Abbas Khalaf was Saddam Hussein's personal Russian/Arabic interpreter and translator.
He was appointed by Saddam Hussein as the Iraqi Ambassador to Russia.
After the 2003 invasion of Iraq he remained in Russia with his family.
[1] According to [2] The U.S. Government has identified Abbas Khalaf Kunfuth (Kunfuth) as the former Iraqi Ambassador to Russia and a senior official of the former Iraqi regime, as described in Executive Order 13315 and in United Nations Security Council Resolution 1483.
Information available to the U.S. Government indicates that Kunfuth may have used his senior position to embezzle funds of the former regime.