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It's generally known that Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration Baglan Maylybayev convicted for divulging state secrets was closely tied to representatives of a foreign country. However, little is known about the specifics of this collaboration. At the same time, this information would help to shed light on many events of the recent years...
The lucky devil who bought the luxury apartment in Paris' Golden Triangle for 65 mln euro last year works as a top-manager at KazMunayGaz NC, says our insider. Does anyone want to take a guess at who it is?
When former Chairman of Bank RBK Zhomart Ertayev was arrested in Moscow, Deputy Prosecutor General of the Republic of Kazakhstan Andrey Lukin announced with confidence to Tengrinews.kz that the negotiations with the Russian law-enforcement agencies was underway and Ertayev would be extradited to Kazakhstan...
There is talk that Adilbek Dzhaksybekov wants to leave Nazarbayev Administration and become the Director of the Presidential Affairs Department. In his turn, Abay Bisembayev is being considered as one of the real candidates for the position of the Almaty governor...
On March 28, 2018, the Public Prosecution Office of the Almaty Medeyski district filed a request to close the Ratel.kz internet portal. The trial is now ongoing. The circumstances surrounding this media-resource have already received a reaction from the OSCE, Reporters Without Borders, Human Rights Watch, Committee to Protect Journalists. So far, however, it is unclear what happens next.
Former Deputy Chairman of Kazakhstan Engineering JSC Kanat Sultanbekov sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment for taking bribes (the imprisonment was later changed for a fee) was able to effectively pay the sum of 2.14 bln tenge imposed by the court. He paid the first 959 mln tenge on December 11, 2017; and he paid the remaining 1180 mln via two tranches completed on February 5 and February 6, 2018.
