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Kazakh Family Feud Leads to Arrest of Ambassador

An arrest warrant was issued for Rakhat Aliev, the country's ambassador to Vienna, Austria, who is also the son-in-law of the president of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev.

Aliev has been charged with kidnapping and running a mafia network. He accused Nazarbayev of orchestrating a politically motivated attack against him.

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