Kazakhstan
Fall of Nazarbayev's sons-in-law prompts restructuring of Kazakhstan's oil sector

Kazakhstan
Rustam Jursunov, defending entrepreneurs from proposed asset hunt legislation

As well as working to protect the interests of entrepreneurs, Rustam Jursunov is serving as a go-between for proposed legislation on ill-gotten assets and local business leaders, starting with energy magnate Timur Kulibayev.

Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan's oil and gas sectors in turmoil amid tensions with Moscow over Caspian

The futures of Kazakh Timur Kulibayev and Indian Arvind Tiku, two energy tycoons, are going their separate ways. Meanwhile, in Nur-Sultan, there is growing concern about the immediate future of the sector in the country.

Kazakhstan, Turkey
Turkey construction magnates sponsor Kazakh-Turkish defence relationship

Kazakh President Tokayev, who is keen to acquire Turkish drones, is making use of business networks established by his predecessor's son-in-law. Turkish construction magnates have thus facilitated the renewal of partnerships between Turkish and Kazakh defence industrialists.

France, Kazakhstan, United Kingdom
Karibzhanov tends to his French business networks while his divorce kicks up a storm in Westminster

Kazakh businessman Aidan Karibzhanov has a strong presence across Central Asia and in Europe, and is linked to France through his role as head of the French-Kazakh MEDEF committee. However, it is the accusations of his wife, with whom he is engaged in a divorce court battle, that have recently been making noise in the UK, the rumbles even echoing in the British Parliament.

Israel, Kazakhstan
Threatened in Nur Sultan, Kenges Rakichev has Israeli base to fall back on

The BTA Bank majority shareholder is not sitting idle as President Tokayev brings the country's intelligentsia to heel. Drawing on contacts far and wide, he has rustled up a PR campaign to present himself as a loyal supporter of the regime and, failing that, he still has his associates in Tel Aviv to fall back on.

The Agencies' Gazette
DGSE, Kazakhstan's KGB

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community from London to Paris via Nur-Sultan.

Paris the DGSE adopts a TREX

Nur-Sultan the new KNB master's rise signals victory for the Tokayev camp

Paris DGSE more careful on the internet than DGSI

Kazakhstan, Switzerland, UAE
Kazakh oligarchs fly off on holiday to escape the protests

The unrest in Kazakhstan has led former President Nursultan Nazarbayev's inner circle and the country's oligarchs to fly out of the country in the hope that calm will soon be restored.

Russia
SVR continues to handle relations with Russia's close neighbours

Igor Maslov, who served in the SVR, was appointed to [...]

Kazakhstan, United Kingdom
Dick Evans a discreet passenger in Air Astana IPO

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