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Kazakhstan's parliament is mulling legislative changes that would bestow vast, new powers on the incumbent president, Nursultan Nazarbayev. In addition to granting Nazarbayev the title of "leader of t... read more..

Moody's Investors Service has concluded its review for possible downgrade of six Kazakh financial institutions with the downgrade of the ratings of five financial institutions. Four of these inst... read more..

The proposal protects Nazarbaev from any prosecution for criminal wrongdoing Three Kazakh parliament deputies today proposed giving President Nursultan Nazarbaev the official title "Leader of the... read more..

Kyrgyzstan's interim government said Tuesday it had launched a criminal inquiry into firms supplying fuel to the U.S. air base in the Central Asian nation, which prosecutors say belong to the family o... read more..

Bakiyev said Russia is anger over his decision to keep open U.S. air base Kyrgyzstan's interim government said on Tuesday it has ordered prosecutors to seek the extradition of former president Ku... read more..

Nazarbayev has not identified any potential successors and this issue is the biggest long-term risk An intensifying succession struggle among Kazakhstan's political elite and the government's inc... read more..

When President Nursultan Nazarbayev proposed drawing up a doctrine to promote national unity, he probably did not expect that he would lift the lid on inter-ethnic tension in Kazakhstan. But that is e... read more..

As Kazakhstan's annual Eurasian Media Forum opened in Almaty on April 27, officials seemed keen to showcase the Central Asian nation's qualifications for chairman of the Organization for Security and ... read more..

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD), Chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (U.S. Helsinki Commission) and Co-Chairman Congressman Alcee L. Hastings (D-FL) toda... read more..

(SRI) - ING will advise KazMunaiGas (KMG) on the Kazakhstan Caspian Transportation System (KCTS), an oil transportation project between Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan, according to industry sources. T read more..

(SRI) - The Karachaganak Petroleum Operating (KPO) joint venture is facing claims of at least $2.5 billion by the Kazakh government, Bloomberg reported on Friday citing sources with knowledge of the m read more..

A panel of experts told Congress on Thursday that the United States tolerated a corrupt government in Kyrgyzstan to maintain access to a base that is key to the fighting in Afghanistan. Manas air... read more..

Why the United States can't keep buying off Kyrgyz leaders to keep its vital air base open. As the dust settles in Bishkek and Kyrgyzstan's erstwhile opposition begins to assemble a new regime to... read more..

Shortly before the uprising in Kyrgyzstan two weeks ago, online news sites posted a series of hard-hitting exposés accusing the family of President Kurmanbek Bakiyev of skimming money from the public ... read more..

IT LOOKS as if the Obama administration might have lucked out in Kyrgyzstan, the obscure Central Asian nation that is host to an important U.S. military base. The coalition that consolidated powe... read more..

Den USA sollte es eine Lehre sein: autoritäre Regime nicht nur widerwärtige, sondern auch unzuverlässige Verbündete sind Bischkek, Kirgistan: Seit Jahren scheint das kirgisische Volk eine nur sch... read more..

A browser that bypasses censors has become the most popular way to access the Internet in Kazakhstan, a Central Asian state where sites critical of the government are often blocked, a Web statistics f... read more..

State-controlled media outlets in Kazakhstan have been competing to outdo each other with flattering portrayals of President Nursultan Nazarbayev’s one-on-one meeting with Barack Obama on April 11. Ka... read more..

Ousted Kyrgyz president gets support at home as opponents debate his fate BISHKEK, KYRGYZSTAN -- The deposed president of Kyrgyzstan rallied hundreds of supporters to his home village Monday, tau... read more..

AP interview: Kyrgyz president refuses to step down, saying he's not to blame for bloodshed Kyrgyzstan's deposed president on Sunday defended the legitimacy of his rule and urged the United Natio... read more..

Kazakhstan's authoritarian president Nursultan Nazarbayev touted himself as poster boy of a Washington summit on nuclear disarmament Monday -- and President Barack Obama, badly needing allies in Centr... read more..

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan — Back in 2005, the last time angry crowds toppled the government of Kyrgyzstan, the United States found itself in an awkward position: among the rallying cries was an allegation t... read more..

LyondellBasell, the bankrupt chemical company built through a takeover by financier Len Blavatnik's Access Industries, has identified corporate activities in Kazakhstan that may break U.S. anti-corrup... read more..

The latest developments in Kyrgyzstan show what happens to the government which demolishes all the instruments of civil society. Regime which does not allow its citizens to express their opinion ... read more..

Opposition says it controls Central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan after dozens killed Opposition leaders declared they had seized power in Kyrgyzstan, taking control of security headquarters, a stat... read more..

The jailing in Kazakhstan of an opposition leader on charges of holding an unsanctioned rally is stoking fresh concerns over the fairness of the judicial system in the country currently chairing the O... read more..

A U.S. media watchdog has condemned an attack on a Kazakh reporter who covered a rare strike over pay at a state oil company this month. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said late on Tu... read more..

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon sets off later this week on a tour of the former Soviet republics of Central Asia that is likely to be closely watched for how strongly he raises human rights issues... read more..

(SRI) - Kazakhstan's financial police accused the Karachaganak Petroleum Operating (KPO) consortium last Friday of illegally earning $708 million in 2008, claiming it profited from oil output that was read more..

Authorities in Uzbekistan have restricted the country's doctors from freely traveling abroad to international medical conferences, a think tank in the Central Asian nation said Friday. Limiting U... read more..