“The court has decided to place the bloggers suspected of extortion in custody for a period of two months,” said the police department of Almaty.
Two bloggers and an entrepreneur were arrested for extortion a week ago. Media reports indicated that the individuals involved are bloggers Damir Kusheev and Ruslan Karimov. The police apprehended them while they were receiving 10 million tenge.
Later, Damir Kusheev's wife complained that investigators had blocked her personal account at Kaspi bank. The woman and her five children were left without means of support. Akmeir Kusheeva emphasized that her husband is the sole breadwinner of the family.