| 01/04/2018 22:40 | Serviceman disarms severe offender in Almaty ( http://www.inform.kz/sitemap_en.xml (press release) )
ASTANA. KAZINFORM Lieutenant Colonel Zakir Karachev, a serviceman of air assault brigade, disarmed a citizen with criminal records and gave him in charge of police, Kazinform refers to the Kazakh Defense Ministry press service. According to the serviceman, his friend invited him and his family to ... |
| 12/27/2017 18:45 | Court in California granted Ilyas Khrapunov's motion to dismiss lawsuit of Kazakhstan against him ( AKIpress (press release) )
Judge Koh gave Kazakhstan 30 days to file an amended complaint. Kazakhstan's lawyer, William Murphy of Dillingham & Murphy in San Francisco, did not return an email requesting comment by press time. Ilyas Khrapunov is son of former Almaty mayor Viktor Khrapunov accused of multi-million fraud ... |
| 12/27/2017 04:20 | Israel's Bank Hapoalim mishandled sexual harassment complaint -regulator ( Reuters )
The employee, who has since left the bank, claimed she was harassed by Kenan at a hotel in Almaty, Kazakhstan, in December 2006. Israeli banks are required to disclose such matters to the regulator as they could disrupt the running of the bank. The case was also investigated by Israeli police, which ... |
| 12/26/2017 23:00 | Tenor Zhan Tapin to perfom 'La Traviata' in Astana Opera ( http://www.inform.kz/sitemap_en.xml (press release) )
KAZINFORM Zhan Tapin, a popular lyric tenor in the prime of his career, Honored Worker of Kazakhstan makes his debut in Alfredo Germont's part in La Verdi's La ... In 2012, he participated in the premiere productions of Carl Orff's Carmina Burana and Mozart's Abduction from the Seraglio (Almaty). |
| 12/25/2017 08:30 | Kazakhstan may appeal ruling over $22.6B frozen assets ( Egypttoday (blog) )
ALMATY - 24 December 2017: Kazakhstan's government and central bank may appeal a judgment by a British court in an effort to regain access to $22.6 billion (16.91 billion pounds) in National Fund assets frozen by Bank of New York Mellon (BK.N), the Kazakh Justice Ministry said on Saturday. |
| 12/24/2017 16:35 | Kazakhstan says it may appeal ruling over $22.6 bln frozen assets ( Yahoo Singapore News )
ALMATY (Reuters) - Kazakhstan's government and central bank may appeal a judgment by a British court in an effort to regain access to $22.6 billion in National Fund assets frozen by Bank of New York Mellon, the Kazakh Justice Ministry said on Saturday. In a rare move related to a long-standing legal ... |
| 12/24/2017 12:25 | Kazakhstan says it may appeal ruling over $22.6 billion frozen assets ( Reuters )
ALMATY (Reuters) - Kazakhstan's government and central bank may appeal a judgment by a British court in an effort to regain access to $22.6 billion ... In a rare move related to a long-standing legal dispute between Kazakhstan and a Moldovan businessman, BNY Mellon froze the assets in October. |
| 12/24/2017 08:55 | Kazakhstan says it may appeal ruling over $22.6 billion frozen assets ( euronews )
ALMATY (Reuters) â Kazakhstan's government and central bank may appeal a judgment by a British court in an effort to regain access to $22.6 billion (16.91 billion pounds) in National Fund assets frozen by Bank of New York Mellon <BK.N>, the Kazakh Justice Ministry said on Saturday. In a rare move ... |
| 12/21/2017 23:30 | BNY Mellon Freezes $22 Billion in Kazakhstan Assets: Source ( U.S. News & World Report )
ALMATY (Reuters) - The Bank of New York Mellon has frozen $22 billion in assets held by Kazakhstan's National Fund over a lawsuit launched by ... In October, Kazakhstan filed a civil racketeering lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in Washington, DC, against Anatolie and Gabriel Stati and two of their ... |
| 12/20/2017 22:25 | OSCE enhances identification and profiling skills of border guards in Kazakhstan ( AKIpress (press release) )
OSCE enhances identification and profiling skills of border guards in Kazakhstan ... COM - An OSCE-supported national seminar on identification and profiling techniques for officers of Kazakhstan's Border Service and Migration Police concluded in Almaty on 13 December 2017, OSCE said Wednesday ... |
