With a turf war raging in Astana as president Nursultan Nazarbayev's health declines, Kazakh oligarch Bulat Utemuratov reluctantly finds himself very much in the spotlight. [...]

International Dealmaking 29/11/2017

Aktau, another winner against Astana in front of ICSID

Aktau Group's recent arbitration victory over the government of Kazakhstan revealed the business methods of the Kulibayev clan, the family of President Nursultan Nazarbayev's son-in-law. [...]

International Dealmaking 15/11/2017

Hong Kong case sheds light on Kazakh-Chinese connections

A number of recent court cases in Hong Kong have targeted Dominic Lau, a key figure in Chinese-Kazakh state business dealings. [...]

International Dealmaking 01/11/2017

NATO consultant played major part in Kazakh smear campaign against Houranis

The Hourani brothers' recent victory before the ICSID comes after a long bout of psychological warfare against them conducted by the Kazakh government. [...]

International Dealmaking 18/10/2017

Airbus' helicopter sales channels in Astana under scrutiny

The Kazakh-gate legal investigation underway in Paris has lifted the lid on the consultants Airbus used to get in with the government in Astana in 2009. [...]

Breaking news 10/10/2017

Ablyazov case rebounds in France

According to our information, lawyer Antonin Lévy, who has represented Kazakh bank BTA, will be heard at his request on [...]

Government Intelligence 06/09/2017

Ablyazov, now free to travel, goes on counter-attack Free

Mukhtar Ablyazov, who is being pursued by the Kazakh government for alleged fraud, was taken off Interpol's red list at [...]

Corporate Intelligence 23/08/2017

Ablyazov's secret lobbying against Chodiev

According to our sources, Mukhtar Ablyazov, the dissident Kazakh oligarch, has been in contact with the Belgian parliamentary commission that [...]

Corporate Intelligence 21/06/2017

Utemuratov, Nazarbayev's trustee, risks exposure

Investigating suspicions of money-laundering connected with a series of financial transfers with Kazakhstan, the Dutch prosecution service is taking an [...]

Corporate Intelligence 07/06/2017

Dick Evans a discreet passenger in Air Astana IPO

A decision by Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev in late May [...]

Corporate Intelligence 08/02/2017

Woolf brings UK-style arbitration to Astana

According to our sources, an eminent British judge, Harry Woolf, is going to succeed in becoming the first president of [...]

Government Intelligence 21/12/2016

The KNB

The KNB is due to get extended powers when the [...]

International Dealmaking 07/12/2016

Kazakh mining oligarchs slug it out

Targeted by a number of law suits and numerous private investigations, the three shareholders in the mining giant ERNC are starting to fall out. [...]

Corporate Intelligence 16/11/2016

Episode 3 - Kazakhstan : Paid to track down the president's enemies

At the end of 2013, Bernard Squarcini joined the American business intelligence company Arcanum Global Intelligence (IOL 690), which put [...]

Government Intelligence 31/08/2016

The KNB

The KNB, the Kazakh intelligence service, has arrested a number [...]

International Dealmaking 13/07/2016

Kaztec grows into major offset player

In the ongoing reform of the Kazakh defence industry, Kazakhstan Technology (Kaztec) is making hay while Kazakhstan Engineering (KazEngineering) is [...]

Spotlight Corporate Intelligence 15/06/2016

Western companies seek key to Kazakhstan

One of the few export markets that has held up despite the global oil crisis, Kazakhstan remains an attractive proposition, if a little complicated, for defence companies. However agents, consultants, corporate intelligence firms and even government intelligence services are grappling [. [...]

Government Intelligence 13/04/2016

US, British advisors for military exercises

The next military exercises to demonstrate the deployment of the [...]

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