The criminal case has been launched against Kazakh ex-President Atambayev’s wife, Raisa Atambayeva, Interfax reported.

The testimony against Atambayeva was given by the former head of the department of judicial reform and the rule of law of the apparatus of the head of state, Manas Arabayev. He stated that Atambayeva intervened in the lawsuit in the case of the BLS construction Inc.