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January 8, 2021
Prominent Kazakh political figure Viktor Khrapunov has been granted asylum in Switzerland, as has his ex-wife. The pair would risk unfair treatment back in Kazakhstan, the Federal Administrative […]
November 21, 2019
The Office of the Attorney General of Geneva has closed an investigation into suspected money laundering in a case involving Viktor Khrapunov, the former mayor of Kazakhstan’s largest […]
November 20, 2019
P.1 Maurer on the Eve of a Delicate Trip to Kazakhstan The Kazakh affair. The Swiss judiciary draws a line under the so-called “Kazakh affair” after seven years […]
September 13, 2018
A former Swiss parliamentarian has been stripped of his immunity, paving the way for a legal investigation into corruption allegations over lobbying efforts by Kazakhstan. It is a […]
March 17, 2015
A former Swiss ambassador secretly lobbying for Kazakhstan’s interests inside the government building; or a Swedish arms factory’s nebulous attempt to influence Switzerland’s order for fighter jets: both […]
February 3, 2015
On Wednesday March 4th, France’s top appeal court ruled that billionaire Kazakh opposition politician and former banker Mukhtar Ablyazov could be extradited over an alleged six-billion-euro fraud. Meanwhile, […]
July 19, 2014
After communism fell, the majority of the republics of the former Soviet Union developed according to a similar pattern. Due to the lack of truly democratic stable regimes, […]
May 28, 2014
Kok Zhailyau ski resort – a project of President’s daughter Dinara Kulibaeva. As is known Kok Zhailyau ski resort construction is going to start in the first quarter […]
May 23, 2014
Translation of: Как казахские спецслужбы ловили Храпунова на «живца» Source:: Original publication, PDF
May 18, 2014
Agency for Fighting Corruption – a repressive machine guarding the interests of the main corruptionist of Kazakhstan. (Part II) In the first part of the article I elaborated […]
