Monthly Archive

2014

Welcome to our Archives page. On this page you will find a total of 152 of our articles broken down into Months and Years.
Crisis puts sovereign funds under pressure to keep assets liquid
Economy
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Crisis puts sovereign funds under pressure to keep assets liquid

  Caught in an emerging market storm, some resource-rich states may keep more windfall income in liquid assets, ready to aid their economies, rather than locked up in strategic investment for fu read more..
Why Can't The Former Soviet Republics Figure Out Democracy?
Political process
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Why Can't The Former Soviet Republics Figure Out Democracy?

The Soviet Union collapsed more than 20 years ago, yet genuine democracy is still a stranger in most of the 15 former republics. Ukraine, where at least 25 people were killed on Tuesday, is just the read more..
Betting on the Next Oil Boom? You're Grasping at Straws
Events and opinions
2092

Betting on the Next Oil Boom? You're Grasping at Straws

Unplanned interruptions in the global oil supply chain last year were about 30 percent higher than in 2013, the U.S. Energy Department said. Much of the problem was blamed on Libya, though sputtering ... read more..
Kazakhstan's leader orders raid on oil fund to support growth
Events and opinions
2140

Kazakhstan's leader orders raid on oil fund to support growth

  Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev ordered officials on Friday to raid the country's strategic oil reserve and slash banks' bad loans, stamping his authority on the economy in an ef read more..
Nazarbayev Urges Kazakh Wage Increases After Devaluation
Events and opinions
2297

Nazarbayev Urges Kazakh Wage Increases After Devaluation

  Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev urged metals and oil producers such as Kazakhmys Plc (KAZ) and Glencore Xtrata Plc's Kazzinc to increase salaries by 10 percent after the tenge was devalu read more..
Mutmaßliche Aliyev-Opfer im Media Quarter
Events and opinions
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Mutmaßliche Aliyev-Opfer im Media Quarter

  Wien. Knapp drei Stunden vor einer Pressekonferenz zur Causa des früheren Botschafters Kasachstans in Wien, Rakhat Aliyev, wurde diese abgesagt. Nicht vom Veranstalter der Pressekonferenz, dem read more..
Mysteriöser Todesfall rund um mutmaßliche Alijew-Opfer
Extra
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Mysteriöser Todesfall rund um mutmaßliche Alijew-Opfer

Der kasachische Unternehmer Sotkimbaev hätte morgen in Wien über den Fall von Kasaschstans früheren Österreich-Botschafter sprechen sollen. Wien. Drei mutmaßliche Opfer von Rachat Alijew erheben ... read more..
Kazakh President Sees ‘Serious’ Oil at Blighted Kashagan in 2014
Economy
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Kazakh President Sees ‘Serious’ Oil at Blighted Kashagan in 2014

  Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev said he expects "serious" output from the nation's largest oil deposit this year after waiting almost half his 23 years in office for the $48 billion read more..
Nazarbayev Considers Fifth Term to Extend Longest Ex-Soviet Rule
Events and opinions
2164

Nazarbayev Considers Fifth Term to Extend Longest Ex-Soviet Rule

  Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev said he may extend the longest reign of any former Soviet leader by running for a fifth term in 2016. "There definitely will be a transition of power read more..
Kazakhstan: Retrial Fails to Put Political Killing to Rest
Events and opinions
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Kazakhstan: Retrial Fails to Put Political Killing to Rest

  The retrial in Kazakhstan of a man convicted of the 2006 murder of a leading opposition leader was supposed to fill in blanks left by the initial proceedings. Instead, it reopened old wounds f read more..
China buys Lukashenka from Putin
Events and opinions
2039

China buys Lukashenka from Putin

  Belarus becomes Beijing's main bridgehead in Europe. The influential magazine Business New Europe writes about it. "Russia spent the end of last year battling the EU for control over Ukra read more..
Father of Boston bomber's alleged helper stripped of mandate
Events and opinions
1821

Father of Boston bomber's alleged helper stripped of mandate

The father of a student from Kazakhstan who is accused of obstructing justice in the United States over the Boston bombings has been stripped of his seat on a city council in the Central Asian nation.... read more..
Give Malta Your Tired and Huddled, and Rich
Events and opinions
2122

Give Malta Your Tired and Huddled, and Rich

  Having been besieged by the Ottomans, and ruled over the centuries by foreign invaders from the Greeks to the Romans to Napoleon, the tiny Mediterranean island nation of Malta has seen plenty read more..
Ecuador former police chief Edgar Vaca arrested in the US
Events and opinions
2024

Ecuador former police chief Edgar Vaca arrested in the US

  Police in the United States have arrested former Ecuadorean police commander Edgar Vaca, who is accused of human rights abuses. The interior minister in Quito issued a statement saying th read more..
RATINGS OF KAZAKHSTAN’S SENIOR POLITICIANS THROUGHOUT THE INDEPENDENCE PERIOD
Events and opinions
2339

RATINGS OF KAZAKHSTAN’S SENIOR POLITICIANS THROUGHOUT THE INDEPENDENCE PERIOD

In this investigation 36 individuals were questioned who are considered to be highly-qualified experts in the study of political and socio-economic processes within the Republic of Kazakhstan (RK).&nb... read more..
Inaction of Austrian, German and Maltese authorities against Rakhat Aliyev may damage public confidence to EU justice
Events and opinions
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Inaction of Austrian, German and Maltese authorities against Rakhat Aliyev may damage public confidence to EU justice

  Claude Turmes, a member of the European Parliament, is concerned that inaction of European authorities on mounting serious accusations against Aliyev could undermine public confidence to EU ju read more..
Nach VfGH-Urteil: Roter MQM-Skandal muss sofort untersucht werden!
Events and opinions
2368

Nach VfGH-Urteil: Roter MQM-Skandal muss sofort untersucht werden!

