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 41^st 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.