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...leader, Altynbek Sarsenbayev - who had been Nazarbayev's Information Minister, secretary of the Security Council, and ambassador to Moscow - and two associates were murdered by a group of officers belonging to the National Security Committee (KNB), heir to the Soviet-era KGB. Late last month, a court found Yerzhan Utembayev, the former Senate chief of staff, guilty of putting out the contract on Sarsenbayev "for reasons of personal enmity," and sentenced him to 20 years. Nine others received sentences ranging from three years to life for complicity in the murder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kazakhstan Comes On Strong | 9/27/2006 | See Source »

...leader, Altynbek Sarsenbayev - who had been Nazarbayev's Information Minister, secretary of the Security Council, and ambassador to Moscow - and two associates were murdered by a group of officers belonging to the National Security Committee (knb), heir to the Soviet-era kgb. Late last month, a court found Yerzhan Utembayev, the former Senate chief of staff, guilty of putting out the contract on Sarsenbayev "for reasons of personal enmity," and sentenced him to 20 years. Nine others received sentences ranging from three years to life for complicity in the murder. Hoping to slowly add more democratic elements to a system...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coming On Strong | 9/25/2006 | See Source »

...Aliyev, formerly the knb deputy chief, as the man behind the killing. Aliyev publicly denied all such charges and threatened legal action against the press. The Interior Ministry issued a statement exonerating him of complicity. Baurzhan Mukhamedzhanov, the Interior Minister, declared that the real culprit was Yerzhan Utembayev, the Senate's chief of staff, who allegedly confessed to putting out a $60,000 contract on Sarsenbayev "for reasons of personal enmity." Human-rights campaigner Panfilov regards that version as an attempt to discredit Abykayev, who is Utem-bayev's boss. But late last week, the President spoke...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Casualties of a Clan War | 3/5/2006 | See Source »

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