The Shahar Media Group is now a state run media firm in

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a European Kazakhstan, small portion in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the Kazakhstan–Russia border, north and west, China to th ...

which has several entertainment holdings across the country. The company is run by Nurali Nazarbayev, son of

Dariga Nazarbayeva Dariğa Nūrsūltanqyzy Nazarbaeva (; born 7 May 1963) is a Kazakh businesswoman and politician who is the daughter of Nursultan Nazarbayev who was the President of Kazakhstan from 1990 to 2019. She was a member of the Mäjilis from 2004 to 200 ...

and grandson of Kazakh president

Nursultan Nazarbayev Nursultan Abishuly Nazarbayev (born 6 July 1940) is a Kazakhstani politician who served as the first president of Kazakhstan from 1991 to 2019. He also held the special title of Elbasy from 2010 to 2022 and chairman of the Security Council of ...

. Kayrat Kulbayev is vice president, and manages the company interests including local music television network

HiT TV Hit TV is a local Kazakh television channel that has been start since 7:00 AM (Alma-Ata Time) in October 21, 2003. It's a dedicated youth oriented music television network showing all the latest music videos from Kazakhstan and abroad. Like many ot ...

Criticism

Independent journalists from around the world have debated the leadership of the Shahar Media Group as the Kazakh government are taking steps to control all mass media in the country, this issue was also juxtaposed with the head of "Alma-Media Group"

Rakhat Aliyev Rakhat Mukhtaruly Aliyev (, ''Rahat Mūhtarūly Äliev''; 10 December 1961 – 24 February 2015) was a Kazakh politician and diplomat, who died in an Austrian prison awaiting trial on charges of murder. His trial was planned to start in Vienna i ...

who is the husband of Dariga Nazarbayeva and deputy foreign minister to Kazakhstan.

References

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