The wife and daughter of a fugitive Kazakh businessman have been deported from Italy back to Kazakhstan. Mukhtar Ablyazov accused Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev of kidnapping his family members.
Wara li l-Qorti ċaħdet it-talba li preżentaw tliet persuni mill-Kazakistan, Satzahn Ibraev, Tyotr Afanasenko u Akezhan Kazhegldin, fejn talbu lill-Kummisarju tal-Pulizija biex jieħu passi kontra Rakhat Aliyev dwar delitti kontra l-umanità li wettaq fil-Kazakistan, l-avukat tagħhom Lothar de Maiziere ddikjara li se jappella minn din is-sentenza.
After the court rejected the plea made by three people from Kazakhstan, Satzahn Ibraev, Tyotr Afanasenko and Akezhan Kazhegldin, where they requested the Commissioner of Police to take action against Rakhat Aliyev on crimes against humanity which he committed in Kazakhstan, their lawyer Lothar de Maizière declared that he will appeal this judgment.
Kazakhstani President Nursultan Nazarbayev opened the third ministerial meeting of the so-called Istanbul process, an international initiative for reconstructing and stabilizing Afghanistan in view of the International Security Assistance Force's (ISAF) forthcoming departure from this country. Speaking before the delegates of the 14 founding members of the "Heart of Eurasia" group as well as representatives of observer parties, including the United States and the European Union, Nazarbayev reminded them about Kazakhstan's continued efforts to help neighboring Afghanistan revive its economy and better integrate into the region.
Three homes worth more than £41 million formerly owned by a billionaire fraudster are on the market after a High Court ruling. They include the £20 million Carlton House on Hampstead's "Billionaire's Row" and the 100-acre Oaklands Park estate near Egham in Surrey. Among the features are swimming pools, a helipad, a Turkish bath for 12 and a Thunderbirds-style car lift.
Washington institutions esteemed for their independent scholarship don't disclose donations from corporations and foreign governments. The Center for American Progress, Washington's leading liberal think tank, has been a big backer of the Energy Department's $25 billion loan guarantee program for renewable energy projects. CAP has specifically praised First Solar, a firm that received $3.73 billion under the program, and its Antelope Valley project in California.
Creditors in a Kazakh bank are poised to see the first proceeds from a four-year court battle against its former chairman, a fugitive oligarch accused of embezzling $6.0 billion.
A United Nations report has implicated Azerbaijan and a Kazakhstan airline executive in violations of arms embargos against North Korea. The Associated Press acquired the report, to the U.N. Security Council committee monitoring sanctions against North Korea.
Lawyers wanted courts to force police to investigate former Kazakh diplomat exiled in Malta over torture and human rights abuses.
When Kazakhstan became independent 22 years ago and inherited some of the Soviet Union's nuclear weapons, it decided to give them up. If you follow Kazakhstan at all, you know this because Kazakhstan's government doesn't waste a single opportunity to mention the fact. Kazakhstan has made its status as one of the few governments to ever give up nuclear weapons the centerpiece of its efforts to position itself as a responsible member of the global community. It has started the anti-nuclear weapons testing group The Atom Project, and hosted international diplomatic negotiations on Iran's nuclear program.
