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Timur Turlov
Timur Turlov FRHC
Chief Executive Officer, Director, Freedom Holding Corp.
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CI Ukraine interviews Freedom Holding founder Timur Turlov #FIDE #ukraine #samarkand

📅 Sep 21, 2026 Capitol Intel Group/BBN www.capitolintelgroup.com 9 MIN 304 VIEWS 47 SEGMENTS · 5 SPEAKERS
Freedom Holding Corp [Nasdaq: FRHC] CEO and founder Timur Turlov speaks to Capitol Intelligence/CI Ukraine using CI Glass on managing geopolitical risks ahead of elections for the presidency of the world chess federation FIDE during the 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad in Samarkand, Uzbekistan

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  1. 0:01How do you feel you're able to manage that being from the business sector, especially being in the United States business sector?
  2. 1:03Because you're taking a lot of financial risk in this position, right?
Interviewer 0:01 ↗
A question from the American press. You are the owner of a New York stock-listed company and you have the most delicate political things going on next door. You know, Ukraine, Russia, war, Iran, Israel, United States. How do you feel you're able to manage that being from the business sector, especially being in the United States business sector?
Timur Turlov 0:21 ↗
Um, I think, um, I'm proud to be a citizen of Kazakhstan, actually a middle power, a country who is, uh, uh, trying to keep a right balance, uh, uh, in, in this region and, uh, try to, uh, advocate for this, uh, and, uh, definitely, uh, try to, uh, keep independence in their foreign policy, because independence, I think, is the best asset for Kazakhstan and the asset which is appreciated by every person, including... So, uh, I'm sure that my role at Freedom is, uh, to, uh, uh, to unite people, to unite community and make sure that people don't complain, it's all positional.
Interviewer 1:03 ↗
Because you're taking a lot of financial risk in this position, right?
Timur Turlov 1:06 ↗
Of course, that's my responsibility, and I never was, uh, I never was trying to take any responsibility.
Interviewer 1:13 ↗
Okay. Thank you, sir. Thank you.
Spicy bubble. Spicy bubble. Heat. Heat. Chocolate. Uh. Still. Hi. Peter, I'm a reporter. How you doing? How you doing?
You seem very young, and you guys are young. So you're representing Palestine here.
Interviewee 4:30 ↗
Yeah.
Interviewer 4:31 ↗
Must be against Albania.
Interviewee 4:34 ↗
Yes. This is from Albania.
Interviewer 4:37 ↗
No, no, I'm an American reporter, but I'm just a financial reporter. So I'm doing a piece.
Interviewee 4:43 ↗
Yeah.
Interviewer 4:44 ↗
Oh, yeah. Yeah. So you are, so you're representing Palestine in the chess match.
Interviewee 4:50 ↗
Oh, thank you.
Interviewer 4:50 ↗
Yeah. So you must be proud to represent your country in an international. No. How old are you?
Interviewee 4:58 ↗
16.
Interviewer 4:59 ↗
16. And how old?
Interviewee 5:00 ↗
21.
Interviewer 5:01 ↗
21. 21. 21. And where are you from?
Interviewee 5:06 ↗
What? Where? Where? Hebron.
Interviewer 5:14 ↗
Where? Okay. You know Bashir Mazari? Bash.
Interviewee 5:33 ↗
Okay.
Yeah. Photographer, media.
Interviewer 5:43 ↗
What's your name?

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Turlov, T. (2026, September 21). CI Ukraine interviews Freedom Holding founder Timur Turlov #FIDE #ukraine #samarkand [Interview transcript]. Capitol Intel Group/BBN www.capitolintelgroup.com. CEOInterviews.AI. https://ceointerviews.ai/interview/3023527/

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Timur Turlov. "CI Ukraine interviews Freedom Holding founder Timur Turlov #FIDE #ukraine #samarkand." Capitol Intel Group/BBN www.capitolintelgroup.com, 21 Sep. 2026. Transcript, CEOInterviews.AI, https://ceointerviews.ai/interview/3023527/.

BibTeX 
@misc{turlov2026_3023527,
  author       = {Timur Turlov},
  title        = {CI Ukraine interviews Freedom Holding founder Timur Turlov #FIDE #ukraine  #samarkand},
  howpublished = {Interview transcript, Capitol Intel Group/BBN www.capitolintelgroup.com. CEOInterviews.AI},
  year         = {2026},
  month        = {sep},
  url          = {https://ceointerviews.ai/interview/3023527/},
  note         = {Speaker-attributed transcript with timestamps}
}