  Also doch: Dass die Stadt Wien die Prüfung des Media Quarter Marx (MQM) unterbunden hat, ist nicht nur einzigartig in der Geschichte des Rechnungshofs, es ist auch rechtswidrig. Das hat der Vf read more..
If you’re a fugitive banker trying to dodge extradition, don’t behave like this guy
Events and opinions
2397

If you’re a fugitive banker trying to dodge extradition, don’t behave like this guy

  Four years ago, Kazakhstan took control of the private BTA Bank, sending its sacked chairman fleeing to London and unraveling what was allegedly one of Europe's biggest financial frauds. Along read more..
Malta firm on passport sales despite EU pressure
Events and opinions
2055

Malta firm on passport sales despite EU pressure

  Malta will not back down from a plan to sell Maltese passports to foreigners, despite European Union opposition. Malta's Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said the initiative could net the country read more..
Kazakhstan's Parliament to Mull Sanctions Against “Lesbianism”
Events and opinions
2199

Kazakhstan's Parliament to Mull Sanctions Against “Lesbianism”

  Kazakhstan's parliament is to discuss the possibility of introducing legal sanctions against "lesbianism," a member of the lower house revealed on January 14 in remarks that will alarm Kazakhs read more..
MEPs to slam Malta's plan for EU passports
Events and opinions
2394

MEPs to slam Malta's plan for EU passports

  Starting in February, Malta is planning to sell EU passports to foreigners, but a European Parliament vote on Thursday (16 January) is unlikely to overturn the decision, as the country has a l read more..
The hunt for Mukhtar Ablyazov: Banker, criminal, fugitive, victim?
Events and opinions
3799

The hunt for Mukhtar Ablyazov: Banker, criminal, fugitive, victim?

  The lavish life of Mukhtar Ablyazov – financial fugitive, convicted fraudster, political patsy, British jailbird-in-absentia – was all but over on July 13 2013. Not that he knew it. Kazak read more..
Asia's 5 Worst Dictators (2013 Edition)
Events and opinions
2373

Asia's 5 Worst Dictators (2013 Edition)

  Over the past couple of years, many of the world's dictators have died or been deposed. Here are Asia's worst dictators as of 2013. Some are new to the scene, since the Worst Asian Dictators, read more..
Extradition ‘a death sentence’ for former Ablyazov
Events and opinions
2289

Extradition ‘a death sentence’ for former Ablyazov

  Dissident Mukhtar Ablyazov, who is accused of embezzling up to £3.64 billion from his former bank in Kazakhstan, should be extradited to Ukraine or Russia, a French court has ruled. The 5 read more..
The latest twist in the case of Mukhtar Ablyazov: French court orders fugitive millionaire tycoon to be extradited to Russia
Events and opinions
2102

The latest twist in the case of Mukhtar Ablyazov: French court orders fugitive millionaire tycoon to be extradited to Russia

  The former Kazakh bank chairman was once one of the world's richest men, is now the subject of the biggest UK fraud case in history. A millionaire alleged fraudster on the run, high politics, read more..
France to extradite Kazakh ex-­banker
Events and opinions
1892

France to extradite Kazakh ex-­banker

  A court in France has agreed to a request from Russia to extradite Mukhtar Ablyazov, a fugitive former Kazakh banker and political activist wanted on suspicion of fraud. Lawyers for Mr Ab read more..
Sleuths Hunt for Kazakh Bank’s Missing $6 Billion
Events and opinions
2167

Sleuths Hunt for Kazakh Bank’s Missing $6 Billion

  On a blustery February morning in 2011, Chris Hardman waited anxiously inside a Big Yellow Self Storage center in north London. A banner fastened to the box-shaped building's facade read "Get read more..
Wanted by 4 countries, Kazakh ex-banker turned dissident faces extradition from France
Events and opinions
2312

Wanted by 4 countries, Kazakh ex-banker turned dissident faces extradition from France

  He is wanted in his native Kazakhstan, Ukraine and Russia. He was ordered jailed in Britain. An opposition leader from a country that has been ruled by the same man since 1989, a former b read more..
MEP wants EU to investigate allegations against Kazakh exiled in Malta
Extra
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MEP wants EU to investigate allegations against Kazakh exiled in Malta

Portuguese MEP Ana Gomes has called on the European Commission to involve Eurojust and Europol in a Europe-wide investigation into Rakhat Aliyev, a Kazakhstani multi-millionaire residing in Malta. read more..
DICTATORS' WIVES CLUB: Meet 16 Women Married To The World's Biggest Despots
Corruption!
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DICTATORS' WIVES CLUB: Meet 16 Women Married To The World's Biggest Despots

Behind every great man is a great woman, as they say. But who stands behind the world's dictators? In good times and in bad, the ladies of the Dictators' Wives Club sure put up with a lot: corr read more..
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