Kairat Satybaldy, an imprisoned nephew of former President Nursultan Nazarbayev, has to date paid nearly 700 billion tenge (around $1.5 billion) in monies allegedly obtained by illicit means into the state coffers, anti-corruption officials said on February 8. The scale of the restitution, as the transfer is being described, marks a significant triumph in a campaign by the authorities to recover funds that they say were unlawfully acquired under the watch of Nazarbayev, who stepped down in 2019. Satybaldy, who is serving a prison sentence for embezzlement, has paid the money pending the unfold…