🧵❗️LONG THREAD❗️🧵 Publishing house and security agency: How Nursultan Nazarbayev's sister and in-law win tenders in Zhana Kazakhstan /2 Source:
Svetlana Nazarbayeva is the mother of Kairat Satybalda (under arrest) and the founder and CEO of the Republican Printing Publishing Complex "Dauir" LLP. It was formed from the publishing house of the same name and the production association of printing products "Kitap". /2
"Dauir" regularly participates in contests on the public procurement website and frequently wins these contests. In 2022 alone, the company concluded contracts worth more than 100 million tenge. /3
The regular customers of this publishing house are the Ministry of Culture, the Bobek RSE and the Language Policy Committee under the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Often, customers send contracts directly to Dauir, bypassing the competition. /4
For example, this year the company Alatay Aqparat ordered from the publishing house newsprint for "Evening Almaty" and Almaty aqshamy until the end of the year. The purchase budget is 47 million. /5
The contract was concluded from one source due to a failed purchase (the competition was held, but for some reason the winner was not selected and the contract was sent directly to the contractor). /6
"Dauir" also prints newspapers for 43 million, but they won this order in an open competition. The publishing house concluded a major contract last year for printing textbooks on the subject of "Self-knowledge" with a budget of more than 300 million tenge. /7
The customer was the "National Scientific, Practical, educational and Wellness Center "Bobek", founded by Sarah Nazarbayeva (Nursultan NZ's wife). /8
Svetlana Nazarbayeva is also a founder of "Dauir Service" LLP, which also participates in public procurement. In May, the republican newspaper "Egemen Kazakhstan" concluded a non-competitive contract with this LLP for 988 million tenge. /9
They signed a similar contract for the supply of newsprint last year for 292 and 113 million. Svetlana Nazarbayeva also owns the capital's Interdesign-AS company, which rents real estate. /10
The company does not participate in public procurement, but consistently pays taxes for tens of millions a year. Other relatives of Kairat Satybaldy His daughter Aruzhan is married to Amirzhan Seitzhanov, who is the grandson of Serikzhan Seitzhanov. /11
The latter is a prevalent businessman who owns gold and silver mining companies, oil and construction companies, as well as a hotel chain. As of October 2021, Serikzhan Seitzhanov was included in the list of the 50 most influential businessmen of Kazakhstan according to Forbes/12
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