Former German Interior Minister Otto Schily.
The controversy in Austria about whether and how to try Rakhat Aliyev recalls comments last year from German former interior minister Otto Schily.
German authorities have been investigating Aliyev on a range of crimes for years, and many have been critical of Austria’s reluctance to pursue charges against the former Kazakhstan ambassador.
Schily, a member of the Social Democrat Party (SPD), told Kurier last year during a visit to Vienna that he was “confident that similar measures could also be taken against Aliyev in France, Great Britain or Germany.”
Kurier is reputedly owned by Aliyev.
Tengrinews, a news outlet in Kazakhstan, reported on the Kurier article in English.
Vienna attorney Gabriel Lansky said in the English-language report, “For the first time in several years of the legal proceedings it has been certified that the accusations against Aliyev are confirmed by the Austrian investigation authorities and have no political motivation.”
This finding is important, because it contradicts Aliyev and his European supporters, who claim that he is a political dissident of the Kazakhstan government, and that the charges against him back home are politically motivated. #JusticeForNovikova
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