In Kazakhstan, the ex-minister was sentenced to 24 years for the murder of his wife
Kuandyk Bishimbaev in court The court in Kazakhstan sentenced the former Minister of Economics Kuandyk Bishimbaev to 24 years in prison for the murder of his wife, 31-year-old Saltanat Nukenova. On November 9, last year, while in a restaurant, Bishimbaev brutally beat his wife. She died of injuries. Witnesses reported that Bishimbaev and previously regularly beat his wife, and after her murder, he continued to have dinner in a restaurant and call back with friends for several hours.