Kazakhstan to re-examine 2004 banker's death, may target Nazarbayev criticALMATY (Reuters) - Kazakh state prosecutors said on Wednesday they will re-investigate the 2004 death of a prominent banker after the man convicted of accidentally killing him said he had in fact been hired to do so by Mukhtar Ablyazov, a former oligarch turned opponent of President Nursultan Nazarbayev. The Central Asian nation s government has accused Ablyazov, who has been living in France, of embezzling billions of dollars from a local bank he used to run. A French court last year ruled against extraditing him, however, and set him free. The new probe may lead to a fresh extradition request from the former Soviet republic, setting the stage for another prolonged legal battle in European courts. Ablyazov, once a wealthy businessman who became a government minister, led an opposition political movement in the early 2000s until being convicted on corruption charges in 2002. Nazarbayev pardoned him in 2003. But Ablyazov fell out with the strongman leader again in 2009 when the government nationalized BTA, Kazakhstan s biggest bank at the time, of which Ablyazov was the chairman and majority shareholder. He then fled Kazakhstan, whose authorities have since unsuccessfully tried to have him brought back to the country on fraud and embezzlement charges while also seeking to seize his personal assets. On Tuesday, a businessman now in prison for an unrelated crime claimed in a television documentary that he had murdered Ablyazov s former associate in 2004 in a  hit job  ordered by the oligarch. At the time, the death was ruled involuntary manslaughter as the killer said he had accidentally shot banker Yerzhan Tatishev during a hunting trip. Tatishev was the chief executive of BTA; shortly after his death Ablyazov became the bank s chairman. The Prosecutor General s office said on Wednesday it was reopening the case and reclassifying it as murder. Although the prosecutors  statement did not mention Ablyazov, the latter accused the government in a Facebook post on Wednesday of forcing the alleged killer to falsely testify against him. Since a French court set him free last December, Ablyazov has regularly used social networks to criticize Nazarbayev, who has run the oil-rich nation of 18 million since 1989. worldnews
kazakhstan banker death may target nazarbayev criticalmaty reuters kayak state prosecutors said wednesday death prominent banker man convicted accidentally killing said fact hired mukhtar ablyazov former oligarch turned opponent president nursultan nazarbayev the central asian nation government accused ablyazov living france embezzling billions dollars local bank used run a french court last year ruled extradition however set free the new probe may lead fresh extradition request former soviet republic setting stage another prolonged legal battle european courts ablyazov wealthy businessman became government minister led opposition political movement early convicted corruption charges nazarbayev pardoned but ablyazov fell strongman leader government nationalized ba kazakhstan biggest bank time ablyazov chairman majority shareholder he fled kazakhstan whose authorities since unsuccessfully tried brought back country fraud embezzlement charges also seeking seize personal assets on tuesday businessman prison unrelated crime claimed television documentary murdered ablyazov former associate hit job ordered oligarch at time death ruled involuntary manslaughter killer said accidentally shot banker yerzhan tatishev hunting trip tatishev chief executive ba shortly death ablyazov became bank chairman the prosecutor general office said wednesday reopening case classifying murder although prosecutors statement mention ablyazov latter accused government facebook post wednesday forcing alleged killer falsely testify since french court set free last december ablyazov regularly used social networks criticize nazarbayev run nation million since worldnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: Kazakhstan to re-examine 2004 banker's death, may target Nazarbayev criticALMATY (Reuters) - Kazakh state prosecutors said on Wednesday they will re-investigate the 2004 death of a prominent banker after the man convicted of accidentally killing him said he had in fact been hired to do so by Mukhtar Ablyazov, a former oligarch turned opponent of President Nursultan Nazarbayev. The Central Asian nation s government has accused Ablyazov, who has been living in France, of embezzling billions of dollars from a local bank he used to run. A French court last year ruled against extraditing him, however, and set him free. The new probe may lead to a fresh extradition request from the former Soviet republic, setting the stage for another prolonged legal battle in European courts. Ablyazov, once a wealthy businessman who became a government minister, led an opposition political movement in the early 2000s until being convicted on corruption charges in 2002. Nazarbayev pardoned him in 2003. But Ablyazov fell out with the strongman leader again in 2009 when the government nationalized BTA, Kazakhstan s biggest bank at the time, of which Ablyazov was the chairman and majority shareholder. He then fled Kazakhstan, whose authorities have since unsuccessfully tried to have him brought back to the country on fraud and embezzlement charges while also seeking to seize his personal assets. On Tuesday, a businessman now in prison for an unrelated crime claimed in a television documentary that he had murdered Ablyazov s former associate in 2004 in a  hit job  ordered by the oligarch. At the time, the death was ruled involuntary manslaughter as the killer said he had accidentally shot banker Yerzhan Tatishev during a hunting trip. Tatishev was the chief executive of BTA; shortly after his death Ablyazov became the bank s chairman. The Prosecutor General s office said on Wednesday it was reopening the case and reclassifying it as murder. Although the prosecutors  statement did not mention Ablyazov, the latter accused the government in a Facebook post on Wednesday of forcing the alleged killer to falsely testify against him. Since a French court set him free last December, Ablyazov has regularly used social networks to criticize Nazarbayev, who has run the oil-rich nation of 18 million since 1989. worldnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: kazakhstan banker death may target nazarbayev criticalmaty reuters kayak state prosecutors said wednesday death prominent banker man convicted accidentally killing said fact hired mukhtar ablyazov former oligarch turned opponent president nursultan nazarbayev the central asian nation government accused ablyazov living france embezzling billions dollars local bank used run a french court last year ruled extradition however set free the new probe may lead fresh extradition request former soviet republic setting stage another prolonged legal battle european courts ablyazov wealthy businessman became government minister led opposition political movement early convicted corruption charges nazarbayev pardoned but ablyazov fell strongman leader government nationalized ba kazakhstan biggest bank time ablyazov chairman majority shareholder he fled kazakhstan whose authorities since unsuccessfully tried brought back country fraud embezzlement charges also seeking seize personal assets on tuesday businessman prison unrelated crime claimed television documentary murdered ablyazov former associate hit job ordered oligarch at time death ruled involuntary manslaughter killer said accidentally shot banker yerzhan tatishev hunting trip tatishev chief executive ba shortly death ablyazov became bank chairman the prosecutor general office said wednesday reopening case classifying murder although prosecutors statement mention ablyazov latter accused government facebook post wednesday forcing alleged killer falsely testify since french court set free last december ablyazov regularly used social networks criticize nazarbayev run nation million since worldnews