Would Be Funny If
Police in Kazakhstan are “investigating” the death of opposition leader Zamenbek Nurkadilov, who was found dead in his home. Cause of death: two gunshots to his chest, including one through his heart, and one gunshot to his head. After three weeks of investigation, police are sticking with their initial theory: suicide. Nurkadilov had once been an aide to President Nursultan Nazarbayev, but had more recently denounced him as a dictator. Despite bad press over the death, Nazarbayev was re-elected, with 91 percent of the vote, for a third seven-year term. He previously stocked the Kazakh Parliament with friends and relatives, and said he wants to head the organization that monitors the fairness of elections in former Soviet countries. (London Times) ...To see if, by chance, there’s a trick he missed along the way.
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