Monthly Archive

2013

Welcome to our Archives page. On this page you will find a total of 139 of our articles broken down into Months and Years.
Economy
2506

China already controls almost 40 percent of Kazakhstan’s hydrocarbon assets, KazTAG reports citing Indian media.

  "With China having already cornered about 40 per cent of this country's hydrocarbon assets, India's assessment is that it can get a chunk of the remaining portion if New Delhi plays its politi read more..

Events and opinions
2158

SOS Kazakhstan: Alarm bells are raised as religious freedom is denied

  The “Church of Silence” is still a reality in this former Soviet country, where faithful still face repression. From Stalin’s gulags to censored books. “Religious freedom is non-existent” read more..

Events and opinions
2051

EDITOR'S BLOG: Russia has serious reputation issues

    It's been a busy month for Russians in our news. From Berezovsky, to the younger Abramovich to the mess of miner ENRC...           Latest Stories from read more..

Events and opinions
2984

Boston Bombers CIA and Prince Andrew Connections

  The uncle of Boston's two Tsarnaev brothers worked for the CIA-front organisation called USAID.           Was Boston Bombers 'Uncle Ruslan' with the CIA? &nbs read more..

Events and opinions
2129

Kazakhstan: Big Brother Monitoring Overseas Students

  Kazakhstan's Education Ministry has enlisted the secret police to monitor students studying abroad on a government-sponsored scholarship program. The KNB, successor to the Soviet-era KGB, will read more..

Events and opinions
2465

Journalist kritisiert Rückschritte bei Pressefreiheit

  Die Pressefreiheit ist in Kasachstan in den vergangenen Jahren stetig eingeschränkt worden. "Vor fünf Jahren gab es noch unabhängige nationale Medien", sagt der Journalist Lukpan Achmedja read more..

Events and opinions
2491

The pop star and the opera singer: daughters of Soviet-era dictators emerge as contenders

  THEY are the last survivors of the Soviet era: two ageing, possibly ailing, dictators clinging to power in Central Asia, warily embraced by the West despite their disregard for human rights an read more..

Events and opinions
2253

Kasachstans Präsident heimlich in Israel – Krebsbehandlung?

Der kasachische Präsident Nursultan Nasarbajew hält sich seit mehreren Tagen heimlich in Israel auf – laut der israelischen Zeitung „Yedioth Ahronoth", um sich ärztlich behandeln zu lassen.   ... read more..

Corruption!
4475

Finance director of mining giant ENRC dragged into $100m corruption probe

The finance director of FTSE 100 mining giant ENRC has been dragged into a row over corruption allegations, after parts of an internal probe were leaked.     The investigation by law fi... read more..

Events and opinions
2956

Who Are The Apartment Owners at London’s One Hyde Park, The “World’s Most Expensive” Residential Development?

In an April Vanity Fair article which also investigates the complicated reasons why London has become a tax haven for the world’s mega-rich, Nicholas Shaxson reveals just who owns what ... read more..

Events and opinions
2115

Aliyev klagt österreichische Politiker an. Vorwürfe: Der kasachische Ex-Botschafter legt eine Verteidigungsschrift vor.

Seit Jahren wird gegen den in Ungnade gefallenen Ex-Schwiegersohn von Kasachstans Staatschef Nasarbajew und früheren Botschafter in Österreich, Rakhat Aliyev, wegen Mordes und Geldwäsche ermittelt. De... read more..

Events and opinions
2725

Kazakhstan: The Evolution of a Power Structure

  The question of succession in Kazakhstan has drawn greater attention as the country's long-serving leader Nursultan Nazarbayev advances in age. Nazarbayev has been in power for more than 20 ye read more..

Events and opinions
2737

Kasachstan: Nursultans ehrenwerte Gesellschaft

  Tony Blair, Alfred Gusenbauer, Gerhard Schröder und jetzt auch Otto Schily: Eine Reihe prominenter Sozialisten und Sozialdemokraten verdingt sich für den kasachischen Autokraten Nursultan Nasa read more..

Events and opinions
2206

Affäre um Kasachen Rakhat Alijew kommt wieder in Schwung

  Wien. (sir) Sechs Jahre sind vergangen, seit in Kasachstan zwei hochrangige Bankmanager der Nurbank verschwunden sind. Vor zwei Jahren wurden ihre Leichen gefunden, sie waren stranguliert, zuv read more..

Events and opinions
2188

Chuck Hagel's Think Tank, Its Donors, and Intellectual Independence

  Last Friday the Atlantic Council, the Washington think tank chaired by Chuck Hagel, President Obama's nominee for defense secretary, released a list of its foreign donors. The move came in res read more..

Corruption!
2690

Aliyev subject of interest to German federal intelligence

  Aliyev subject of interest to German federal intelligence Former Kazakh diplomat Rakhat Aliyev subject of interest by the German federal intelligence service.       The fo read more..

Events and opinions
2411

German intelligence service interested in Rakhat Aliyev

  German intelligence service is interested in the former ambassador of Kazakhstan to Austria Rakhat Aliyev, Malta Today writes. Such information emerged in the parliamentary requests of the Ger read more..

Events and opinions
2149

Kazakhstan Army to be used against swinging situation inside the country

  Kazakhstan Army may be used against swinging the situation inside the country. President Nursultan Nazarbayev instructed to study the existing capacities of the country's Armed Forces and set read more..

Events and opinions
2426

Arrest Warrant Issued For Missing Kazakh Provincial Governor

  An arrest warrant has been issued for Bergei Rysqaliev, the former governor of Kazakhstan's western Atyrau Province.         Kazakhstan's Agency for the Fight agains read more..

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