A Kazkah opposition figure and prominent blogger with more than 1 million subscribers on YouTube has been seriously wounded in an attempted killing in Kyiv. Aydos Sadykov, who was granted asylum in Ukraine in 2014, was shot near his home. His wife, Natalia Sadykova, wrote on social media: “Today in Kyiv, near his own house, an assassination attempt was made on Aydos Sadykov’s life.” Sadykov and his wife run a well-known opposition social media channel in Kazakhstan, heavily critical of President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. He has been wanted in Kazakhstan since last year. Kyiv officials said an investigation had been launched, adding: “According to preliminary information, an unknown person with a gun ran up to the car where the victim and his wife were, shot the man, and then fled.” “The man is currently in hospital in bad condition. Law enforcement is taking measures to identify the attacker,” they added. Sadykova later said that her husband had been operated on but he was in a “serious condition”. She called for prayers “for him to survive”. She accused President Tokayev of ordering the assassination.