Murat Bektanov, who was dismissed from the post of Kazakh defence minister in January amid nationwide unrest, was detained in the case of the inaction of the authorities, the Prosecutor General’s Office said on Monday. The office launched a pre-trial investigation against Bektanov over alleged inaction while on service. “On […]
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Former Kazakh national security chief taken into custody on treason charges
Karim Masimov, the former chief of Kazakhstan’s National Security Committee, was taken into custody on treason charges, the committee said on Saturday. The committee said that a pre-trial investigation was opened into him and unnamed others on Thursday on suspicion of high treason after the Central Asian nation was hit by violent protests. […]