Iran keeps making headlines, and some experts say the crackdown there could fuel repression in Central Asia. Stateside, there's a public debate on what to do.

Ex-Botschafter Aliyev klagt Kasachstans Präsidenten an.

One month after the dismissal of Kazakhstan's Defense Minister Daniyal Akhmetov by presidential decree on June 17, persistent rumors are still circulating about his alleged suicide.

Social Democrat (SPÖ) MP Anton Gaal has admitted to arranging a meeting between an Austrian detective and a member of the Kazakh secret service as a special government commission is to investigate claims Austrian politicians and journalists have been in the pay of the Kazakh secret service.

One month after the dismissal of Kazakhstan's Defense Minister Daniyal
Akhmetov by presidential decree on June 17, persistent rumors are still
circulating about his alleged suicide.

The suspect is thought to have tried to kidnap former Kazakh National Security Committee chief Alnur Musaev.

 

As Kazakhstan enters its third year of crisis, the long-awaited clarity about BTA Bank and Alliance Bank's restructuring is imminent. Kazakhstan's two other "Big 4" lenders - Kazkommertsbank and Halyk Bank - appear to be stable, but for the sector as a whole the growing burden of problem loans means that things could still get worse before they get better.

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