VOL. XLVI

No 15

14-April-2003

CASPIAN

Kazak Officials Implicated In US Corruption Charges Against Oil Executives

Indictments made against twoUS oil executives by a federal court in New York for alleged acts of corruption have implicated Kazak President Nursultan and former Kazak Prime Minister Nurlan Balgimbayev, suggesting that they and their families received millions of dollars in bribes in exchange for oil deals in the Central Asia republic. While President Nazarbayev and Mr Balgimbayev are...