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.
Call for greater transparency in prime London property deals
Events and opinions
1785

Call for greater transparency in prime London property deals

Anti-corruption campaigners Global Witness has called for more transparency about UK property ownership after reviewing alleged links between a former Kazakh secret police chief accused of money laund... read more..
Kazakhstan: Economic Crisis, State Companies, and the Nation’s Image
Economy
2875

Kazakhstan: Economic Crisis, State Companies, and the Nation’s Image

Qishloq Ovozi is pleased to once again introduce an up-and-coming scholar in the field of Central Asian studies, Bradley Jardine, a student at Glasgow University and currently an intern at RFE/RL. Jar... read more..
Kazakhstan Calm As Currency Begins Long-Awaited Slide
Events and opinions
2616

Kazakhstan Calm As Currency Begins Long-Awaited Slide

After months of pressure on Kazakhstan’s currency, the central bank has moved to allow the tenge to slide – but avoided the large snap devaluation that doomsayers have long been predicting. On Ju... read more..
Epic murder trial tests Austrian justice
Events and opinions
2341

Epic murder trial tests Austrian justice

After a three-month trial, an Austrian jury has found two Kazakh men not guilty of involvement in a brutal double murder committed thousands of miles away. Alnur Mussayev, a former Kazakh intelli... read more..
EXPO in Kazakhstan Becomes Corruption Show
Corruption!
3643

EXPO in Kazakhstan Becomes Corruption Show

An event meant to showcase Kazakhstan’s progress shows its dark side. One sunny afternoon in early June in Astana a bureaucrat is fired. When a bureaucrat is not transferred to another position, ... read more..
Glitzy Facade Hides Azerbaijan's Dark Reality
Events and opinions
2084

Glitzy Facade Hides Azerbaijan's Dark Reality

Last week, during the lavish opening ceremony of Azerbaijan's European Games, Lady Gaga performed a unique, haunting rendition of John Lennon's "Imagine." The organizers behind the Games reportedly sp... read more..
Zeuge: Aliyev vergewaltigte Banker
Events and opinions
1979

Zeuge: Aliyev vergewaltigte Banker

Aliyev soll Misshandlung Spaß bereitet haben: "Er hat gelacht, Scherze gemacht". Im Prozess um die Entführung und Ermordung der kasachischen Banker Zholdas Timraliyev und Aybar Khasenov ist am Mi... read more..
Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev: 'I am guilty and I am sorry'
Events and opinions
2947

Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev: 'I am guilty and I am sorry'

Convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has given his first public statement since carrying out the April 2013 terrorist attack.       “I would like to now apologize to... read more..
Compass Group subsidiary 'paid bribes to Kazakhstan customs officials'
Events and opinions
2997

Compass Group subsidiary 'paid bribes to Kazakhstan customs officials'

Internal documents seen by the Guardian suggest the UK catering giant’s Kazakh unit made ‘facilitation payments’ for an unspecified period up to 2011.  An international subsidiary of Compass Grou... read more..
UN Envoy Urges Kazakhstan To Lift Curbs on Civil Liberties
Events and opinions
2018

UN Envoy Urges Kazakhstan To Lift Curbs on Civil Liberties

Astana places severe restrictions on civil liberties, including freedom of expression, conscience, and assembly, a United Nations rapporteur says in a report published following a visit to Kazakhstan ... read more..
Rakhat Aliyev: Gutachten bestätigt Selbstmord-Theorie
Events and opinions
2085

Rakhat Aliyev: Gutachten bestätigt Selbstmord-Theorie

In der Causa Rakhat Aliyev fand das Institut für Rechtsmedizin in St. Gallen keine Indizien auf äußere Gewalteinwirkung oder Intoxikation. Der ehemalige Botschafter dürfte Selbstmord begangen haben. ... read more..
Germany's Koehler and Schroeder reject Kazakh lobby claims
Events and opinions
2064

Germany's Koehler and Schroeder reject Kazakh lobby claims

Germany's former political leaders grace the cover of this week's edition of the German news magazine Der Spiegel. But this isn't a tribute. Rather they are portrayed in fictional police mug shot... read more..
Can Kazakhstan’s Silicon Valley Effort Succeed?
Events and opinions
1986

Can Kazakhstan’s Silicon Valley Effort Succeed?

