Monthly Archive

June 2013

Welcome to our Archives page. On this page you will find a total of 13 of our articles broken down into Months and Years.
Political process
2799

Cameron under fire for visiting Kazakhstan's dictator to sign lucrative energy deals

  David Cameron is under pressure from human rights campaigners as he prepares to do business with Kazakhstan. He will become the first serving British leader to visit the oil-rich country read more..

Events and opinions
2075

David Cameron's trip to Kazakhstan offers him a major opportunity - but will he take it?

  It should be both easy and timely for Cameron to publicly raise concern about human rights abuses and the imprisoned opposition leader at the highest levels         read more..

Economy
2439

Blair's dirty money: As his tentacles reach Mongolia, how the ex-PM is making millions from some of the world's most evil regimes

  With every passing month, Tony Blair looks more and more like a deposed emperor who has systematically set up his own government in exile. How else should we view the inexorable rise of h read more..

Events and opinions
2243

A Prison within a Prison: the Plight of Kazakh Poet Aron Atabek

  Hooded and handcuffed, sixty year old poet Aron Atabek shuffles around a dimly-lit room. The guards accompanying him prevent any communication with his fellow prisoners; the hood that they've read more..

Events and opinions
2281

A Kazakh horror show nears it is ending

  State seeks bailed-out bank sales; mooted deals get mixed reception. Four years after being nationalized and restructured by the Kazakh government, a trio of troubled Kazakh lenders are eyeing read more..

Events and opinions
2423

Causa Aliyev: Konten von Ex-Botschafter eingefroren

  Der kasachische Ex-Botschafter in Wien soll einem Bericht zufolge wegen des Verdachts der Geldwäsche einvernommen werden. Auf Malta ist das Vermögen des Ex-Botschafters Kasachstans in Österrei read more..

Events and opinions
2440

How Far Will Nazarbaev Go To Take Down Mukhtar Ablyazov?

  Ten years ago, Mukhtar Ablyazov stepped out of Kazakhstan's notorious Derzhavinsk prison with a pledge to give up politics. Ablyazov, a "wild '90s" oligarch and rising force in Kazakhstan read more..

Events and opinions
2106

Italian minister urged to explain deportations to Kazakhstan

  Italy's interior minister is under pressure from opposition parliamentarians to explain the deportation to Kazakhstan last week of the wife and daughter of Mukhtar Ablyazov, a prominent dissid read more..

Events and opinions
2326

Italiens staatliche "Geiselnehmer" Österreichs Innenministerium konnte fragwürdige „Ausweisung" nicht verhindern.

  Die Entführung einer Kasachin und deren Tochter aus Rom mit Unterstützung der italienischen Geheimpolizei zeigt das gleiche Muster, wie die Verschleppung des islamistischen Imam Abu Omar durch read more..

Economy
2648

Konflikt um Rohstoffkonzern ENRC: Zurück in den Schatten

  Während in London wegen schweren Betrugs gegen ENRC ermittelt wird, will ein kasachisches Bündnis den Rohstoffkonzern mit Staatshilfe komplett übernehmen. Jetzt erhält es mehr Zeit, sein Angeb read more..

Events and opinions
2598

Kazakh oligarch accuses president of kidnapping wife and daughter

  Mukhtar Ablyazov is a former banker and politician pursued in London's high court over allegations he embezzled over £3bn. Mukhtar Ablyazov was granted political asylum in the UK before f read more..

Events and opinions
2579

Kazakh Fugitive Banker’s Family Snatched in Nighttime Italy Raid

  Former BTA Bank Chairman Mukhtar Ablyazov's wife and daughter were deported to Kazakhstan from Italy on June 1 in the latest blow to the fugitive banker.   Alma Shalabayeva and Ablyaz read more..

Events and opinions
2257

Family Of Exiled Kazakh Oligarch Deported

  The wife and daughter of a fugitive Kazakh businessman have been deported from Italy back to Kazakhstan. Mukhtar Ablyazov accused Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev of kidnapping his fa read more..

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