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April 2023 - Kazakhstan Special Weapons News
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- Kazakh Police General Kudebaev Gets 10 Years In Prison Over January 2022 Unrest RFE/RL 28 Apr 2023 -- TALDYQORGHAN, Kazakhstan -- The former chief of police of Kazakhstan's southern Almaty region, General Serik Kudebaev, who was recently extradited from Turkey, has been handed a 10-year prison term in a case related to the deadly mass unrest that rocked the country in January 2022.
- Residents Of Kazakhstan's Restive West Protest Against Fuel Price Hikes RFE/RL 28 Apr 2023 -- AQTAU, Kazakhstan -- Dozens of trucks have parked in protest near Aqtau, the capital of Kazakhstan's western region of Manghystau, as drivers rally against a recent 28 percent hike in the price of gasoline.
- Journey To 'Judas': How Lethal Unrest Left Nazarbaev's Trusted Enforcer Dancing Alone RFE/RL 27 Apr 2023 -- Among the more left-field revelations to emerge from the massive leak of U.S. diplomatic cables known as WikiLeaks was an account of how the now-jailed powerbroker Karim Masimov was spotted dancing "alone and animatedly" at a trendy nightclub in Kazakhstan's capital, Astana.
- Fugitive Police General Kudebaev Apprehended In Turkey, Returned To Kazakhstan RFE/RL 27 Apr 2023 -- Kazakhstan's prosecutor-general says the former chief of police of the southern region of Almaty, General Serik Kudebaev, who fled the country to evade trial for abuse of office in a case related to the deadly mass unrest that rocked the country in January 2022, has been apprehended.
- Raksha Mantri holds bilateral meetings with his Kazakh & Tajikistani counterparts on the sidelines of SCO Defence Ministers' Meeting in New Delhi India PIB 27 Apr 2023 -- Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh held separate bilateral meetings with Minister of Defence of Kazakhstan Colonel General Ruslan Zhaxylykov and Minister of Defence of Tajikistan Colonel General Sherali Mirzo in New Delhi on April 27, 2023.
- Kazakh Prosecutor Seeks Eight Years In Prison For Wife Of Jailed Nazarbaev's Nephew RFE/RL 25 Apr 2023 -- A prosecutor in Kazakhstan asked a court in Astana on April 25 to convict and sentence the wife of a jailed nephew of the Central Asian nation's former strongman President Nursultan Nazarbaev to eight years in prison on charges of corruption, organizing a felony, and abduction over the alleged illegal appropriation of shares and assets of a number of enterprises.
- Former Kazakh National Security Committee Chief Gets 18 Years In Prison RFE/RL 24 Apr 2023 -- Karim Masimov, the former chief of Kazakhstan's National Security Committee (KNB), has been sentenced to 18 years in prison over his role in deadly events that followed unprecedented anti-government protests in the Central Asian country in January 2022.
- Kazakh Official Warns Of Gas Price Hikes In Attempt To Ward Off Surprise, Unrest RFE/RL 19 Apr 2023 -- Kazakh Energy Minister Almasadam Satqaliev has warned citizens of the oil-rich country of an expected increase of liquefied gas prices in the coming months as the government looks to avoid a repeat of deadly mass protests that took place in January 2022 after an energy price hike.
- Oil Workers In Restive Kazakh Town Resume Rallies Demanding Jobs RFE/RL 14 Apr 2023 -- About 100 oil workers have resumed protests in Kazakhstan's volatile town of Zhanaozen to demand jobs after a similar protest they held in Astana was forcibly dispersed earlier this week and the demonstrators were sent home.
- Despite Government Promises To Be More Responsive, Kazakhstan's Protesting Oil Workers Are All But Ignored RFE/RL 12 Apr 2023 -- After traveling 2,500 kilometers and spending the night outside the Energy Ministry, the unemployed oil workers, some still wearing their coveralls, were met by just three lawmakers from Kazakhstan's newly elected parliament.
- Kazakh Police General Kudebaev Flees Country To Evade Trial RFE/RL 12 Apr 2023 -- The former chief of police of Kazakhstan's southern region of Almaty, General Serik Kudebaev, has fled the country to evade a trial on charges of abusing his office in a case related to the deadly mass unrest that rocked the nation in January last year.
- Kazakh Politician Altaev Jailed Over Support For Protesting Oil Workers RFE/RL 12 Apr 2023 -- A court in the Kazakh capital, Astana, has sentenced opposition politician Nurzhan Altaev to 15 days in jail over his support for protesting oil workers from the Central Asian nation's volatile town of Zhanaozen.
- U.S.-Based Rights Watchdog Condemns Conviction Of Kazakh Opposition Politician RFE/RL 11 Apr 2023 -- The U.S.-based human rights group Freedom Now has condemned the conviction of Zhanbolat Mamai, a prominent Kazakh opposition politician and activist who was handed a suspended six-year prison term on charges of organizing mass unrest, spreading false information, and insulting a government representative.
- Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's remarks and answers to media questions at a joint news conference following talks with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan Murat Nurtleu, Moscow, April 11, 2023 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 11 Apr 2023
- Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's opening remarks during talks with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan Murat Nurtleu, Moscow, April 11, 2023 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 11 Apr 2023
- Sunset For Baikonur? A Contract Dispute With Kazakhstan Flashes Warnings For Russia's Legendary Spaceport RFE/RL 06 Apr 2023 -- For nearly seven decades, Baikonur has been synonymous with the Soviet and Russian space programs.
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