Mining companies linked to Nazarbayevs identified in Kazakhstan
15 марта 2022, 09:46
Mining companies affiliated with the brother of the first president of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, Bolat Nazarbayev, and other well-known businessmen, have been discovered in Kazakhstan.
As the Financial Monitoring Agency (AFM) points out, cryptocurrency mining is now gaining momentum very quickly. At the same time, illegal mining activities have led to the emergence of "certain risks" that threaten the economic security of Kazakhstan.
55 mining farms had to voluntarily curtail their work.
The agency indicated that among the affiliates are the former chairman of the board of QazaqGaz Kairat Sharipbaev, whom the media calls the husband of Nursultan Nazarbayev's eldest daughter Dariga, and businessman Yerlan Nigmatulin, brother of the ex-speaker of the Majilis of the Parliament of Kazakhstan Nurlan Nigmatulin.