Source : Vesti Kavkaza
Major-General Askar Buldeshev, Deputy Commander of the Kazakh Air Forces, has been detained yesterday, suspected of fraud in repairing military aircraft, RIA Novosti cites Commander of the Air Forces Alexander Sorokin.
Major-General Almaz Asenov, was detained in late January for receiving a bribe of $200,000. Two officials of Ukrspetsexport (Ukraine) were detained for corruption.
Investigators say that the bribe was handed for contracts on repairing An-72 planes, signed by the Kazakh military and Ukrainian partners. Investigations started in December after a crash of an An-27 in Chimkent. 27 people died in the accident, including Col. T. Stambekov, head of the Border Guards Service, and his assistants.
