VOL. XLVI

No 39

29-September-2003

CASPIAN

Kazakh Energy Minister Denies Allegations Of Corrupt Government Practices

Kazakhstans Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Vladimir Shkolnik has denied allegations that the Kazakh government has been involved in illegal money transactions in the course of negotiating oil deals. An ongoing investigation by the US Department of Justice and the FBI has implicated Kazakh government officials in charges brought against James Giffen, head of New York-based...