The wife of Kazakh opposition figure Aidos Sadikov, Natalya Sadikova, said that she was being monitored. She said that suspicious individuals had been pursuing her both while she was abroad, in particular in Prague, and after she returned to Ukraine.
She shared more details about this on her Facebook page.
According to Sadikova, she first noticed suspicious individuals in March of this year while in Prague. The woman claims:
"I discovered again that I was being followed - the Kazakhs were watching. In March, my children and I were in Prague, and there I noticed for the first time that Kazakhs were coming to public places for meetings and, without hiding, filming me and my interlocutors on video. This is not my paranoia - the "walkers" were noticed by many people we met in the Czech capital."
She emphasizes that these individuals acted openly, and their presence was also noticed by other people with whom she communicated.
After returning to Kyiv, Natalia claims, the surveillance continued - near her house she repeatedly saw unknown men trying to avoid contact after noticing her. She suggests that Kazakhstan's special services are behind these actions.
"After returning to Kyiv, the surveillance continued, and several times I noticed suspicious men near my house, and when they saw me, they tried to leave. It is clear that this is done by the special services of Kazakhstan. It is clear that I am very "uncomfortable": before my eyes they are killing my husband, oppositionist Aidos Sadikov, and, instead of shutting up, I continue to publish BASE. It is clear that now in Kazakhstan they are thoroughly clearing the entire protest field ," she writes, asking: " It is not clear why they need this, what goals do the KNBS people pursue: to intimidate, kill or kidnap?"
Natalia also recalled that her husband Aidos Sadikov was also under surveillance for a long time - GPS trackers were found in his car a year before the murder.
"I am now alone in Ukraine with three minor children aged five to fourteen, and for the last eleven years I have been living as a refugee. Law enforcement agencies have been notified. Apart from publicity and Ukrainian law enforcement agencies, there is no one to protect me," she concluded.
As previously reported by "Apostrophe", Kazakh oppositionist Aidos Sadikov , who was assassinated in Kyiv on June 18, died in one of the capital's hospitals on July 2.
Natalia Sadikova also reported that the Ukrainian police had found the perpetrators of the attempted murder of Aidos Sadikov.