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Kazakhstan: James Giffen

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007 @ 12:02 UTC

by Nathan Hamm

Countries:: Kazakhstan
Topics:: Law

Leila translates a post on James Giffen, an American businessman facing trial in the United States for bribing Kazakhstan's president, something he says that he did with the knowledge of the US government. The case has been used by opposition politicians in Kazakhstan against the president.

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