ERASURE FILE · STAGE 3: OFF THE LAND
Resources are easier to take from a country nobody can find.
Maksat's Plan to Sell Irad to China: The New Silk Road Takeover
Aidar Maksat was born in Kobozev, studied civil engineering in London, married the Governor's only daughter in 2008 and became Lieutenant Governor in November 2019. Since the Governor vanished he signs everything. An engineer in charge of a country. And every road he builds points EAST.
Antimony. China is the buyer for the stibnite from Sary-Bulak. When China put export controls on antimony in 2024 the price exploded, and suddenly men are digging by hand in abandoned tribal workings to feed the trade. In 2025 customs seized 46 tonnes of stibnite at Talas North Terminal declared as "fluorite". 46 tonnes! Who was it for?
Gas. CNPC wants its Trans-Irad Gas Pipeline from Turkmenistan to western China, straight through our land. A pipeline is not a business deal. A pipeline is a border that the other side has to protect.
Our source at a ministry says Maksat's office holds meetings with Chinese delegations that are not recorded in the official diary. Infrastructure. "Investment." Loans that can never be repaid. Ask the countries along the New Silk Road how that story ends.
Maksat says he simply welcomes foreign investment. Every colony in history started with investment.