Russian Victor Balashov, who fell into the SIZO in Kazakhstan after a business scandal because of his work on the largest Russian manufacturer’s workwear “East-Service”, in his last word at the court compared the attitude of the authorities of Kazakhstan to Russians with Nazism. Victor’s speech referred to the editor of Lenta.ru His mother Irina Balashov.
“I never thought that I had been living up to 50 years old with the present manifestation of Nazism … that my nationality could be the cause of derogatory and humiliating statements,” said businessman.
According to Balashov, from representatives of the power and its former business partner Nursultan Shokanova, he repeatedly heard the phrase “This is Kazakhstan, the Russians do not breathe here.”
In addition, the investigator who led the case, declared a businessman that “Russia will not help you, you were thrown here as a piece of meat” and “Russians in Kazakhstan do not decide anything.” “I was sure that our nations are fraternal. It turns out that the Russians have no right in Kazakhstan,” said Balashov in his last word.
Viktor Balashov, who worked in Kazakhstan at the position of the top manager of the largest Russian manufacturer of East-Service workwear, was a victim of a business scandal between the company’s leadership in the face of Dmitry Golzhanyev and the local partner of Nursultan Shokanov. In September, the Kazakh authorities placed the Russians in the SIZO, and during the last court session, the prosecutor’s office requested 11 years in prison for him.
According to Mother Balashov, the defense was able to fully prove the fabrication of the criminal case against her son, but the chances of winning are very small. At the same time, she indicated that Victor constantly put pressure on and shokanov himself, which allegedly belongs to the clan of the first president of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev.