Nursultan Nazarbayev

Kazakhstan, United States
Kazakhstan justice ministry's New York advisers fail to swing case

Despite the best efforts of adviser Marcia Favale-Tarter to garner support in the US, a New York court recently ruled against the Kazakh government in one of an array of cases connected to its long-running legal wrangle with the Moldovan Stati brothers.

Kazakhstan
Kazakh intelligence generates local cyber industry with Kazdream

After years of off-the-shelf purchases of cyberoffensive tools from abroad, Nur-Sultan's interception sector is producing local private providers. Local company Kazdream is at the forefront of these developments.

Kazakhstan, United States
Moldova's Statis take aim at Emmanuil Grinshpun in US courts

The father-and-son businessmen Anatol and Gabriel Stati, who have been battling the Kazakh government in several countries, have requested information in US courts from Emmanuil Grinshpun, a Moldovan investor with close links to Kazakhstan's business and political elite.

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
Internal intelligence service sifts through the Nazarbayev clan

The internal intelligence service, the KNB, is continuing to investigate a group of officers close to ex-Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev, including one of his nephews, Samat Abish. The businessmen in the former president's family have been given little trouble, however.

The Agencies' Gazette
EU counter-espionage, Lebanese intelligence and drug trafficking, new KNB vice director

Appointments, reforms and key issues: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets of news, big and small, from the global intelligence community. This week we hone in on Beirut, Beijing, Nur-Sultan and Brussels.

European Union Commission ramps up counter-intelligence

Lebanon Military intelligence to tackle drug trafficking

Kazakhstan Kazakh spymaster enlists financial investigator

China Xi Jinping confident Li Shulei named vice director of CCP's propaganda unit

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.

Kazakhstan, United States
Chevron appoints David Merkel, defender of Kazakhstan's jailed ex-spymaster Massimov

A former State Department official who was close to the Nazarbayev administration, David Merkel has been campaigning for the release of Karim Massimov, who was Chevron's key contact in Kazakhstan.

Kazakhstan
ENRC trio and KNB win against US oil company

Kazakhstan's recent victory over Big Sky Energy at the ICSID has brought to an end years of investigation involving both the founders of ENRC and the country's intelligence service.

Kazakhstan
Kazakhtelecom symbolises Nazarbayev clan sleaze

The recent arrest of ex-president Nursultan Nazarbayev's nephew has put the spotlight on the former ruling family's hold over Kazakhstan's telecommunications sector.

Kazakhstan, Turkey
Turkish defence group Aselsan pursues partnership with Nur-Sultan

Taking advantage of Kazakhstan's desire to upgrade its military equipment and Turkey's "drone diplomacy", the defence group Aselsan is swinging into action to strengthen its partnership with Nur-Sultan.

Kazakhstan, Turkey, UAE
In view of Ukraine, Kazakhstan is ramping up its defence agreements and contracts

While the majority of Central Asian countries remain cautiously neutral on the war in Ukraine, Kazakhstan appears to have become the key focal point in the region for European and Asian countries. While maintaining a measured impartiality, Nur-Sultan has continued to reorganise and modernise its internal security and defence apparatus.

Kazakhstan, United States
Kazakhstan recruits US and Kazakh advisers in Stati legal battle

The Kazakh government remains embroiled in a lengthy legal wrangle with Moldovan businessmen Anatol and Gabriel Stati, with recent hearings in the US involving an army of advisers from New York and Nur Sultan.