Dzhakishev sentenced amid Claims of Political Reprisals
18.03.2010
By Joanna Lillis
The former boss of Kazakhstan’s nuclear industry has been sentenced to 14 years in prison on corruption charges amid claims that the trial was politically motivated.
Mukhtar Dzhakishev, the 46-year-old former head of the Kazatomprom state nuclear giant, was sentenced on March 12 following a two-month closed trial in...