The "Assandi Times" newspaper has covered scandals involving government officials and also been an outlet for the opposition in Kazakhstan.
A fake "special edition" of "Assandi Times" hit newsstands today with one story that claimed the so-called Kazakhgate scandal, which involves alleged foreign oil company bribes to high-level Kazakh officials including President Nursultan Nazarbaev, was a fabrication. The "special edition" said the scandal was invented by former government officials now in the opposition camp.
The fake edition also printed a letter purportedly from a jailed opposition figure in which the author distanced himself from the current opposition in Kazakhstan.
(RFE/RL's Kazakh Service-Sharipzhan/RTR)
A fake "special edition" of "Assandi Times" hit newsstands today with one story that claimed the so-called Kazakhgate scandal, which involves alleged foreign oil company bribes to high-level Kazakh officials including President Nursultan Nazarbaev, was a fabrication. The "special edition" said the scandal was invented by former government officials now in the opposition camp.
The fake edition also printed a letter purportedly from a jailed opposition figure in which the author distanced himself from the current opposition in Kazakhstan.
(RFE/RL's Kazakh Service-Sharipzhan/RTR)
