In the UK, the ministers called to freeze more than 600 million pounds of sterling of British assets belonging to the ruling elite of Kazakhstan, reports Telegraph.Co.
Mansions in the center of London and County Surrey belong to the Kazakhstan elite. According to Transparency International, assets for 370 million pounds sterling belong to the family of former President Nursultan Nazarbayev.
Tom Tougyandhat, a member of the Parliament from the Conservative, who heads the Committee on Foreign Affairs, said that the Government should consider the introduction of sanctions against such assets: “Those who violate the rights of their citizens should not have the right to own wealth in the UK. .. We must clearly give to understand the Kazakh elites that their actions will be carefully studied, and their assets are under threat. “
Deputy from the Conservative, the former Foreign Minister Andrew Merrison called on the ministers to be “much more decisive” in the defense of the processed forces in the country.
It is reported that the property includes the mansion on the “Street of billionaires” in Hampeeda in the north of London, belonging to Dariga Nazarbayeva. Timur Kulibayev, an influential gas oligarch, married to another daughter Nazarbayev, owns a huge mansion in Surrey. It was built on the site of Sunningwell Park, not far from Windsor Castle, which was bought from Prince Andrew for 15 million pounds.
Professor John Heathershow, politics expert in Central Asia from the University of Exeter, said: “Check for the British government is that … is it ready to impose sanctions against the members of the elite … in the country … where we are one Of the five leading trading partners. “