Kuandyk Bishimbayev, a young rising political star, faced a rapid downfall after being accused of embezzlement.

Kuandyk Bishimbayev, accused of bribery and embezzlement, maintains his innocence.

The Kazakh president complained on national television of companies squirreling their money away abroad.

Kazakh politics plays out far from the steppe -- in New York lofts and courts.

Astana will face a number of practical and political issues in promoting renewable energy sources.

The city of Almaty says former mayor Viktor Khrapunov stole millions and invested via shell companies in U.S. real estate.

Kazakhstan's renewed efforts against corruption might mask a strategy aimed to silence opposition figures and activists.

This week Rolls-Royce agreed to pay $800 million to settle corruption investigations in the U.S., UK, and Brazil.

A Kazakh family is at the center of a scandal that unveiled murky deals in the global world of football.

A new report details public perceptions and experiences with corruption.

A Financial Times investigation picks through the murky path from the former mayor of Almaty to Trump Soho.

Same faces in slightly different places: decoding Astana's new government.

Ablyazov, claiming political persecution, is fighting extradition from France to Russia.

The “biggest leak of confidential files in the history of the oil industry" exposed Unaoil's slippery backroom machinations.

Kazakhstan’s plan to privatize its state industries is ambitious, but it faces some major barriers.

Former Prime Minister Serik Akhmetov is at the center of Kazakhstan's still-expanding Karaganda corruption scandal.