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Investigation of the case of the former deputy head of the presidential administration Baglan Maylibaev is coming to a close, but there is still a lack of information on it. This probably, is one of the most resonant cases in recent times and of the least transparent.
Recent realignments in Kazakh media-propagandist structures speak of the fact that the minister of information and communications of RK Dauren Abaev is far from the main person in that sphere and moreover he isn’t even a master in his own institution.
After Astana and Almaty governors, Aset Isekeshev and Bauyrzhan Baybek, became the casualties of the clan war, Minister of Investments and Development Zhenis Kasymbek may, too, find himself in the hot seat. To be precise, the onslaught has already begun but, so far, it does not match the attacks on the first two officials in its scale, sharpness, and viciousness.
Since the socio-economic situation in Kazakhstan remains complicated, a new wave of personnel switching and resignations is inevitable in fall; one of those the head of the state might send for a deserved rest is akim of east Kazakhstan oblast Daniyal Ahmetov.
Kazakhstani president’s “shakedown” of Astana akim Aset Isekeshev, didn’t go unnoticed. This happened during a session dedicated to international specialized exhibition EXPO-2017 on April 21st 2017, and Kazakhstan’s president’s words about a “clean face and a butt full of holes” was quoted by all Kazakhstani print media outlets and internet-resources.
It is without a doubt that the issue of who will become Nazarbaev’s successor in charge of Kazakhstani government, will be decided as part of a inner-elite struggle. As of recently this struggle, if not quieted down than at least moved into media shadows, since it has become for everyone that angering fellow citizens during crisis is a bad idea.
