31/03/2026
In November 2023, the forty-year-old former Minister of National Economy of Kazakhstan, Kundik Shimbayev, committed a horrific act against his thirty-year-old wife, the Sultanate of N.K. He tried to hide the traces of his cruel actions and present it as an absurd coincidence, but the public soon learned the truth.
The relatives of the deceased achieved the most open trial possible, which is now being followed by millions of people in Kazakhstan and far beyond. It is noteworthy that several years earlier, Shimbayev had already been convicted of repeatedly accepting especially large bribes and received 10 years in prison, but was released just a year later.
Many were confident that now the former official of knowledge no one had any doubts about his guilt. However, the main question remained: how severe the sentence would be. To understand this story in detail, it is necessary to study the difficult path of the relationship between the spouses and also get acquainted with the biography of each of them.
In addition, it is important to understand the specifics of the trial and the reasons why the accused insisted on a jury trial. Kuandinsky SSR, he was the firstborn of the family. Malisa of the fifth parliament, Lakana Shimba Eva and his wife, Almira Nurli Bakovaya. Kundi's mother, in 1990, took up entrepreneurship before her son's high-profile arrest.
She owned several large companies, but in 2024, she quickly transferred most of her assets to relatives, effectively leaving everything in the hands of Eva's family. In 2018, when a corruption case was opened against Kunk, Almira acted as his public defender. When the state prosecution demanded a 12-year prison sentence for her son, the woman called this the destruction of his personality.
Kundik grew up with a younger sister named Aruzhan, born in 1984. He has three higher educations, studied at the Kazakh Academy of Management, then graduated from Taras Shevchenko University, and later from the Standi Program at George Washington University in the United States. At the age of 26, he received a PhD in economics.
Kundi's career began in 2000. He first worked as a manager at a bank, then briefly interned at the Ministry of Economy. He held senior positions in large companies and after some time returned to the Ministry. In 2016, he headed the Ministry of Economy, becoming one of the youngest officials of that level in the country.
However, after 8 months, he got into a high-profile corruption scandal and ended up behind bars for receiving particularly large bribes. The court sentenced him to 10 years in prison, but a year later he was released on parole and was pardoned by Nursultan Nazarbayev, to whom he publicly apologized before meeting his future victim.
The ex-minister was married twice. He officially married for the first time in 1999, when he was a student, to a girl named Igrim Rembek. In 2000, the couple had a son, Al Iskander Valikhan. However, in 2004, they divorced for the second time. The politician married in 2006, already being an adviser to the Minister of Economy and Budget Planning.
His wife was Nazima ka Karmen, who bore him three children. Their marriage lasted 14 years and ended in 2020 due to divorce. Sultanat Nukanova, who appeared in his life, was born on May 15, 1992, in the northern city of Pavlodar, Kazakhstan, the younger of two children in the family of businessman Angel Nuka Nava and economist Juma Gul.
Sultanat's paternal uncle, Kairat Nuka Nav, made a career in the civil service, was the head of the regional department of entrepreneurship and trade, and also the mayor of Ekibastuz and Aksu. Already in her school years, Sultanat became interested in astrology. She read specialized literature, made horoscopes and natal charts for friends and classmates, and her predictions often came true later.
She decided to make her hobby her main profession and soon became in great demand. She conducted personal and online consultations, helped with career choices, goal setting and personal development, and also tested people for compatibility. It is noteworthy that the astrologer's clients were only women. The work quickly provided Sultanat with financial independence.
Her consultations were a huge success, and the girl gained wide popularity on social networks, living exactly as she did. In the spring of 2022, she accidentally stumbled upon Sultanat Kuan's page on social media. He was enchanted by her beauty and decided to write to her, inventing a pretext in the form of an astrological one, but the woman, who worked only with a female audience, refused him, which only fueled his persistence.
He literally showered her with compliments and persuasion, urging her to save him. Sultanat reluctantly responded and offered to conduct an online consultation. However, the man insisted on a personal meeting for several months. The former minister devised ways to attract her attention and she learned everything about her.
She lives with whom she communicates, where she goes and what she is interested in. Although Sultanat shared with her friends that she had a dashing suitor, the man continued to seek a personal meeting. In the end, she agreed to see him for an in-person consultation, where he, wanting to impress, behaved politely and tactfully. But in a conversation with her brother, Sultanat assured that she was not interested in this man either emotionally or physically, and astrological calculations only confirmed this.
At first, neither the girl nor her relatives expected any trouble; it seemed that she was easily keeping her new acquaintance at a distance. However, a month later, the situation changed radically. Kundik found an approach to the eldest member of the family. The sultanate turned to the girl's grandmother for a blessing.
Under the pretext of a possible marriage, which greatly touched her granddaughter, although she insisted that she was not going to enter into a relationship with a politician. In the fall of 2022, the sultanate. Having arrived to her parents in Pavlodar, she said that she was not planning any serious changes in her personal life yet.
She was embarrassed by the twelve-year age difference and the lack of sympathy for this man. But less than a month later, the girl's brother scrolled through the proposal and that she agreed to become his wife. This news shocked the entire family and friends, because recently the sultanate categorically denied any possibility of a serious relationship with him.
In December 2012, just a few months after meeting, the couple held a lavish celebration in one of the best locations in Astana, although the marriage was not legally registered; they limited themselves to a Muslim one. After the wedding ceremony in the mosque, Sultanat's attitude towards her husband changed dramatically.
She was everywhere, showing education and a wide range of interests, and also denied his guilt in the corruption case, calling the events a stock. From the outside, they seemed like a happy couple. Her husband seemed to surround her with gifts and attention, and she called him the best. Her friends were sincerely happy for her, but soon the first alarm bell rang in the family.
The couple settled in Kundi's parents' house. They occupied the second. This father and mother remained on the First. Almira, Kuandinsky's mother, when Sultanat's brother decided to congratulate her on the upcoming holiday and at the same time pay a short visit, he found a terrible scene in the house.
The table was already set for a small family party. The host's cousin dropped in unexpectedly. His wife brought gifts. Sultanat had not prepared a return gift, so she spontaneously decided to give an unopened bottle of perfume her husband had bought the day before. Kundi exploded with rage, shouting that she had no right. The guests, noticing the heated emotions, hastened to leave, disposing of the things they had bought.
And the parents, trying to stand up for the Sultanate, were stopped rudely. Additionally, the enraged man overturned the set table, completely ruining the New Year's Eve party. The Sultanate's brother was discouraged. He didn't know how to react. The next day, his sister confessed over the phone that her character was different, but she hoped the crisis would pass.
The brother begged her to return home, to which he received a categorical refusal. About two and a half months later, the Sultanate sent her brother several selfies in which terrible bruises on his face were visible. She asked him not to ask questions, but the frightened relative began calling her. Lefon urine....read more 👇👇👇
