04:42 AM EST, 11/13/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Air Astana (AIRA.L) confirmed the detention of its Nonexecutive Chairman Nurlan Zhakupov, who also serves as chief executive officer of Samruk-Kazyna, according to a Friday release. Samruk-Kazyna, Kazakhstan's sovereign wealth fund, owns 41% of the shares of the London-listed airline. Kazakhstan's domestic security service said Thursday that Zhakupov was arrested on suspicion of corruption, along with the head of the country's state railway company and other individuals, Reuters reported the same day.

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