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Kazakh leader asked to stay for life

The Kazakhstan presidency said on Thursday a resident of a provincial city had asked President Nursultan Nazarbayev to stay in his post for life

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Press- release of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe

The Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (U.S. Helsinki Commission) and the State Department today concluded a two-day discussion with a delegation of officials from Kazakhstan about the Central Asia country’s upcoming chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).

 

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Kasachische Wochen in Wien

altVon Drogen, Erpressung, Mord und Folter ist die Rede - Mitglieder der rechtspopulistischen FPÖ sollen mit dem kasachischen Geheimdienst gemeinsame Sache gemacht haben.

 

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BTA to reduce debt by $8 billion with restructuring

Kazakhstan’s largest bank, BTA, presented a restructuring proposal to investors last week that would allow it to cut its $10.3 billion debt by $8 billion to avoid bankruptcy.

 

 

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U.S. Embassy to Kazakhstan insist Zhovtis’s sentence be revised

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The U.S. Embassy to Kazakhstan asks the Kazakh authorities to revise the 4 years’ imprisonment sentence imposed on Yevgeny Zhovtis, a well-known human rights defender, who was found guilty of manslaughter in a road accident.

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Name schools, institutes after me, Kazakh leader says

altName a university after me, a school, a scientific institute or even a science foundation; but leave my name off the towns and streets of our country, President Nursultan Nazarbayev told Kazakh scientists on Friday.

 

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Black Raiders of Kazakhstan

altA documentary in Russian on how Rakhat Aliyev became one of the most feared individuals in Kazakhstan.