Lawyers For Kazakh President's Late Son-In-Law Vow To Fight On For Murder Probe

Edit Radio Free Europe (NewsDB Live) 16 Feb 2017
The Viennese authority announced on February 14 that there was no forensic evidence that the 52-year-old Aliyev, in custody over murder charges when his body was found hanging from a wall-mounted clothes hook in his cell in February 2015, was murdered ... Several 'Irregularities' ... Aliyev was also accused of money laundering while in Europe and of ordering the assassination of Kazakh opposition leader Altynbek Sarsenbaev in 2006 ... ....

Kyrgyz Film About Russian Mass Killings Still Not Approved For Viewing

Edit Radio Free Europe 15 Sep 2016
A Kyrgyz filmmaker says the fear of offending Moscow has thus far prevented officials from approving his film about the 1916 revolt against tsarist Russia that resulted in the deaths of at least 150,000 ethnic Kyrgyz ... St ... Medina Uchukeeva, who directed the film, said the screenplay had been completed with the approval of historians, scholars, the Kyrgyz film department, and with ex-Culture Minister Altynbek Maksutov ... Petersburg museum ... ....

True Islam teaches peace, not violence, leaders say at forum

Edit China Daily 22 Jul 2016
"War and violence are never seen as holy in Islam ... The forum started on Wednesday ... Altynbek Utiskhanuli, head of the general department of youth affairs in the Religious Administration of Kazakhstan's Muslims, said religious extremists may pose as Muslims but they don't really know about Islam, instead twisting the teachings to serve their own purposes ...   ....

Son Of Former Kyrgyz Prime Minister Jailed On Espionage Charges

Edit Radio Free Europe 18 May 2016
A court in Bishkek has sentenced a former Kyrgyz prime minister's son, Altynbek Muraliev, to 12 years in prison on espionage charges ... Altynbek Muraliev ......

Kyrgyzstan jails ex-premier's son for spying

Edit Topix 18 May 2016
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. A court in Kyrgyzstan has jailed the son of a former prime minister for 12 years for treason, a spokesman said Wednesday, while a source said he was accused of spying for neighbouring Kazakhastan. Altynbek Muraliyev, whose father headed the ex-Soviet Central Asian country's government from 1999 to 2000, received the sentence Tuesday from a court in the capital Bishkek ... ....

15 Two Russian TV channels won't be affected by Kyrgyzstan's laws limiting foreign media operation

Edit Topix 06 Jan 2016
Ministry of Culture, Information, and Tourism of the Kyrgyz Republic has presented a draft order of the Government on approval of the draft agreement with the Russian Government on cooperation in the field of mass communications. Minister Altynbek Maksutov said the draft law is aimed at strengthening and developing friendly relations between the two countries and cooperation in the field of information and communications ... ....

Kyrgyz Shootout Leaves Militant, Policeman, Civilians Dead

Edit Radio Free Europe 23 Oct 2015
A ministry spokesman said police had killed Altynbek Itibayev, who had been convicted of murder and faced more charges, after he barricaded himself inside an apartment on the top floor of a three-story building and shot at policemen ... Itibayev was freed from prison in a 2014 amnesty, then detained again in July after security forces killed six gunmen in clashes in Bishkek ... ....

Kyrgyz police in shootout with suspected Islamist escapee

Edit Yahoo Daily News 22 Oct 2015
A spokesman for the ministry said police believed Altynbek Itibayev, who has been convicted for murder and faces more charges, including those of terrorism, had barricaded himself inside a small building with another unidentified men. He said no casualties had been reported. (Reporting by Olga Dzyubenko; Writing by Olzhas Auyezov; Editing by Alexander Winning)Crime & JusticeSociety & CultureInterior Ministry ....

Kyrgyz police kill suspected Islamist escapee from prison in shootout

Edit Yahoo Daily News 22 Oct 2015
The incident followed two similar gunbattles between police and militants in July, a sign of deteriorating security in the Central Asian nation that hosts a Russian military air base. A ministry spokesman said police had killed Altynbek Itibayev, who had been convicted of murder and faced more charges, after he barricaded himself inside an apartment on the top floor of a three-storey building and shot at policemen....

Aliyev case: Co-accused walk free after Austrian court acquits them of aiding murder of bankers

Edit The Malta Independent 10 Jul 2015
Two Kazakhs who were co-accused along with Rakhat Aliyev over the murder of two bankers in 2007 have been acquitted of the charges and walked free out of court this afternoon ... His lawyers say they doubt this was a case of suicide ... Both men denied the charges ...   ... MrAliyev has also been investigated over money laundering, the murder of Kazakh opposition leader Altynbek Sarsenbayev and TV presenter Anastasiya Novikova ...   ....

Aliyev case: Co-accused released from pre-trial custody over dubious testimony

Edit The Malta Independent 30 Apr 2015
Two Kazakhs who were co-accused along with Rakhat Aliyev over the murder of two bankers in 2007 have been released from pre-trial detention after an Austrian judge found inconsistencies and contradictions in the evidence brought against them, their lawyer has confirmed ... MrAliyev has also been investigated over money laundering, the murder of Kazakh opposition leader Altynbek Sarsenbayev and TV presenter Anastasiya Novikova....

Kazakh ex-diplomat Rakhat Aliyev’s lawyers convinced his death was no suicide

Edit The Malta Independent 03 Mar 2015
He had long insisted that this allegation – and various others – were politically motivated ... Multiple suspicions flagged ... In February 2006, opposition politician Altynbek Sarsenbaiuly was shot dead with two aides, and a month later, Ms Nazarbayeva published an article alleging that her husband was one of the main suspects, among other things, creating a rift between her and her father in the process ...   ... ....

Banker Murders Probe, ‘Most Feared’ Poll: Compliance

Edit Bloomberg 31 Dec 2014
Rakhat Aliyev, the ex-husband of Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev’s eldest daughter, was charged in Austria in connection with the murder of two Kazakh bankers. Vienna prosecutors filed the charges Dec. 29, a spokesman, Thomas Vecsey, said in a telephone interview ... Their bodies were discovered on the outskirts of Almaty in May 2011 ... Altynbek Sarsenbayev was gunned down in February 2006 along with his assistant and driver ... Courts....
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