Alnur Aljapparuly Mussayev ( kz, Әлнұр Әлжаппарұлы Мұсаев, ''Älnūr Äljapparūly Mūsaev''; born 4 January 1954; Lugovoye, Lugovsky District, Dzhambul Region,

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) was the former head of

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...

's National Security Committee (KNB) under the tenure of President

Nursultan Nazarbayev Nursultan Abishuly Nazarbayev ( kk, Нұрсұлтан Әбішұлы Назарбаев, Nūrsūltan Äbişūlı Nazarbaev, ; born 6 July 1940) is a Kazakh politician and military officer who served as the first President of Kazakhstan, in off ...

. He served from May 1997 to September 1998, then returned for a second term from August 1999 to May 2001 after his predecessor

Nurtai Abykayev Nurtai Abykayev ( kk, Нұртай Әбіқайұлы Әбіқаев, translit=Nūrtai Äbıqaiūly Äbıqaev; born 15 May 1947) is a Kazakh politician who was the chairman of the National Security Committee of Kazakhstan from August 2010 to Dece ...

was sacked in a scandal over the sale of old

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fighter planes to

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. In 2007, Mussayev fled Kazakhstan along with his former deputy

Rakhat Aliyev Rakhat Mukhtaruly Aliyev ( kk, Рахат Мұхтарұлы Әлиев, ''Rahat Mūhtarūly Äliev''; 10 December 1962 – 24 February 2015) was a senior official of the government of Kazakhstan who died in an Austrian prison awaiting trial on c ...

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. Mussayev accused the government of widespread corruption and payments of millions of dollars in bribes by western oil companies to President Nazarbayev. The government of Kazakhstan has convicted him of crimes in absentia as a result of his defection. An attempted kidnapping of Mussayev took place in Vienna in September 2008. The Austrian government declined comment on the perpetrators' origins at the time.Austria Investigates Bid to Kidnap Kazakh Exile
by Susan Schmidt and David Crawford, ''

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'', retrieved September 25, 2008 In a January 2010 trial, defendant Ildar A., one of three men charged with the kidnap attempt on Mussayev, was found not guilty by an Austrian court. Mussayev described the verdict as "politically motivated" and an "attempt to please Kazakhstan". During the trial, Mussayev claimed not to know Ildar A., but he admitted in press comments soon after that this was not entirely accurate, as he knew the defendant professionally but not personally; he explained the discrepancy by claiming that his oath to Kazakhstan prevented him from revealing this information. In 2015, Mussayev faced charges for the abduction and murder of two bankers in the Nurbank murder case. The primary suspect in the case,

, was found hanged in his prison cell before the trial began. The trial was one of the most complex in Austrian history with over 60 witnesses. Mussayev was cleared of all changes. Vadim Koshlyak was cleared of murder, but sentenced to two years in prison. Aisultan Nazarbaev (russian: Айсултан Назарбаев; 26 August 1990 – 16 August 2020), an outspoken critic of his grandfather

and son of Rakhat Aliyev, stated that he did not inherit his father's wealth because his father's wealth was stolen by his mother

Dariga Nazarbayeva Dariga Nursultanqyzy Nazarbayeva ( kk, Дариға Нұрсұлтанқызы Назарбаева, '; born 7 May 1964) is a Kazakh businesswoman and politician who is the daughter of the first President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev. She ...

and Alnur Mussayev also spelled Alnur Musaev (russian: Альнур Мусаев).Nursultan Nazarbayev's grandson claims somebody wants to kill him
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