Golos Respubliki

Golos Respubliki (Voice of the Republic; Голос Республики) was a Kazakhstani newspaper.

It was founded by Russian journalist Irina Petrushova in 2000. Published weekly, it focused on covering business and economic issues in Kazakhstan, and frequently published stories critical of the regime, including financial mismanagement and supposed cronyism, such as the granting of oil rights to one of President Nazarbayev's relatives, and the disappearance of funds for an airport in Almaty.[1] The paper also claimed that Nazarbayev had sequestered US$1 billion of the state's oil revenues in a Swiss bank account, although the government stated that this had been an emergency fund used to rescue the national economy in 1998.

Extremism charges in court

In November 2012, the newspaper was taken to court along with some 40 other media organizations for alleged violation of "Kazakhstan's laws on extremism and national security",[2] but contrary to expectations, Golos was not vindicated and the newspaper had to suspend its operations.[3]

References
  1. Michael Wines (13 July 2012). ""Bruised, but Still Jabbing Kazakh Heavyweights"". The New York Times. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  2. "Kazakh court bans broadcaster, suspends news website". Committee to Protect Journalists. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
  3. "Published issue of newspaper "Golos Respubliki" has been last one". Adil Soz. 23 November 2012. Archived from the original on 15 March 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2012.

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