Muchtar Schäkischew

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Muchtar Jerkinuly Schäkischew ( Kazakh Мұхтар Еркінұлы Жәкішев , Russian Мухтар Еркынович Джакишев / Muchtar Jerkynowitsch Dschakischew * 28. June 1963 in Alma-Ata , Kazakh SSR ) is a Kazakh businessman.

Life

Muchtar Schäkischew was born in Alma-Ata in 1963 . After graduating from school, he first attended the Kazakh National University and then moved to the Moscow Institute of Physics Engineering, where he graduated in 1986 as a physics engineer. He then worked at the Kazakh National University in Alma-Ata. In 1989 he graduated from the Graduate School of the Institute of Physical Engineering.

From 1989 to 1992 he worked as an expert at the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the Moscow Executive Committee. He then worked for the Butya company, first as a commercial director and finance director, and later as the company's president. In 1995 he worked for the Kazakh branch of the Austrian steel group voestalpine as a representative in the combine in Qaraghandy . In the following years he held various managerial positions at companies, such as President of Sangar (1996–1997), as President of Sacharnyzentr (1997) and as President of Alautransgas (1997–1998).

On September 8, 1998, he became CEO of the state-owned uranium mining company Kazatomprom, which had been founded a year earlier . Between October 2001 and February 2002, he held the post of Deputy Minister for Energy and Natural Resources.

Prosecution

On May 21, 2009, Shakishev, the chairman of the board of Kazatomprom, and his three deputies were arrested by officials from the KNB . He was accused of theft and embezzlement of state property. Shakishev is said to have acquired a large part of the country's uranium deposits worth billions of dollars through companies abroad. The authorities said he had acquired around 60 percent of Kazakhstan's uranium deposits. On June 1, the KNB presented a video to journalists present of the other arrested persons who confessed to their own crimes and incriminated Shakishev. The Kazakh opposition described the arrest as politically motivated and drew parallels to the case of Muchtar Abelyasov . In addition to Schäkischew and Äbljasow, the managers of other state-owned companies have been arrested and sentenced to long prison terms in recent months.

The trial of Shakishev began on December 22nd in camera in a district court in the Kazakh capital of Astana . He himself rejected all allegations and also described the process as politically motivated. In January 2010, the KNB exchanged Schäkischew's lawyer. His wife said this was done without her husband's consent. At the beginning of March, the authorities opened an additional investigation in which they accused him of money laundering . On March 12, the Astana court sentenced Shakishev to 14 years in prison. He was found guilty of embezzling tangible assets entrusted to him (Art. 176), taking bribes (Art. 311) and of fraud (Art. 177). On June 21, 2012, he was also found guilty in the second trial.

The procedure was criticized internationally. Shakishev's relatives were not informed of the reasons for the arrest, his whereabouts and his health until three days after the arrest. His wife was not allowed to visit him for the first time until two months after he was detained. Later on, the relatives were prevented several times from visiting Muchtar Shakishev. The KNB prevented independent lawyers from working on this case for most of the trial. For example, employees of the KNB forbade the lawyer to discuss details of the criminal proceedings with the accused. The attorney's personal records were also confiscated. Furthermore, it was not possible for independent lawyers to question other persons who were involved in this case and who incriminated Shakishev in their statements. He suffered multiple health problems during the court hearings, but the court refused to give medical treatment or to postpone the trial.

On December 9, 2015, the UN Human Rights Committee found that Kazakhstan had violated several articles of the UN Civil Covenant in the proceedings. Shekishev's right to humane treatment and respect for dignity, the right to a fair and public hearing, the right to be present in person in court, the right to proper preparation of the defense and the right to communicate with his lawyers have been violated . According to the Human Rights Committee, there is also suspicion that he was illegally arrested and detained. Kazakhstan has been asked to overturn the sentence, release Shakishev from prison and, if necessary, re-trial.

On March 3, 2020, a court in Semei announced the early release of Shakishev after two parole applications had been rejected in the previous two years. He was released from prison on March 19, but is subject to probation-like conditions until the end of his sentence. Among other things, he is not allowed to leave the country.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Джакишев Мухтар Еркынович , accessed August 31, 2018 (Russian).
  2. ↑ rferl.org: Kazakhstan Accuses Key Official Over Uranium Deals , accessed on August 31, 2018.
  3. ↑ rferl.org: Kazakh Opposition Says KazAtomProm Arrests Politically Motivated , accessed on August 31, 2018.
  4. ↑ rferl.org: KNB Gives Kazakh Uranium Company Head New Lawyer , accessed on August 31, 2018.
  5. ↑ Tengri News: Джакишеву не позволили обсуждать дело с адвокатом , accessed on August 31, 2018 (Russian).
  6. ↑ UN Human Rights Committee: CCPR / C / 115 / D / 2304/2013 , accessed on August 30, 2018 (English).
  7. ↑ Former Uranium Tycoon Dzhakishev Released From Kazakh Prison. rferl.org, accessed on March 21, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Shakishev, Muchtar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schäkischew, Muchtar Jerkinuly (full name); Dschakischew, Muchtar Jerkynowitsch; Жәкiшев, Мұхтар Еркінұлы (KkS); Джакишев, Мухтар Еркынович (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Kazakh businessman
DATE OF BIRTH June 28, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Alma-Ata , Kazakh SSR