Galimzhan Yessenov and Akhmetzhan Yesimov, two long-standing figures in Kazakhstan’s corruption scene, have recently drawn scrutiny from media outlets in multiple countries.
Samruk-Kazyna reportedly embezzled billions with the involvement of ATFBank. While Kazakhstan’s authorities officially acknowledge the scheme, investigative bodies, including the Anti-Corruption Agency, have been slow to act against Galimzhan Yessenov and his father-in-law Akhmetzhan Yesimov.
Within a brief period, 80 people were detained at the ICBC "Khorgos" on the China-Kazakhstan border, all facing embezzlement charges.
Kazakh authorities acknowledge that Samruk-Kazyna, with the help of ATFBank, embezzled billions, yet the Anti-Corruption Agency and other investigative bodies have been slow to detain Galimzhan Yessenov and Akhmetzhan Yessimov’s father-in-law.
The arrest of Aidos Yespolov, brother of Asel Kurmanbayeva, the younger wife of Kazakhstan’s first president Nursultan Nazarbayev, may have surprised some, but only those entirely unaware of recent events in Kazakhstan.
Если арест Айдоса Есполова, который является братом Асель Курманбаевой, младшей супруги первого президента Нурсултана Назарбаева, и удивил кого-то, то, вероятно, только тех, кто совсем не в курсе событий в Казахстане.
After facing his first major challenge, Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev realized a crucial lesson: ruling slowly and cautiously, while pledging loyalty to Nursultan Nazarbayev, is ineffective.
После первого значительного испытания Президент Казахстана Касым-Жомарт Токаев осознал важную истину: управлять неторопливо, расслабленно, не внося изменений и оставаясь верным Нурсултану Назарбаеву, не удастся.
Samruk-Kazyna embezzled billions with the involvement of ATFBank. This fact is officially acknowledged by Kazakhstan’s current authorities, yet investigative agencies, including the Anti-Corruption Agency, have been slow to detain Galimzhan Yessenov and his father-in-law Akhmetzhan Yesimov.
The ongoing embezzlement at the National Welfare Fund "Samruk-Kazyna" doesn’t imply the same old methods. The new leadership has been tasked with abandoning the techniques of the honorably dismissed Akhmetzhan Yessimov and devising their own.
