Kenes Rakishev Questioned Over Links to Ringleader of Attempted Coup

The billionaire oligarch Kenes Rakishev is one of Kazakhstan’s leading entrepreneurs. But reports have emerged that the businessman has been questioned by Kazakh police over his role in the deadly riots that swept the country in January.

Kazakhstan’s President Tokayev has revealed that what started as protests over fuel prices and rampant inequality were seized upon by opponents of the regime who tried to overthrow the government.

The violent insurrection left hundreds dead and thousands more injured as the Kazakh government sought to restore order.

Rakishev is now being questioned over his involvement in the attempted coup. And officials are particularly interested in Rakishev’s links to one of the ringleaders of the unrest.

Arman Dzhumageldiev is a notorious gangster known as ‘Arman the Wild’ in the criminal underworld. He was arrested in January on suspicion of orchestrating the unrest.

Famed for being a champion boxer in Kazakhstan, Arman is now known as one of the country’s most violent mobsters. He is connected to a string of gangland shootings and vicious assaults on politicians.

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