Comments on: Aliyev Goes Down… But For What? http://registan.net/index.php/2007/06/01/aliyev-goes-down-but-for-what/ 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: Joshua Foust http://registan.net/index.php/2007/06/01/aliyev-goes-down-but-for-what/comment-page-1/#comment-374852 Joshua Foust Sat, 02 Jun 2007 11:47:33 +0000 http://www.registan.net/index.php/2007/06/01/aliyev-goes-down-but-for-what/#comment-374852 KZ - Exactly. Kazakhstan and Austria don't have a formal extradition treaty, so the negotiations for Aliyev's release are going to be... involved. In fact, it wouldn't surprise me to learn that this case is used as leverage in the Nurbank sale. KZ –

Exactly. Kazakhstan and Austria don’t have a formal extradition treaty, so the negotiations for Aliyev’s release are going to be… involved. In fact, it wouldn’t surprise me to learn that this case is used as leverage in the Nurbank sale.

]]> By: KZBlog http://registan.net/index.php/2007/06/01/aliyev-goes-down-but-for-what/comment-page-1/#comment-374849 KZBlog Sat, 02 Jun 2007 06:07:15 +0000 http://www.registan.net/index.php/2007/06/01/aliyev-goes-down-but-for-what/#comment-374849 Nice catch! I was not aware of that. Rumors here are that Austria said they won't allow Kazakhstan police to arrest him on the territory of Austria. Which I would imagine is standard policy--he should be extradited first, yes? Nice catch! I was not aware of that. Rumors here are that Austria said they won’t allow Kazakhstan police to arrest him on the territory of Austria. Which I would imagine is standard policy–he should be extradited first, yes?

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