, Arvind Tiku, Alexander Mashkevich, Kanatbek Safinov, Arman Rakhimov, Serik Rakhimov, Grigory Andreev, Andrey Kiselyov, Marat Beketayev, Ruslan Ashenov, Orynbasar Kubygul, Almat Madaliyev, and other persons” for alleged “abuse of official authority, blackmail and attempted blackmail”, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.