Affiliated media: Ratel.kz, Online media

Incident date: March 30, 2022

Attack type:

• Warnings, pre-trial complaints, questioning and other extra-judicial actions

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Ratel.kz

Location: Kazakhstan, Almaty Province, Almaty

Additional information:

The news and analysis portal Ratel.kz published a refutation of the publication that the Kazakh branch trade union of railway, road, air and water transport workers has its own yacht in Aktau, which flies the flag of New Caledonia and whose management company is Kaspi Ak Jhelken Llp. The article about the «union yacht» was prepared according to information from the Foundation-Bureau for Investigating Corruption. The refutation was published due to pre-trial complaints received by the editorial office from the companies mentioned in the article. The Foundation-Bureau for Investigating Corruption also refuted the information on its Facebook page.