17:35, 14 February 2014 | GMT +5
Fugitive Kazakh official to spend 7 years in jail for embezzling 758 mln
ASTANA. KAZINFORM - Former head of the Kazakh Statistics Agency Ms Anar Meshimbayeva was sentenced to seven years in prison with confiscation of property. The verdict was announced by judge of the Astana's Yessil district court Akmaral Issayeva.

Meshimbayeva has been wanted since 2009 for embezzling nearly KZT 760 million earmarked for the government procurement of services for the preparation of census tools for the 2009 national population census.
Arrested last year, she was later extradited by Russia to Kazakhstan.