Feb 10, 2025
Kazakh billionaire reportedly in talks on making $1B payout to state
Oil and gas tycoon Timur Kulibayev, son-in-law of the nation’s former president, declined to comment on the reported negotiations.
Kazakhstan
Jan 21, 2025
Uncovering a Kazakh oligarch’s Spanish idyll
A reporter and photographers visited Timur Kulibayev’s sprawling Mediterranean coast estate as part of the “Caspian Cabals” project and discovered plush villas, high security and ambivalent neighbors.
Dec 17, 2024
Going with the flow: How scrapping our itinerary helped us land the story
An ICIJ reporter traveled to Kazakhstan, where she found sources eager to share stories of environmental ruin.
Nov 22, 2024
Oil giants ignored red flags, enriched elite for Kazakhstan pipe dream
Hundreds of millions in payments were made to a firm co-owned by Timur Kulibayev, son-in-law of the resource-rich nation’s longtime ruler.
Nov 22, 2024
Uncovering Timur Kulibayev’s European property empire
As the wealth of Kazakhstan’s “oil prince” expanded so did his real estate portfolio, which now includes a U.K. mansion once owned by Prince Andrew.
Nov 22, 2024
About the Caspian Cabals investigation
Caspian Cabals exposes how Western companies desperate for new oil reserves catered to Russian power, enriching Putin cronies and Kazakh elites and ignoring corruption risks to keep the oil moving.