Kazakhstan has previously prosecuted sentenced citizens for fighting with the Wagner mercenary group, such as the case of Aleksei Shompolov, who was sentenced to 6 years and 8 months for joining Wagner.

Further leaks from egov.kz, a website of the government of Kazakhstan lists Praliev living in Shymkent, as well as an address in Almaty along Zhubanova street. In these documents, Praliev is listed as having Kazakh nationality.

In a second leak from Chitai Gorod, a Russian bookstore chain, Praliev registered his location in the city of Almaty, Kazakhstan. Praliev’s data is also found in a leak from Kazakhstan resident databases, which lists Praliev’s address in Almaty.

According to leaked data from Gemotest, a medical test laboratory, Praliev registered his address with the testing service in Moscow along Progonny Proezd, which is located in the Bogorodskoe district of the Eastern Administrative Okrug. This data was created in February 2022.