Suitcases with dollars were thrown from the window of the Atlant residential complex in Astana. Later, Kazakhstan's National Security Committee announced the arrest of the heads of two state-owned companies on suspicion of corruption.
We are talking about the arrest of the head of the Samruk-Kazina Foundation, Nurlan Zhakupov, and the head of the Kazakhstan National Railways Company, Tamir Juli, Aljas Utinshiev.
Samruk-Kazina is the state wealth fund of Kazakhstan, which manages the country's largest enterprises. Among them are oil and gas companies, transportation, energy and telecommunications.
There is no official confirmation of the link between the money found and the alleged arrests.