Tag: Alkagesta
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Azeri Press: British lawyer paid £1 million to take down articles on Adnan Ahmadzada’s companies from the internet
The Azeri press is reporting that a British lawyer called Tim Maltin of MaltinPR (no relation to Malta) was paid up to £1 million to take down articles about Adna Ahmadzada’s companies from the internet. The Azeri press is reporting that Tim Maltin was delegated to address articles about Oilmar DMCC and Maddox DMCC, both…
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A reply to the Wiki vandals doing Alkagesta’s bidding
There has been an extensive debate on multiple pages on Wikipedia with some contributors and commentators on the website accusing The Maltese Herald of not being reliable and also of being a personal blog (The Maltese Herald originated from my personal website). The Maltese Herald started in October 2024 with three employees and two part-time…
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The Maltese Herald featured in a new Swiss investigation on Alkgaesta
The Maltese Herald has been featured in a new investigation on Alkgaesta: Malta’s largest oil bunkerer. The secret-owner of the Azerbaijani oil trading cony based in Malta, Adnan Ahmadzada was arrested last year in Azerbaijan over oil fraud. He is suspected of trafficking Russian oil and mixing Russian oil with other oil products. The new…
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Alkagesta’s pipsqueaks accuse us of racism and pro-Armenian bias: this is false
Alkagesta, being the fraudsters that they are, have reacted to our investigation about them on The Maltese Herald with a very extensive PR campaign that involved sponsored articles on the local press, vexatious copyright claims to Google about our articles, and also a blogging campaign with rumours, stupidity and disinformation. One of the latest accusations…
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Alkagesta announces €15 million credit line from FIMBank
Alkagesta, Malta’s largest oil cargo-handler, has acquired a credit line of $15 million from FIMBank. The company announced this news itself on its website. The credit line is unusual because Alkagesta uses foreign banks for its operations such as Raiffeisen Bank, which is the largest European bank still operating in Russia. Alkagesta is under increased…
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New trading link between Elctrogas/SOCAR clique and Alkagesta emerges
A new connection between the Electrogas/SOCAR clique of traders and Alkagesta, Malta’s largest oil cargo-trader, has emerged thanks to an indirect link found by oil and energy industry press outlet Euro Asia News. The article notes that Maddox DMCC, a commodity trading company in Dubai, lists Russia as one of its major oil suppliers along…
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Kamran Agayev, Alkagesta’s frontman, is living in Moscow – Azeri press
Kamran Agayev, who looks like he could have worked as a night-club bouncer, but is actually the official owner of Alkagesta, is living in Moscow, Russia, according to the Azeri press. Despite official records showing that Kamran Agayev is the majority shareholder of Alkagesta, he is widely believed to be fronting his cousin, Adnan Ahmadzada.…
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Austria fights for preferential treatment over Raiffeisen Bank
Austria is fighting fore preferential treatment in the upcoming 19th sanctions package against Russia by the EU over its Raiffeisen Bank. According to the Financial Times the bank is following Russian law and Russian Courts in order to claw-back frozen assets under its custody which were owned by sanctioned Russian individuals. The complex procedure involves…
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Alkagesta: Paying 5% taxes (for producing nothing)
In its last posted accounts for 2022, Alkagesta declared in Malta it made a profit of €42.4 million and paid just just €2.1 million in tax. We could confirm from official sources that Alkagesta is paying the low tax-rate of 5% that applies to foreign companies registered in Malta. Alkagesta is being investigated by both…
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Alkagesta accused of trafficking Russian oil in Romania
A major Romanian media outlet ran a story about Alkagesta’s operations in Romania, making accusations similar to those it faces in Azerbaijan — namely, mixing Russian crude oil with other products. The story by RomaniaTV states that Alkagesta is being suspected of having mixed Russian oil with supply of product in its bunkering operations at…
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Businessnow.mt defends Alkagesta and denies that it is being investigated (the owner of the company is under arrest)
Businessnow.mt has turned full mercenary and is now defending Allkagesta, even spreading fake news by denying that Alkagesta is being investigated while its owner is under arrest in Azerbaijan for fraudulently dealing in Russian oil. They also claimed that the we are the only source for these claims – the story has been published throughout…
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Content House launders the reputation of suspected criminals who are under investigation for serious crimes
Jesmond Bonello built a media empire in Malta (Content House) by getting paid to reproduce government press releases. Now, one of his pseudo-press outlets, called Businessnow.MT is taking money from Alkagesta to launder its reputation while it is being investigated worldwide. Most of the press in Malta has taken money from Alkagesta while investigations have kickstarted…
