Affiliated media: Ratel.kz, Online media

Incident date: March 30, 2022

Attack type:

• request to remove or block the article and/or refutation

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Ratel.kz

Location: Kazakhstan, Almaty Province, Almaty

Additional information:

Informational and analytical portal Ratel.kz published a refutation of the publication that the Kazakh branch trade union of railway, automobile, air, and water transport workers has its own yacht in Aktau, which sails under the flag of New Caledonia and whose management company is Kaspi Ak Jhelken Llp. The article about the «union yacht» was prepared according to the information of the Corruption Investigation Foundation-Bureau. The refutation was issued due to pre-trial claims received by the editorial office from the companies mentioned in the article. On its Facebook page, the Corruption Investigation Foundation-Bureau also refuted the previously voiced information.