22.09.2022
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Kazakhstan: Policeman was sent to prison for 7 years for sneakers, Christmas trees and compost

In Chimkent, the trial of the former head of the Local Police Service (LPS) of the city, Mukhtar Bukharbaev, who is accused of abuse of power, has ended. As ACCA has already reported, Mukhtar Bukharbaev was detained in April this year on suspicion of fraud using his official position. Moreover, a criminal case against a […]

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Kazakhstan: Participants in the January events received suspended sentences

Trials in the case of participants in the January trials have ended in the East Kazakhstan region. 11 residents of Ust-Kamenogorsk got off with suspended sentences for participating in mass riots and illegal possession of drugs. 4 of them received three years of probation, 7 more received 4 years of probation. But the 12th defendant […]

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Kazakhstan: The vice-mayor said that she was being judged because of her love for Nursultan Nazarbayev

The former vice-mayor of Atyrau region, Bakytgul Khamenova, who was accused of taking a large bribe, said that she didn’t agree with the accusations. The trial in her case is now taking place in Atyrau. She believes that she became a victim of persecution because of her love for the first President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan […]

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Kazakhstan: Two police chiefs were detained for taking a bribe

The Anti-Corruption Service of Kazakhstan detained two police chiefs in Kostanay region on suspicion of taking a bribe. As noted in the message of the Department, the head of the Police department of Denisovsky district Yerbol Shoshakov, the head of the local police service and another policeman demanded $6.2 thousand from local businessman Vladimir Shuller […]

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Kazakhstan: Journalist was convicted for filming a government motorcade

In Aktobe, the judge of the specialized inter-district court for administrative cases, Esdauir Muratkan, by his decision found the correspondent of the information portal Nur.kz Ardak Yerubayeva guilty of disobeying the police. The collision between the journalist and the police took place on August 31. Ardak Yerubayeva tried to photograph the government motorcade of the […]

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Kazakhstan: 1.5 thousand criminal cases were illegally initiated against businessmen

The investigating authorities opened criminal cases against businessmen and entrepreneurs without any grounds. This statement was made by the Prosecutor General’s Office of Kazakhstan. As noted in the department, over the past year, the investigating authorities conducted two thousand searches in the offices of entrepreneurs and seized the property of 60 businessmen. “Entrepreneurs face the […]

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Kazakhstan: New President follows Nazarbayev’s path

The constructor of New Kazakhstan, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, who took over the reins of power from the hands of the first President, Nursultan Nazarbayev (who led the country for almost 30 years). It looks like he also intends to stay in power as much as possible. In his annual message to the people, Tokayev announced […]

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Kazakhstan: The President promised an amnesty to the participants in the January riots

President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev believes that it’s necessary to show humanism and forgive the participants in the protests that took place in January 2022 in some large cities of the republic. The head of state stated this in his annual message to the people of the country. According to Tokayev, the days of ‘Tragic […]

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Kazakhstan: regional mayor terminated over corruption scandal

President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev accepted the resignation of the mayor of the Turkestan region Umirzak Shukeyev, whose direct subordinate was convicted of taking a bribe. We are talking about the former mayor of the city of Kentau Dauren Makazhanov. Recall, as ACCA has already reported, Makazhanov was detained in February of this year on […]

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