November 2014

Putin's Ephemeral Gains with the Eurasian Economic Union

28 Nov

Events and opinions

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Putin's Ephemeral Gains with the Eurasian Economic Union

Russia's competition with China for dominance in Central Asia has long appeared to be doomed due to the asymmetrical relationship between Russian and Chinese economic power. The already strong Chinese... read more..

Kazakh exile takes issue with publication of house address

26 Nov

Events and opinions

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Kazakh exile takes issue with publication of house address

Former secret service deputy head says publication of house address searched by Maltese police endangers his family Kazakh exile Rakhat Aliyev – currently being held... read more..

26 Nov

Special projects

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Glover Bags $160K Kazakhstan Business

Glover Park Group has picked up a three-month $160K representation contract from energy-rich and human rights-poor Kazakhstan. The firm handles legal matters for the... read more..

24 Nov

Events and opinions

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Putin eyeing rival pipelines

Russian politician Andrei Zhirinovsky is all mouth, so it would not normally have caused a stir when he suggested earlier this year that Russia should simply annex the parts of neighbouring Kazakhstan... read more..

22 Nov

Economy

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Caspian games

Russian politician Andrei Zhirinovsky is all mouth, so it would not normally have caused a stir when he suggested earlier this year that Russia should simply annex the parts of neighboring Kazakhstan ... read more..

Israeli Companies 'Aiding Post-Soviet Central Asian Spies to Monitor Dissidents'

22 Nov

Events and opinions

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Israeli Companies 'Aiding Post-Soviet Central Asian Spies to Monitor Dissidents'

Israeli tech companies are allegedly supplying advanced monitoring systems to authoritarian Central Asian governments to spy on their citizens and continue the crackdown on dissidents and political op... read more..

Nervous Kazakhstan 'sensitive' about Ukraine question

12 Nov

Special projects

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Nervous Kazakhstan 'sensitive' about Ukraine question

The crisis in Ukraine has prompted many in Kazakhstan to ask whether it will be next to be targeted by Russia - and which way the Central Asian country's Russian community would turn if relations with... read more..

Kazakh leader orders government to open oil fund for projects

12 Nov

Events and opinions

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Kazakh leader orders government to open oil fund for projects

Kazakhstan's president ordered his government on Tuesday to allocate $3 billion from the National Fund every year from 2015 to 2017 to bolster growth in an economy hit by falling oil prices and a slow... read more..

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