Business managers can also be placed in jail while they are under investigation, say people familiar with Kazakh law.

FORBES: Power Putsch

ExxonMobil (nyse: XOM - news - people ) maintains Giffen was an official representative of the Kazakh government and therefore a legitimate conduit for concession payments.

FORBES: Magazine Article

People from rural areas tend to be the most fluent in Kazakh, but they are the least worldly of the population and lack the cultural awareness that the intelligentsia values.

ECONOMIST: Kazakhstan

In 1996, nearly 350 people were killed when two aircraft, one a Boeing 747 operated by Saudia collided with a Kazakh cargo jet over India, in the worst incident in Indian aviation.

BBC: News | World | A string of disasters