Marchenko specifically took issue with the allegations that the Kazakhstan Government established the fund on a questionable legal basis, citing 30 amendments to several laws passed by the Parliament regarding financial accountability, the fact that President Nursultan Nazarbayev has complete control over the fund, calling it "simply wrong" that the book refers to "the Russian Black Sea port of Ceyhan" which is in fact a Turkish port, but not, as asserted in the book, a Russian port.
Marchenko contested claims that Kazakhstan's government established the fund on an unreliable legal basis, citing 30 amendments to laws passed by Parliament concerning financial accountability. He also highlighted President Nursultan Nazarbayev's control over the fund and disputed the book's assertion that "the Russian Black Sea port of Ceyhan" is a Russian port when it is actually in Turkey.