“On November 9, Putin came with a delegation to Astana, namely Talan Towers. The organizers wanted, it seems, to sit with us in the VIP room. There was a reservation,” said the director of the Gastro Center, Bakhytzhan Baizhanov, answering questions from the victims in court.
The state prosecutor also voiced the chat between Baizhanov and an administrator named Karlygash.
“Today’s banquets must be cancelled,” Baizhanov wrote on November 9, 2023.
“How will I cancel? This will be the Putin’s delegation,” the administrator responded in an audio message.
The victims' side suggests that the defendants could not have taken Nukenova's body out of the restaurant, knowing about the visit of the Russian Presidential delegation.
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