Monthly Archive

Von Drogen, Erpressung, Mord und Folter ist die Rede - Mitglieder der rechtspopulistischen FPÖ sollen mit dem kasachischen Geheimdienst gemeinsame Sache gemacht haben.   Um möglicherweise ille... read more..

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.       The debt ... read more..

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 mansla read more..

Name 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 scient... read more..

A documentary in Russian on how Rakhat Aliyev became one of the most feared individuals in Kazakhstan.   The video might be used as an alternative to the recent book publication by Aliyev, in whic... read more..

This dossier is probably a result of Aliyev‘s recent book publication „Godfather-In-Law“. The authors of this essay decided to publish a text quite different to the above mentioned book, because ETG read more..

The old love-lace Nazarbaev has turned the state into a brothel and debauched the entire country   It goes without saying that Nursultan Nazarbaev suffers from – to use medical terms – idiopathic ... read more..

Case Underscores Concerns about Country’s Upcoming OSCE Chairmanship     A Kazakh court has sentenced the country's leading human rights defender to four years of imprisonment in a trial th... read more..

With the hasty conviction of Zhovtis, which comes on top of scores of other false cases, Kazakhstan is entering deeper and deeper into a human rights black hole, just months before Nazarbayev is meant... read more..

Lawsuits filed by state-controlled BTA Bank, Kazakhstan’s largest lender, to recover 917 million tenge ($6 million) from a newspaper and a charity have so far yielded nothing but seven pairs of boxer ... read more..

In a case that is sending shockwaves through Kazakhstan’s non-governmental organization community, Yevgeny Zhovtis, one of the country’s leading human rights activists, was found guilty on September 3... read more..

The advent of social networking platforms such as Twitter and Facebook has changed the nature of political dissent. But as this summer's unrest in Iran and China has demonstrated, authoritarian-minded... read more..

Turkmen president says gas-rich nation will build Caspian Sea naval base amid energy disput   Turkmenistan will establish a naval base on the Caspian Sea, the Central Asian nation's president ... read more..

Kazakhstan-focused funds suffered big losses over the past year. But even with stock prices now rebounding, it’s proving difficult to attract international investors, who remain sceptical about the co... read more..

The decision to make Kazakhstan chairman of the OSCE was made by the member countries solely to promote the relations between the East and the West, said Alexander Kelchevsky, the head of the OSCE cen... read more..