Abdrashev Ruslan Muratkhanovich

Abdrashev Ruslan Muratkhanovich
Doctor of Law, Professor

Born on 21 April 1977 in Ayagoz District, East Kazakhstan Region.

In 1999, graduated with honours from the Faculty of Law of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University.

In 2007, defended his dissertation for the degree of Candidate of Legal Sciences in specialty 12.00.09 (thesis: "Methodology for the Investigation of Arbitrariness").

In 2010, defended his dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Legal Sciences in specialty 12.00.09 (thesis: "Theory and Practice of Investigating Corruption Offences within Law Enforcement Agencies").

From November 1999 to August 2011, served in various investigative and staff positions at the Bostandyk District Department of Internal Affairs of Almaty (1999–2005), the Research Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2005–2010) and the Department of Internal Affairs of Almaty (Headquarters Directorate, 2010–2011).

From 2011 to 2012, Professor at the Department of Criminalistics, Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure, Faculty of Law, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University.

From 2015 to 2017, Professor at the School of Law, University of International Business (UIB).

From 2016 to 2022, Professor at the Department of Criminal Law Disciplines and Law Enforcement, D. Kunaev Eurasian Law Academy.

From 2022 to 2023, Director of the Research and Educational Centre for Criminal Law Disciplines, Academy of Justice under the Supreme Court of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

In 2024, Director of the Research and Educational Centre for Criminal Law Disciplines, Academy of Justice under the Supreme Judicial Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

 

Expert for political parties, various organisations and interagency government commissions:

– expert of the Independent Kazakh Agency for Quality Assurance in Education (IQAA, 2013–2017);

– expert of the interagency working group of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the review of criminal and criminal procedure legislation (by order of the Minister of Justice, 2022–2023);

– expert of the interagency working group of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the improvement of criminal and criminal procedure legislation (by order of the Minister of Justice, 2023–2025).

 

State awards and letters of appreciation: badge "Excellent Officer of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan" (Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs No. 460 of 2 September 2003); numerous certificates of appreciation and commendations from the leadership of the Main Department of Internal Affairs of Almaty for conscientious performance of official duties; Y. Altynsarin badge for significant achievements in the education and upbringing of the younger generation (Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan, 8 November 2017); letters of appreciation from the Institute for Retraining and Advanced Training of Judges, Prosecutors, Court and Justice Officials of the Belarusian State University (2022, 2023, 2024), the V. M. Lebedev Russian Academy of Justice (2024) and the human rights public association "Qadir Qasiet" (2023).

 

Research works and inventions: author of 170 scholarly works, including: 1. Textbook "Criminal Law of Kazakhstan and Russia. General Part" / eds. R. M. Abdrashev, S. V. Malikov, A. I. Chuchaev. – Moscow: Gorodets Publishing House, 2022 (implemented in the work of district and regional courts of the Republic of Kazakhstan); 2. Monograph "Theoretical and Practical Problems of Investigating Corruption Offences within Law Enforcement Agencies". – Almaty, 2011 (implemented in the work of law enforcement agencies); 3. Monograph "Investigation of Corruption Offences within Law Enforcement Agencies". – Almaty, 2009 (implemented in the work of law enforcement agencies); 4. Study guide "Forensic and Criminal Law Means of Combating Arbitrariness". – Almaty, 2014; 5. Study guide "Investigation of Corruption Offences". – Almaty, 2015; 6. Monograph "Forensic and Criminal Law Means of Combating Arbitrariness". – Almaty, 2015; 7. Study guide "Investigation of Arbitrariness". – Almaty: Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, 2007; 8. Study guide "Implementing the Presumption of Innocence at the Pre-Trial and Trial Stages of Criminal Proceedings". – Almaty: Zheti Zhargy Publishing House, 2024 (implemented in the work of district and regional courts of the Republic of Kazakhstan).

Foreign languages: English (Upper-Intermediate); teaches legal disciplines in English: theory of state and law, criminology.