Peter Sahlas, left, the US lawyer representing Mukhtar Ablyazov speaks as his wife Alma Shalabayeva, right, and daughter Madina Ablyazova, centre listen, during a press conference, in Paris, Tuesday Jan. 7, 2014. An opposition leader from a country that has been ruled by the same man since 1989, a former banker accused of siphoning off billions, Mukhtar Ablyazov has been jailed since police special forces seized him July 31 in the south of France. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)