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Event | Africa’s experience with Chinese investors. Some parallels with Central Asia

See the similarities? (David Trilling)

Beijing needed testing grounds for risky investments.

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China ready to promote ties with Kazakhstan to new level: Premier Li

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang meets with Kazakh Prime Minister Askar Mamin in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on Nov. 2, 2019. (Xinhua/Yao Dawei)

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Saturday that China stands ready to promote China-Kazakhstan relations to a new level.

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Kazakh Prosecutor Calls On Citizens Not To Take Part In 'Illegal' Rallies

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The Prosecutor-General's Office has called on citizens not to take part in what it called "illegal" rallies planned by the banned Kazakhstan's Democratic Choice (DVK) movement on September 21.

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Should Europe fear Russia’s Eurasian Economic Union?

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The Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) is a Russian-run structure, loosely modelled on the European Union.

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Browsers Take a Stance Against Kazakhstan’s Weaponization of PKI

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 “Man-in-the-middle observation can be benevolent”

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Some Freed, Some Not by Kazakhstan’s Justice System

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Mukhtar Dzhakishev’s passionate speech about the flaws of Kazakhstan’s justice system echoed beyond the courtroom in Semey where he awaited a decision on his plea for parole.

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Jailed Former Kazakh Uranium Tycoon Dzhakishev Denied Early Release Again

Мухтар Джакишев

The jailed former president of Kazakhstan's uranium giant Kazatomprom, Mukhtar Dzhakishev, has been denied early release for the second time in months.

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Kazakh Poet Detained holding Banner with ex-President’s Quote

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Kazakh police detained poet Ramil Niyazov as he held a one-man anti-government protest on Thursday in Almaty, holding a banner that read “Publicity discloses the insignificance of authoritarianism. Nazarbayev, 1987.”

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Kazakhs say it is time for closer ties with EU

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Interview with Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan Roman Vassilenko

The Central Asian energy giant’s deputy minister of foreign affairs says the current state of relations between Brussels and Kazakhstan presents a unique opportunity to forge closer bilateral relations.

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Pashinyan finishes out of the medals in Kazakhstan

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At a summit of the Eurasian Economic Union in Kazakhstan, the visiting heads of state were awarded with medals and inducted into the "Order of The First President of The Republic of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev." Or all but one of them were, anyway.

Experts of the Committee against Torture Commend Kazakhstan for Enhanced Legislation

Experts of the Committee against Torture Commend Kazakhstan for Enhanced Legislation

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Kazakh official: Not the time to resolve differences through war

Kazakh official: Not the time to resolve differences through war

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Oil majors sued by Kazakh government over billions in revenue

Oil majors sued by Kazakh government over billions in revenue

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