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Why Did Dariga Meet with Usmanov?

Why Did Dariga Meet with Usmanov?

Kz.expert has recently received an interesting video accompanied by some no less interesting information. Our contact had accidentally recorded the Kazakh President’s daughter Senator Dariga Nazarbayeva at the shores of Monte Carlo in the close proximity of the Dilbar yacht belonging to Russian oligarch of the Uzbek origin Alisher Usmanov...

On Those Able to “Bustle About”

On Those Able to “Bustle About”

Vice Minister Timur Toktabayev suspected of corruption and embezzlement is, most likely, to preserve his post even under the agency’s new leadership. Not thanks to his outstanding managerial abilities but because he knows how to “bustle about”. And this quality comes in handy in the modern Kazakhstan...

In the Footsteps of the Great Combinator*

In the Footsteps of the Great Combinator*

The foreign investors who dare to pour their money into Kazakhstan have become used to the appetites of the local officials. All kinds of "feedbags" given for "fixing a problem" have been the norm for a very long time. However, it is something of a novelty when the state agencies employ fraudulent schemes. As, for instance, is demonstrated by the case of the Ministry for Investment and Development...

The Kasymbek Affair

The Kasymbek Affair

Based on the information received by kz.expert, Akorda is forming (or has already formed) a wide coalition whose main task is to stand up to Dariga Nazarbayeva and her clan. Among other things, it is to withstand her attempt to become her father’s successor as the President...

Two Birds with One Stone

Two Birds with One Stone

Yet another legal precedent has been created in Kazakhstan: an entrepreneur (who is also a member of an organized crime group) accused of oil stealing has been sentenced to a greater term in imprisonment than the group’s leader who, additionally, has been found guilty of several other serious crimes. As usual, it all boils down to politics...