Kazakh diplomat Tolmachev charged with hijackingThe first pretrial investigation hearing on Valeriy Tolmachev took place on April 26 in Civitavecchia, Italy. The hearing presided by Italian pretrial judge was also attended by prosecutor and Tolmachev’s attorney Ivana Manni.
Kazakhstan to humanize its penal codeFor certain types of economic crimes, greater fines will be introduced as an alternative to deprivation of freedom.