Wikileaks Enthüllungen: LIFESTYLES OF THE KAZAZHSTANI LEADERSHIP

Es hat etwas belu­sti­gen­des, wenn’s nicht auch tra­gisch wäre: Der Schwiegersohn vom kasach­sta­ni­schen Präsidenten lässt es sich bei Geburtstagsfeiern gut gehen. So fin­den wir in den Wikileaks-Dokumenten (17.4.2008 / Embassy Astana) fol­gen­de Notiz:

In 2007, President Nazarbayev’s son-in-law, Timur Kulibayev, cele­bra­ted his 41st bir­th­day in grand style. At a small venue in Almaty, he hosted a pri­va­te con­cert with some of Russia’s big­gest pop-stars. The head­li­ner, howe­ver, was ELTON JOHN, to whom he repor­ted­ly paid one mil­li­on pounds for this one-time appear­ance. (Note: The British Ambassador relay­ed a slight­ly dif­fe­rent sto­ry, with an unknown but obvious­ly well-hee­led fri­end arran­ging and paying for Sir ELTON’s gig. End Comment.) There have been sepa­ra­te reports that Nelly Furtado per­for­med at the August 2007 bir­th­day bash for Kulibayev’s wife, Dinara Nazarbayeva. Kulibayev also appears wil­ling to spend his for­tu­ne on others. According to Turkish diplo­mat Isik, when the Kempinski group recent­ly built luxu­ry vil­las in Bodrum, Turkey, Kulibayev bought up a num­ber of them – at a cost of 4–5 mil­li­on dol­lars each – and doled them out as gifts to fri­ends and fami­ly.