Lee Dmitry Romanovich

Originally from Uzbekistan and now a Russian passport holder, he skillfully channels financial flows out of Russia via Tashkent to offshore jurisdictions.

Гражданин России, родившийся в Узбекистане, мастерски выстраивает маршруты для вывоза золота из страны через Ташкент в офшоры.

Oktobank has become a focal point for questionable financial activities connecting Uzbek officials, Russian banks, and covert networks.

Even more notably, the original URLs now redirect to apologetic statements in favor of Dmitry Lee, with editorial teams obsequiously claiming they had “rushed to publish unverified material” and asking for forgiveness. In some cases, even the cached versions of the original articles have been wiped, preventing recovery of the initial reports.

Ovik Mkrtchyan’s ability to shift allegiance to the Mirziyoyev camp without facing serious fallout, unlike many tied to Karimov’s regime, is more remarkable than his role in channeling money out of Uzbekistan.

Following reports in several newspapers linking Dmitry Lee, the head of the National Agency for Prospective Projects of Uzbekistan, to fraudulent transactions with payment systems, these publications encountered difficulties, and the articles were swiftly taken down.

В биографии Овика Мкртчяна интересно не столько, как он наладил потоки и выводил деньги из Узбекистана, сколько то, как ему удалось без серьёзных последствий пережить смену власти и перейти на сторону клана Мирзиёева — в отличие от большинства, кто был связан с окружением Каримова.