Her death was caused, as the officials of Almaty City announced, by the heavy blow she received with a blunt object. While the ceremony of the awards handing was taking place in Almaty, another murder happened in the former capital reportedly. A citizen of Almaty, Valera N. was shot dead by unknown persons in Almaty's street not far from his working place - currency exchange point. Preliminary reports say that Valera has got six bullet-wounds and died at the spot immediately. Policemen refused to comment the murder hinting though that it was likely that the murder had been planned beforehand.
Investigations are underway.
Starting tomorrow, June 14, Kazakh Law on Amnesty of Shadow capitals will begin being implemented. No taxes, no questions, no information leakage for 20 days. The law was adopted earlier this year. The main idea of the law was to make it possible to get back millions of dollars placed illegally by Kazakh citizens in foreign banks. Some opposition leaders and observers think though that the law was adopted in order to launder huge amounts of money stolen by Kazakh officials, including Kazakhstan's President, former Kazakh Premiers and members of their families.