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• Where Lie the Facts?

  After this daring story of kidnapping and escape: Yesterday press service of the Foreign Ministry held a briefing and told an incredible story about the runaway of Mukhtar Aliyev – prominent surgeon and father of disgraced former presidential son-in-law – from his son. According to the MFA, Aliyev Sr. allegedly crawled over the fence, which […]

  5/13/09 • (Comments Off on Where Lie the Facts?)

• KNB Hiring In Austria

  According to the Austrian Times, two Austrian policemen have been arrested on charges of spying for Kazakhstan. The article refers only to “the secret service” of Kazakhstan, which I assume refers to the KNB, the main intelligence agency of Kazakhstan. One officer apparently had worked in the internal affairs office of Austria. Most interestingly, these […]

  2/18/09 • (Comments Off on KNB Hiring In Austria)

• Now the British Intelligence is Involved

  According to the Sunday Times, Two MI6 agents may have assisted Dariga Nazarbayeva in collecting information. Recall that Nazarbayeva, the daughter of the President of Kazakhstan, hired a variety of consultants to collect information about the Kazakhgate trial, a fact that came to light when Rakhat Aliyev, Nazarbayeva’s ex-husband, threatened to publish the reports. The […]

  1/19/09 • (Comments Off on Now the British Intelligence is Involved)

• Scandals in Review

  Sorry that once again this blog went through a dry spell. No sooner had I returned from Mongolia than I was deluged with work on a new assignment. The past two or three weeks have been heavy with news. Most notably, Rakhat Aliyev most definitely does read the Wall Street Journal In fact, in a […]

  7/29/08 • (Comments Off on Scandals in Review)

• Rakhat Aliyev Must Read the Wall Street Journal

  Or my blog. Or the Roberts Report. Days after The Wall Street Journal reported that Dariga Nazarbayeva had commissioned a report on the Kazakh Gate trial and that the document (hundreds of pages long) was in Rakhat Aliyev’s hands, Mr. Aliyev has announced his willingness to give evidence in the Kazakh Gate trial. Rakhat Aliyev […]

  5/18/08 • (2)

• Dariga Nazarbayeva Monitored Kazakhgate Trial

  According to a recent Wall Street Journal article, Dariga Nazarbayeva hired private consultants to collect information about the Kazakhgate trial. One of the companies she controls, World Media Corporation, hired private consultants to investigate the case, in which the Justice Department alleges that businessman James Giffen bribed President Nazarbayev with a total of $84 million […]

  5/14/08 • (2)

• Aliyev Plotted to Overthrow Government

  Following his conviction for kidnapping, criminal conspiracy, misuse of state property and fraud and sentence of 20 years in prison, Rakhat Aliyev, former son-in-law of President Nazarbayev, former Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, and former head of the KNB, among other posts, was tried and convicted by a military tribunal. Because the trial involved discussion of […]

  3/28/08 • (1)

• Aliyev Found Guilty

  Rakhat Aliyev’s first trial in absentia is over. He was found guilty of kidnapping, organizing a criminal group, extortion, robbery, misappropriation of state property, and fraud, and sentenced him in absentia to 20 years in prison along with the confiscation of his property. ” The judge also recommended that he be stripped of all state […]

  1/17/08 • (1)

• Crackdown on Opposition Sites

  According to the New York Times, two websites with .kz registration were shut down and two other sites blocked from access within Kazakhstan. The sites, kub.kz, and geo.kz as well as zona.net and inkar.info, were well known for publishing opposition articles and news criticizing the government. Most recently, they published phone calls allegedly recorded by […]

  10/24/07 • (Comments Off on Crackdown on Opposition Sites)

• More Shifts and a son-in-law is dismissed

  Earlier this week, President Nazarbayev appointed a new Minister of Energy and a new Minister of Labor and Social Protection, as well as a new deputy Prime Minister. What is odd is that the constitutional reforms advocated by the President required that Parliament approve new Ministers. However, last Tuesday when the announcements were made, the […]

  9/01/07 • (Comments Off on More Shifts and a son-in-law is dismissed)

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