Monthly Archive

2015

Welcome to our Archives page. On this page you will find a total of 181 of our articles broken down into Months and Years.
Putin’s Free-Trade Bloc Frays as Ex-Soviet Satellites Spar
Events and opinions
2214

Putin’s Free-Trade Bloc Frays as Ex-Soviet Satellites Spar

Kazakhstan sent its currency lower last week after businesses complained that Russian companies had flooded domestic markets with cheaper goods. In Belarus, the Eurasian Economic Union’s last founding... read more..
The Secret Behind Putin's Modesty
Events and opinions
2173

The Secret Behind Putin's Modesty

Soon, Muscovites will get to choose the location of an enormous, 24-meter tall monument of Prince Vladimir the Great. They will be able to vote via a smartphone app between three different locations i... read more..
Kazakhstan: Row at President's University Dents Claim to Academic Independence
Events and opinions
2317

Kazakhstan: Row at President's University Dents Claim to Academic Independence

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev watches a student raise her graduation diploma over her head during the first graduation ceremony at Nazarbayev University in Astana. When Kazakhstan opened ... read more..
China syndrome: how the slowdown could spread to the Brics and beyond
Economy
2421

China syndrome: how the slowdown could spread to the Brics and beyond

Emerging markets, once the world’s great economic hope, could see the good times end as Beijing falters. We look at which countries are most vulnerable to the 21st century’s next financial crisis ... read more..
Kazakh PM Sees Oil-Nation Currency Pegs Axed as Crude Falls
Economy
2556

Kazakh PM Sees Oil-Nation Currency Pegs Axed as Crude Falls

“At the end of the day, most of the oil-producing countries will go into the free floating regime,” including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, Karim Massimov said in an interview on Saturday... read more..
Azerbaijan to Battle World Media with the Turkic News Network
Events and opinions
1847

Azerbaijan to Battle World Media with the Turkic News Network

Step aside, CNN, and make room, Al Jazeera: an international news network is coming to break the current "monopoly" on news and promote a Turkic point of view. Media scholars like John Merrill ma... read more..
More Pain Expected for Kazakhstan's Sliding Currency
Economy
2572

More Pain Expected for Kazakhstan's Sliding Currency

Unlike Russia’s ruble, Kazakhstan’s national currency has for several months managed to hold ground against the dollar, only for it to now slump dramatically and spread alarm of more retreats. Seve... read more..
Kyrgyzstan Stumbles at Start to Eurasian Union Era
Events and opinions
1990

Kyrgyzstan Stumbles at Start to Eurasian Union Era

For all the ceremony that marked Kyrgyzstan’s entry into the Eurasian Economic Union, not much appears to have changed on the border with the only neighboring fellow member, Kazakhstan. Speaking ... read more..
Statue of Russian Tsar Sparks Controversy in Kazakhstan
Events and opinions
1909

Statue of Russian Tsar Sparks Controversy in Kazakhstan

A row has erupted in northern Kazakhstan over the erection of a monument to Russian Tsar Nicholas II, who is reviled by many Kazakhs for his association with the bloody suppression of an uprising in 1... read more..
Could a Ukraine style crisis happen in Kazakhstan?
Political process
2247

Could a Ukraine style crisis happen in Kazakhstan?

The Kazakh government has a delicate balancing act between Russia and China, according to an opinion article by David Clark in The New Statesman, Britain’s weekly current affairs magazine, on August 4... read more..
‘Dasht-I-Kipchak: Secret Signs’ film presented in the USA
Events and opinions
2085

‘Dasht-I-Kipchak: Secret Signs’ film presented in the USA

On August 4, 2015 at the George Washington University, the Kazakh Research Institute of Culture supported by the Embassy of Kazakhstan to the USA held the premiere screening of the two-part documentar... read more..
Extradition as a political tool
Political process
2859

Extradition as a political tool

CIS states, such as Russia and Kazakhstan, have sought to manipulate the extradition process in order to persecute opponents, write Ben Keith and Rebecca Niblock. In 1947, US lawyer Martin Richmo... read more..
Kazakhstan Goes After Opposition Media in New York Federal Court
Political process
2304

Kazakhstan Goes After Opposition Media in New York Federal Court

The government of Kazakhstan tries to use a U.S. federal statute to take down an opposition newspaper. Central Asia may be one of the least economically integrated regions extant, but the countri... read more..
How Kazakhstan can make geopolitical waves
Political process
2330

How Kazakhstan can make geopolitical waves

Small and medium-size states such as Kazakhstan survive and do well when, like good surfers, they learn to ride and take advantage of new geopolitical waves. Conversely, they fail when they ignore the... read more..
End corrupt money in uk property
Extra
3657

End corrupt money in uk property

The UK Government should establish transparency over who owns the companies that own so much property in the UK. Before completing a purchase on a property, overseas companies should be required to su... read more..
Some Kazakhs Celebrate The Loss Of The 2022 Winter Olympics
Events and opinions
1942

