Venus “Cannes” of Nazarbayev: the red carpet at Elbasy’s granddaughter and stolen billions
After a cartel agreement and a wave of protests, which quickly turned into chaos, making the country's position worse geopolitically, a series of public arrests, firings, and detentions occurred.
However, the main question of the year, if not the decades, remained unresolved: will the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan hold the Nazarbayev family accountable? And if so, where will the billionaires escape to? In reality, Nazarbayev, along with his money and relatives, could go to his favorite hotel in Karlovy Vary, or to his brother Bolat in the USA, or to London to his daughter Dariga. However, journalists discovered a new alternate airfield where Nursultan Abishevich could land – a modest estate in Cannes, on the Cote d’Azur.
The mansion on Cannes' Boulevard Leader was purchased by SCI CDG Garden House in 2009 for €4.7 million, according to French cadastre data.
A while back, a company with a capital of €10,000 was bought by two individuals: Italian lawyer Massimiliano Dall’osso and Venera Nazarbayeva, daughter of Dariga Nazarbayeva and granddaughter of the first president of Kazakhstan. At that time, Venera Nazarbayeva was only nine years old.
According to information from France's commercial register, SCI CDG Garden House is owned by Venera Nazarbayeva for 99.99%, with the remaining 0.01% in the name of lawyer Massimiliano Dall’osso. He is the director of this company and signs the documents for Nazarbayev’s granddaughter.
A lawyer's signature for Venera Nazarbayev (at that time – Aliyev, after his father).
Venera Nazarbayeva's house is situated on the western outskirts of Cannes on an elevated area overseeing the Cannes Bay of the Ligurian Sea. It is not adjacent to the water, being two kilometers away by car. However, it is situated in a wealthy residential area where there are no unfamiliar people. A bit further up the hill, there is a forest for peaceful walks.
On the grounds of the 4819 m² plot, besides the main two-story house, there is a swimming pool, a private tennis court, a two-car garage, and additional buildings.
Satellite view of the estate. The red line shows the boundary between neighboring plots.
Now, the view from the boulevard to Venera Nazarbayeva's house is hidden from public view by a hedge. However, back in 2011, the vegetation was not as dense. This is what the house looked like on Google StreetView ten years ago.
Venera Nazarbayeva's house in Cannes in February 2011
We mentioned the Italian Massimiliano Dall’osso for a reason. This lawyer has been mentioned multiple times regarding the Family’s real estate. It is Massimiliano Dall’osso who officially owns the British companies that manage commercial real estate in central London. Way to the Sea has previously reported on how an anonymous buyer purchased an entire block of Baker Street – including the house at 221B Baker Street, where the writer Arthur Conan Doyle settled his hero, detective Sherlock Holmes.
The property of Dariga Nazarbayeva and her son on Baker Street
Having studied the leaked correspondence, The Times journalists in 2020 found that the complex of buildings on Baker Street is 90% owned by Dariga Nazarbayeva, the remaining 10% is owned by her son Nurali Aliyev. But neither Dariga nor her son have ever confirmed that the £185m property belongs to them. Now, with the discovery of a common lawyer, this connection has received new confirmation. In the meantime, the Western press continues to wash the bones of Nazarbayev’s entourage and will do it with enviable persistence, of which there is no doubt.
