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.
Events and opinions
2157

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
2345

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
2691

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
2616

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
2602

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
2272

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..

Events and opinions
3193

Il-każ dwar Rakhat Aliyev - "Se nappellaw…"

  Wara li l-Qorti ċaħdet it-talba li preżentaw tliet persuni mill-Kazakistan, Satzahn Ibraev, Tyotr Afanasenko u Akezhan Kazhegldin, fejn talbu lill-Kummisarju tal-Pulizija biex jieħu passi kont read more..

Events and opinions
2547

The case of Rakhat Aliyev - “We will appeal…”

  After the court rejected the plea made by three people from Kazakhstan, Satzahn Ibraev, Tyotr Afanasenko and Akezhan Kazhegldin, where they requested the Commissioner of Police to take action read more..

Events and opinions
2049

Kazakhstan Proposes to Expand its Transit Facilities on the Caspian to Facilitate NATOs Withdrawal from Afghanistan

  Kazakhstani President Nursultan Nazarbayev opened the third ministerial meeting of the so-called Istanbul process, an international initiative for reconstructing and stabilizing Afghanistan in read more..

Events and opinions
2147

High Court forces the sale of fugitive tycoon’s £41m homes

  Three homes worth more than £41 million formerly owned by a billionaire fraudster are on the market after a High Court ruling. They include the £20 million Carlton House on Hampstead's "B read more..

Events and opinions
2462

The Secret Donors Behind the Center for American Progress and Other Think Tanks

  Washington institutions esteemed for their independent scholarship don't disclose donations from corporations and foreign governments. The Center for American Progress, Washington's leadi read more..

Events and opinions
2146

Kazakh bank BTA to sell fugitive ex-chairman's luxury UK homes

  Creditors in a Kazakh bank are poised to see the first proceeds from a four-year court battle against its former chairman, a fugitive oligarch accused of embezzling $6.0 billion.   &nbs read more..

Extra
3769

Maltese court says police has jurisdiction to investigate torture allegations against Kazakh exile living in Malta

Maltese court says police has jurisdiction to investigate torture allegations against Kazakh exile living in Malta. A United States congressman has asked the European Commission to investigate read more..

Events and opinions
2558

UN Implicates Azerbaijan, Kazakhstani In North Korea Arms Embargo Violations

  A United Nations report has implicated Azerbaijan and a Kazakhstan airline executive in violations of arms embargos against North Korea. The Associated Press acquired the report, to the U.N. S read more..

Economy
2689

America's Geopolitical Nightmare and Eurasian Strategic Energy Arrangements

  By drawing attention to Iraq and the obvious role oil plays in US policy today, the Bush-Cheney administration has done just that: They have drawn the world's energy-deficit powers' attention read more..

Economy
2818

Central Asia, Washington and Beijing Energy Geo-politics

  On December 15, the state-owned China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) inaugurated an oil pipeline running from Kazakhstan to northwest China. That pipeline will undercut the geopolitical signi read more..

Economy
2606

Washington is Playing a Deeper Game with China

  After the tragic events of July 5 in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China, it would be useful to look more closely into the actual role of the US Government’s ”independent“ NGO, the Nati read more..

Events and opinions
2051

Magistrate turns down request for police investigation of Rakhat Aliyev

  Lawyers wanted courts to force police to investigate former Kazakh diplomat exiled in Malta over torture and human rights abuses.       Magistrate Antonio Mizzi& read more..

Events and opinions
2498

Why Did Kazakhstan Give Up Its Nukes?

  When Kazakhstan became independent 22 years ago and inherited some of the Soviet Union's nuclear weapons, it decided to give them up. If you follow Kazakhstan at all, you know this because Kaz read more..

Events and opinions
1971

Budapest to build up trade and economic dialogue with Asian countries - Hungarian President

  Today Nurbakhyt Rustemov, the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Hungary, has presented credentials to Janos Ader, the President of Hungary, the read more..

Events and opinions
2062

Kein Gewinn unter dieser Nummer. Wie Zuseher abgezockt wurden und die Telekom 46 Millionen Euro versenkte.

  Die leicht bekleidete Blondine zählt den Countdown schon zum x-ten Mal herunter. Am Geldband ziehen überdimensionierte Euroscheine vorbei, 40.000 Euro sind schon im Jackpot und keiner ruft an. read more..

Events and opinions
2564

A Kazakh horror show nears its 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
2076

Kazakh Muslim Union moves to put life-long presidents to death

  Kazakhstan's controversial Muslim Union and Muslim Committee on Humans Rights in Central Asia have proposed to set an age limit for the country's future presidents to 80 years and put to death read more..

Events and opinions
2171

Palast on the Steppes of a Dictatorship

  The title of Greg Palast's piece, "Boston, Bombs and Borat: From Kazakhstan with Truth," initially posted online on April 28th immediately struck an intriguing note. After all, it's not very o read more..

Economy
3745

ENRC founders made good in Kazakhstan

  The most surprising thing about the founding trio of Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation – which controls some of Kazakhstan's most important assets – is that none is a native Kazakh. &nbs read more..

Economy
2576

Russian Banks to Back Bid for Eurasian Natural Resources - Report

  Two Kremlin-controlled banks are planning to back a bid for U.K.-listed Eurasian Natural Resources Corp. PLC (ENRC.LN), the Sunday Times said. VTB Bank (VTBR.RS) and OAO Sberbank (SBER.RS read more..

Economy
3487

Kazakhstan looks favorably on Chinese campaign for Central Asian oil

  Recently, Kazakhstan's Oil and Gas Minister Sauat Mynbayev finally confirmed China's interest in becoming involved in one of the world's most expensive energy projects ever at the Kashagan oil read more..

Economy
2775

China Claims a Share in Kashagan, Kazakhstan Confirms

  On April 16, Kazakhstan's Oil and Gas Minister Sauat Mynbayev made a statement that drew much attention from both domestic and international media and should certainly have been widely comment read more..

Terror in Kazakhstan!
6510

Friends helped destory bombing evidence

  After two Kazakh students are charged with disrupting the investigation into the Boston bombing, residents from Kazakhstan defend their compatriots. The surviving Boston Marathon bombing read more..

Terror in Kazakhstan!
7781

Kazakhstan: Golden Youth Gone Wild

  The two students –Dias Kadyrbaev and Azamat Tazhayakov -- are facing federal charges that they obstructed the investigation into the Boston Marathon bombings on April 15 by allegedly disposing read more..

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