Some Kazakhs Celebrate The Loss Of The 2022 Winter Olympics

There was a moment of drama in global sports on Friday, when the International Olympic Committee chose Beijing to host the 2022 Winter Games. The loser was Almaty, Kazakhstan, a major city in an ... read more..
Olympics-Oil cash to ease IOC concerns over Almaty bid-Kazakh PM
Events and opinions
2054

Olympics-Oil cash to ease IOC concerns over Almaty bid-Kazakh PM

Kazakhstan's $70 billion oil fund should ease any concerns regarding the nation's ability to host the 2022 winter Olympics, Kazakh Prime Minister Karim Massimov said on Wednesday with Almaty facing Be... read more..
Kazakhstan: Will Almaty Win the Winter Olympics?
Events and opinions
2018

Kazakhstan: Will Almaty Win the Winter Olympics?

The David and Goliath struggle between Almaty and Beijing to host the 2022 Winter Olympic Games comes to its conclusion on July 31 as the delegates of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) meet in... read more..
Central Asia crackdown on militant Islam risks backlash
Events and opinions
1830

Central Asia crackdown on militant Islam risks backlash

OSH: Authorities in Central Asia’s former Soviet ‘stans’ are taking draconian measures to stamp out militant Islam, but their harsh methods and the absence of democratic politics risk provoking a back... read more..
How did London become ground zero for the global plutocracy?
Corruption!
3260

How did London become ground zero for the global plutocracy?

The opening of Arthur Conan Doyle’s A Study in Scarlet finds Afghanistan veteran Dr John Watson pondering his future. Inevitably, he finds himself in London, “that great cesspool into which all the lo... read more..
London property 'dirty money': How Kazakh secret police and bent Nigerian politicians play the system
Events and opinions
1826

London property 'dirty money': How Kazakh secret police and bent Nigerian politicians play the system

David Cameron has launched a war against foreign fraudsters laundering their cash in London, warning their "dodgy cash" is not welcome in the capital. The prime minister highlighted some properti... read more..
Net closing in on foreign criminals buying Britain's luxury homes to launder crooked cash
Events and opinions
2045

Net closing in on foreign criminals buying Britain's luxury homes to launder crooked cash

DAVID Cameron will today announce tough new measures to stop foreign crooks using London's high-end property market to launder dirty money. The Prime Minister will commit to unmask the shady web ... read more..
David Cameron vows to fight against 'dirty money' in UK property market
Extra
3049

David Cameron vows to fight against 'dirty money' in UK property market

Prime minister will use a speech in Singapore to hit out against corrupt foreigners who launder money by buying up British homes through holding companies. David Cameron will promise to act again... read more..
Kazakhstan and Shady London Real Estate Deals
Corruption!
3193

Kazakhstan and Shady London Real Estate Deals

An investigation by money-trail watchdog Global Witness has concluded that Rakhat Aliyev and his son Nurali are closely linked to shady real estate deals in London. According to the report Mystery on ... read more..
WorldViews: In a world of absurd election results, North Korea is in good company
Events and opinions
1682

WorldViews: In a world of absurd election results, North Korea is in good company

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un casts his vote at a polling station during the election of deputies to the provincial, city and county people's assemblies in this undated photo released by North Korea... read more..
EXPO in Kazakhstan: Nepotism and Corruption Revealed
Events and opinions
2021

EXPO in Kazakhstan: Nepotism and Corruption Revealed

Before the International Olympic Committee makes a decision on whether Kazakhstan will host the Winter Olympics in 2022, an important milestone for the Central Asian country’s image will occur in 2017... read more..
Does a Dead Kazakh KGB Chief Own Sherlock’s House?
Events and opinions
2023

Does a Dead Kazakh KGB Chief Own Sherlock’s House?

A new transparency report links Rakhat Aliyev, the former son-in-law of Kazakhstan’s dictator, to a famed Baker Street address in London. Jagshemash, the game’s afoot. The home of the world’s mos... read more..
Mystery on Baker Street. Brutal Kazakh official linked to £147m London property empire.
Events and opinions
1842

Mystery on Baker Street. Brutal Kazakh official linked to £147m London property empire.

Big chunks of Baker Street are owned by a mysterious figure with close ties to a former Kazakh secret police chief accused of murder and money-laundering.           &nbs... read more..
World famous Sherlock Holmes 'home' among £147m property empire linked to brutal diplomat
Events and opinions
2062

World famous Sherlock Holmes 'home' among £147m property empire linked to brutal diplomat

There are calls for a major probe into London's property market after a £147million empire including the world-famous 221 Baker Street was linked to a former secret police chief accused of murder and ... read more..
Sherlock Holmes' fictional Baker Street home in London subject to ownership mystery
Events and opinions
1693

Sherlock Holmes' fictional Baker Street home in London subject to ownership mystery

It is a mystery that would test the skills of the famous literary detective himself: who owns 221B Baker Street?           Billed as the “world’s most famous address”,... read more..
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