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Tax authorities catch up with hidden 'Kazakhgate' commission

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French former UDI Senator Aymeri de Montesquiou.
French former UDI Senator Aymeri de Montesquiou. © Vincent Isore/IP3 Press/MaxPPP

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy's representative for Central Asia, Aymeri de Montesquiou received an undeclared sum of €199,000 during a project with oligarch Patokh Chodiev, the primary mediator in Airbus Group's military equipment and satellite deal with Kazakhstan.

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