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By: Global Voices Online » Kazakhstan: Aliev Intrigue

Global Voices Online » Kazakhstan: Aliev Intrigue — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 04:30:23 +0000

[...] Bonnie Boyd reports on some of the business-related intrigue in the conflict between Kazakhstan’s president and his son-in-law, Rakhat Aliyev. Share This [...]

By: bboyd

bboyd — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 16:29:01 +0000

Dear Michael,
Again thank you for the kind words, the hard work of translation, and the new information. Please do write again with any information, and I will link to your site so that others may read what you have found.

Sincerely,
Bonnie

By: Michael Laubsch

Michael Laubsch — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 15:48:17 +0000

Thx for the update, Bonnie. In our recent report, we also mentioned the suspicious fact that Aliyev on the one hand is accused of kidnapping two bank managers, on the other hand one bank-manager is under arrest in KAZ, the other one disappeared or is dead.

I don't want to write a novel, but knowing Kazakh secret actions for years now, it seems that there is more behind the case than just a family-member of the Kazakh President. There are some evidences that there is an intense fight of struggle going on in “Papa N's” family. It is obvious that Timur became more and more powerful, starting at the beginning of last year and that he in publis now says that he has political ambitions. At the same time, Dariga and her husband lost media companies already in January, Timur got more and more power. The new KAZ PM seems to be a close ally of Timur.
It all looks very strange and I doubt that it is only Aliyev who is behind the hole struggle. It's deeper, more intense and more dangerous.
We will try to get some new infos soon and will share it with you.

By: Registan.net

Registan.net — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 13:57:09 +0000

Updates on the Aliyev Scandal…

Bonnie Boyd does the intense leg work I’ve been unable to do on the Aliyev case, digging into the Austrian connections behind the arrests and noting the surreal conspiracy thriller aspects to the whole story. Really, go read the entire post for …