Asel Qurmanbaeva was the beneficiary of a $30 million payment from an offshore company, according to evidence presented in the Pandora Papers published by an international team of investigative journalists. For years, there have been reports she was in a secret long-term relationship with former Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev. So what do we know about her?
Related Posts
Glencore managed to get a $440m discount in the Congo. Paradise Papers Mining companies now controlled by commodities giant Glencore won $440…
The grandson and son-in-law of the first president of Kazakhstan, as well as the head of the National Security Committee…
The battle over fugitive billionaire Mukhtar Ablyazov stretches from Kazakhstan to Knightsbridge 1. The Kazakh connection In 2009, a fugitive…
Two decades ago, at a meeting with top business leaders in his oil-rich Central Asian country, Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev…
A British parliamentary subcommittee has opened an inquiry into tax avoidance and evasion in the wake of Paradise Papers revelations….
Editor’s Note: This article is written by a member of Stratfor’s Asia-Pacific team and is informed by their most recent visit to…
The former president — laying low since the country plunged into protest and violence in early January — hid banks,…
For more than a decade, one mysterious transportation company has been primarily responsible for moving Kazakhstan’s oil and gas by…
Dinara Kulibayeva a déboursé 106 millions de francs pour devenir la propriétaire du lieu. Elle possède déjà un domaine à…
A Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE / RL) study shows that relatives of former Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev…
David A. Merkel, a former U.S. State Department official, promotes the interests of former foreign government principals accused of corruption….
Aliya Nazarbayeva’s purchases included a $25m private jet and an £8.75m house in Highgate The daughter of the former president of…
Dictatorship was once famously compared to riding a tiger since there is such high risk of being devoured when dismounting…
Can Kazakhstan create an international financial centre in the middle of the steppes or is it just the latest central…
Fighting Graft in Almaty Will Also Test Western Anticorruption Commitments In January, Kazakhstan was in chaos: mass protests against corruption…