| 12/12/2017 21:20 | Multiple arrests made in suspected laundering of more than $50 million ( Astana Times )
13 in Almaty Iskander Yerimbetov, Vasilina Sokolenko, Dmitriy Pestov and Mikhail Zorov on suspicion of embezzlement and money laundering. ... Chairman of Kazakhstan's Agency for Civil Service Affairs and Anti-Corruption Kairat Kozhamzharov spoke on the issue during an international ... |
| 12/12/2017 02:30 | Kazakh President proposes Zhakyp Assanov as candidate to chair Supreme Court ( http://www.inform.kz/sitemap_en.xml (press release) )
In 1996, he became the First Deputy Head of the Tax Police Department of South Kazakhstan region. From February 2001 to February 2002, he worked as the First Deputy Prosecutor of Almaty city. He also was a prosecutor of Pavlodar region. In June 2003, Mr. Assanov was appointed Vice Minister of ... |
| 12/07/2017 20:35 | Serial killer dubbed 'Almaty ripper' arrested after he managed to kill third victim ( AKIpress (press release) )
Sputnik Kazakhstan news agency reported citing sources that the suspect killed the last victim on December 6. He wanted to rape a casual passerby and took her to the heating mains threating to kill. "The victim, however, was not raped, but killed. The suspect cut her throat with a piece of glass, then ... |
| 12/05/2017 00:50 | Ex-Chief Of Kazakh Journalists' Union Released From Prison ( RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty )
Mataev told journalists upon leaving the penal colony in Zarechny, near Almaty, on December 4 that he hopes his son Aset Mataev, who was sentenced to five years in prison in the same case, will soon be released as well. The Qapshaghai City Court in Kazakhstan's southeastern Almaty region granted ... |
| 12/01/2017 10:30 | EU Needs to Press for Kazakhstan Reforms Now ( Human Rights Watch )
Most recently, in September, an Almaty court convicted Zhanbolat Mamay, editor of the independent Sayasy Kalam: Tribuna newspaper, on politically motivated money laundering charges and banned him from journalism for three years. Beginning in last December, Kazakh authorities began a ... |
| 11/30/2017 01:45 | EU needs to press for Kazakhstan reforms now ( EUobserver )
Authorities have continued to restrict media freedom and target critical journalists, and have harassed human rights organisations with unjustified tax inspections. Most recently, in September, an Almaty court convicted Zhanbolat Mamay, editor of the independent Sayasy Kalam: Tribuna newspaper, ... |
| 11/24/2017 07:20 | RFE/RL: Kyiv court releases Kazakh blogger on Ukrainian lawmaker's request ( UNIAN )
She previously faced a series of court hearings in Almaty for alleged infractions, including jaywalking, that she considered politically motivated retaliation for her criticism of authorities. At least four other Kazakh opposition and rights activists â Ermek Narymbaev, Moldir Adilova, Aidos Sadyqov, and ... |
| 11/23/2017 07:40 | Kyiv Court Releases Kazakh Blogger On Ukrainian Lawmaker's Request ( RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty (blog) )
A Kyiv court has released a Kazakh blogger from detention at a Ukrainian ... She previously faced a series of court hearings in Almaty for alleged ... |
| 11/21/2017 07:35 | Bank's $4 Billion Fraud Allegations Return to London Courtroom ( Bloomberg )
Nine years after $4 billion in alleged embezzlement by the chairman of Kazakhstan's biggest bank nearly caused its collapse, the legal fight over the ... Charles Samek, an attorney representing Ablyazov's son-in-law, said that BTA Bank in Almaty had arranged for Russian law enforcement officials to ... |
| 11/20/2017 13:40 | The Courts Speak: Bank Liability for Alleged AML Failures Impacting Third Parties, and Hauling ... ( The National Law Review )
In City of Almaty v. Ablyazov, the Southern District of New York addressed âan alleged conspiracy by which prominent citizens of Kazakhstan ... |
