through Alba International and the Baltimore Alliance which are registered in the British Virgin Islands. In the spring of 2020, a United Kingdom court in London ordered him to prove the legal origin of over $100 million of his wealth associated with three firms registered in Panama, Netherlands Antilles, and Anguilla. He is married to Aida Berikovna (; b. 1984) who is the daughter of Berik Imashev, and they have four children including a son Asylzhan (; b. 1991 or 1992). On 23 June 2018, their daughter Venus (; b. 2000) married Dalen Chaizhunusov (; b. 1996 or 1997, Almaty), a graduate of the Law Faculty at the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University. Aliyev married his assistant, Elnara Shorazova, who held an Austrian passport, and assumed the masculine form of her surname, Shoraz, as his own name. The two fled to Malta, where the Maltese government seized their assets in connection with European money-laundering allegations in March 2014. Aliyev surrendered to Austrian authorities in June 2014. He and Elnara have a son. Death On 24 February 2015, on the 40th Day after death of his father, Rakhat Aliyev was found dead in the solitary cell of his Vienna prison. According to the official, Aliyev apparently committed suicide by hanging himself. However, his attorney, Klaus Ainedter, said he was highly suspicious of the death and expected a thorough investigation. "I have significant doubts about this without wanting to blame anyone. I visited him yesterday. There could be no talk whatsoever of danger of suicide," Ainedter said. The Federal Ministry of Justice (Austria) has officially confirmed the fact of Rakhat Aliyev's suicide in his prison cell. Thereafter Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan reported that the law enforcement agencies of the Republic of Kazakhstan insisted on their participation in the investigation into the death of Aliyev. A 2016 independent report ruled out suicide and noted that his body showed traces of suffocation. Political views In 2006, Aliyev called for the creation of a “British-style” constitutional monarchy in Kazakhstan, believing it would bring stability and liberal democracy to the nation. Aliyev argued that in adopting a republican form of government when it gained independence in 1991 as the Soviet Union collapsed, Kazakhstan defied its traditions. References External links "Kazakhstan cracks down on press freedom on eve of leading OSCE" Luke Harding, The Guardian, 29 December 2009 JusticeForNovikova.com RakhatAliyev.com Anastasiya Novikova's Story