Causes behind the Khrapunov family political persecution
The history of my family’s persecution by the Kazakhstan president, Nursultan Nazarbayev, goes back to the time of my son Iliyas Khrapunov’s wedding to the daughter of Nazarbayev’s political opponent, Madina Ablyazova, which took place on 16 September 2007, in the city of Almaty, the Republic of Kazakhstan
Developments that triggered the Khrapunovs’ move to Switzerland
Threats against the Khrapunovs’ son
Ever since our son Iliyas’s wedding to Madina Ablyazova, Victor and I have regularly received threats of physical violence against our children, coming from Nazarbayev’s entourage
The launch of a corrupt media attack on the Khrapunov family
The baton of the corrupt media attack on the Khrapunovs has been picked up by prosecutor general Tusupbekov and Financial Police chief Kozhamzharov
Attempts to kidnap Victor Khrapunov from Switzerand
June 25 and November 3 2012, saw two attempts by Kazakhstan authorities to smuggle Victor Khtapunov out of Switzerland into countries more loyal to Kazakhstan than Switzerland in order to turn him over to Kazakhstan’s special services
Books by Kazakhstan opposition politician Viktor Khrapunov
In November 2013, Viktor Khrapunov’s book “Nazarbaev, Votre Ami le Dictateur” exposing the rule of corruption under Kazakhstan president Nazarbayev, was published in France
Persecution in Kazakhstan of the Khrapunovs’ relatives and colleagues because of their family ties with opposition politician Ablyazov
February 2 2009 saw a forced nationalization of BTA Bank, in which Mukhtar Ablyazov, a political opponent of president Nazarbayev, who is now our son’s father-in-law, was the key shareholder
