Rustem Sarsembekov

Rustem Sarsembekov is an employee of the National Security Committee of Kazakhstan, reportedly working under diplomatic cover at the Kazakhstan embassy in Kyiv. He was recently in the news due to allegations made by Natalia Sadykova, the widow of Kazakh opposition journalist Aidos Sadykov, who claimed that Sarsembekov was following her in Kyiv, raising concerns about her safety and the actions of foreign intelligence services operating on Ukrainian soil.