Summary Ablyazov became an opposition figure after being arrested over the fraud charges.
ROME (AFP) - An Kazakh tycoon s wife and daughter arrived in Italy on Friday after being given new visas allowing them to leave Kazakhstan, reversing an earlier deportation order that ignited a political storm in Rome.
Alma Shalabayeva, the wife of exiled oligarch and opposition figure Mukhtar Ablyazov, and their daughter, Alua, arrived in Rome from Kazakhstan via Germany.
The hasty expulsion of Shalabayeva and the then six-year-old Alua in May with no appeal allowed, forced the interior ministry s chief of staff to resign.
Italian media reports claim police acted at the behest of Kazakhstan s ambassador to Rome and say the Italian energy major ENI acted as an intermediary -- a charge denied by ENI and currently under investigation.
Ablyazov himself has been arrested in France and is facing extradition requests from Russia and Ukraine.
A former Kazakh energy and trade minister, he is accused of having stolen billions of dollars (euros) in state and investor funds while leading the Kazakh BTA Bank, which also had interests in Russia and Ukraine.
Ablyazov became an opposition figure after being arrested over the fraud charges. He then fled Kazakhstan, saying the accusations against him were politically motivated.
