Comments on: Kazakhstan’s First Family http://registan.net/index.php/2007/05/29/kazakhstans-first-family/ Central Asia News -- All Central Asia, All The Time Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:53:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mashdi http://registan.net/index.php/2007/05/29/kazakhstans-first-family/comment-page-1/#comment-374816 Mashdi Thu, 31 May 2007 08:40:32 +0000 http://www.registan.net/index.php/2007/05/29/kazakhstans-first-family/#comment-374816 I was in a Western embassy on Wednesday (in Almaty) talking with a few people, and during our mid-morning chat an email came infrom the KZ gov naming quite a few people, apparently cronies of Aliyev, that should not be given visas if they approach the embassy. It seems some of his local team, now stuck in Kazakhstan with warrants out for 'em, weren't as lucky when the shit hit the fan. I was in a Western embassy on Wednesday (in Almaty) talking with a few people, and during our mid-morning chat an email came infrom the KZ gov naming quite a few people, apparently cronies of Aliyev, that should not be given visas if they approach the embassy.

It seems some of his local team, now stuck in Kazakhstan with warrants out for ‘em, weren’t as lucky when the shit hit the fan.

]]> By: KZBlog http://registan.net/index.php/2007/05/29/kazakhstans-first-family/comment-page-1/#comment-374802 KZBlog Wed, 30 May 2007 06:33:38 +0000 http://www.registan.net/index.php/2007/05/29/kazakhstans-first-family/#comment-374802 Last night he announced that he thought staying in Vienna was the best thing for him and his children. So sounds like he will either apply for asylum or just hide out. I doubt Austria would grant it. He is wanted for a fairly serious crime and the arrest warrant did come at the request of the President, according to the media here too. So it would be a pretty big slap in the face to KZ for Austria to hold him Last night he announced that he thought staying in Vienna was the best thing for him and his children. So sounds like he will either apply for asylum or just hide out. I doubt Austria would grant it. He is wanted for a fairly serious crime and the arrest warrant did come at the request of the President, according to the media here too. So it would be a pretty big slap in the face to KZ for Austria to hold him

]]> By: Timur http://registan.net/index.php/2007/05/29/kazakhstans-first-family/comment-page-1/#comment-374801 Timur Wed, 30 May 2007 03:50:50 +0000 http://www.registan.net/index.php/2007/05/29/kazakhstans-first-family/#comment-374801 He needs asylum. Gulnara karimova needs a rich husband. Karimov dislikes Nazarbayev. The only problem is will Aliyev part with few hundred million of his sitting in swiss bank? It will be better than ending up in Nazaristan. He needs asylum. Gulnara karimova needs a rich husband. Karimov dislikes Nazarbayev. The only problem is will Aliyev part with few hundred million of his sitting in swiss bank? It will be better than ending up in Nazaristan.

]]> By: Teo http://registan.net/index.php/2007/05/29/kazakhstans-first-family/comment-page-1/#comment-374797 Teo Tue, 29 May 2007 19:37:57 +0000 http://www.registan.net/index.php/2007/05/29/kazakhstans-first-family/#comment-374797 Nice roundup, Josh. This <a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/f59a8be0-0d31-11dc-937a-000b5df10621.html" rel="nofollow">FT report</a> suggests he's leaning towards asylum in Austria and definitely not returning to Kazakhstan anytime soon. Part of an interview I translated on my <a href="http://nonpon.wordpress.com/2007/05/30/rakhat-aliyev-kyrgyz-kazakh-nepotism/" rel="nofollow">post here</a> suggests he's likely to seek refuge with Lebanese relatives. If he's not silenced somehow, Aliyev's likely to keep making noise, whether or not people in Kazakhstan care. Nice roundup, Josh. This FT report suggests he’s leaning towards asylum in Austria and definitely not returning to Kazakhstan anytime soon. Part of an interview I translated on my post here suggests he’s likely to seek refuge with Lebanese relatives. If he’s not silenced somehow, Aliyev’s likely to keep making noise, whether or not people in Kazakhstan care.

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