Serik Akhmetov

Kazakhstan's ex-Prime Minister released from prison

Kazakhstan's ex-Prime Minister released from prison

Former Kazakh Prime Minister Serik Akhmetov, convicted on corruption charges in December 2015, has been released from prison this morning. Akhmetov served almost 2 years in prison out of 10 years he was handed in …

Serik Akhmetov's prison term shortened

Serik Akhmetov's prison term shortened

A Kazakh court has cut the prison term of the former Prime Minister Serik Akhmetov following a mass amnesty marking the 25th anniversary of the country's independence. A court in the central city of Qaraghandy ruled …

Trial of ex-PM of Kazakhstan opens in Karaganda

Trial of ex-PM of Kazakhstan opens in Karaganda

The main corruption trial for the former Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Serik Akhmetov has started  today in Karaganda. The trial also includes the former akims of Karaganda region Baurzhan Abdishev and Meyram Smagulov and other 18 people. …

Ex-PM of Kazakhstan to be put on trial

Ex-PM of Kazakhstan to be put on trial

The Prosecutor's Office of the Karaganda Region has completed studying materials related to the criminal cases of Kazakhstani ex-Prime Minister Serik Akhmetov, former akim (governor) of the Karaganda Region Baurzhan Abdishev, former akim (mayor) of

Kazakhstan's former PM Akhmetov stays under house arrest

Kazakhstan's former PM Akhmetov stays under house arrest

Kazakhstan's former Prime Minister Serik Akhmetov will stay under house arrest until July 18, as requested by the Agency for Civil Service Affairs and Fighting Corruption, according to Alia Zhosheva, spokeswoman of the court. …