In early June 2015, Kazakhstan news agency Today.kz announced that information technology giants, General Electric, Samsung, and Microsoft would be among six high-tech companies joining Kazakhstan's m... read more..
Le Kazakhgate : une affaire d’Etat
Events and opinions
2259

Le Kazakhgate : une affaire d’Etat

En 2010, la France vendait pour 2 milliards d'euros de matériel militaire au Kazakhstan. Des proches de Nicolas Sarkozy sont soupçonnés d'avoir, en échange, fait pression sur la Belgique.   &nb... read more..
Catastrophic Collapse of Saiga Antelope Leaves 120,000 Dead in a Month
Events and opinions
1887

Catastrophic Collapse of Saiga Antelope Leaves 120,000 Dead in a Month

An aerial survey conducted as part of a national monitoring program earlier this year estimated that the saiga antelope population numbered approximately 250,000 animals prior to this mass die-off, wh... read more..
Two former colleagues at mining giant ENRC found dead in US hotel
Events and opinions
2332

Two former colleagues at mining giant ENRC found dead in US hotel

Two men who had been colleagues at the former FTSE 100 mining group Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation have been found dead at a hotel in the US. The bodies of James Bethel, 44, the former he... read more..
Kazakhstan's Constitutional Council Rejects "Gay Propaganda" Bill
Events and opinions
2146

Kazakhstan's Constitutional Council Rejects "Gay Propaganda" Bill

The council ruled that a Russian-style bill banning "gay propaganda" could violate Kazakhstan's constitution as the country bids to host the 2022 Winter Olympics. Kazakhstan's Constitutional Coun... read more..
Blair's legacy in Middle East is peace poor
Events and opinions
2090

Blair's legacy in Middle East is peace poor

Once he promised to transform Britain. Instead Tony Blair became a despised figure around the world. And now what is probably the final act in Tony Blair's political career has ended in abject failure... read more..
2 probes of Clinton Foundation fraud intersect. Peter Schweizer, Wall Street analyst call for feds to investigate.
Events and opinions
2329

2 probes of Clinton Foundation fraud intersect. Peter Schweizer, Wall Street analyst call for feds to investigate.

Investigative reporter Peter Schweizer, author of the current bestselling book "Clinton Cash," believes Wall Street analyst and investor Charles Ortel's finding that Bill and Hillary Clinton managed t... read more..
Is There a 'Kazakhstan' Without Nazarbayev? International Crisis Group warns that Kazakhstan may be ripe for external meddling if it doesn't figure out succession.
Events and opinions
1929

Is There a 'Kazakhstan' Without Nazarbayev? International Crisis Group warns that Kazakhstan may be ripe for external meddling if it doesn't figure out succession.

In a new report, the International Crisis Group says that Kazakhstan is facing a stress test–its only president since independence turns 75 this summer and Russia's "actions in Ukraine cast a shadow o... read more..
Sticking with the strongmen in Central Asia
Events and opinions
1874

Sticking with the strongmen in Central Asia

IN 1989, the ruling Politburo of the Soviet Union chose new leaders for two of the empire's Central Asian republics. Twenty-six years later, Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan and Islam Karimov of Uzb... read more..
Stress Tests for Kazakhstan
Economy
3146

Stress Tests for Kazakhstan

Actions in Ukraine have altered how Kazakhstan views Russian intent in the former Soviet Union and increased its sense of vulnerability. In response, the administration of President Nursultan Nazarbay... read more..
Die Opposition – der letzte Zufluchtsort für Schurken
Events and opinions
1804

Die Opposition – der letzte Zufluchtsort für Schurken

Die Opposition in Kasachstan ist überrascht, dass die Beschuldigten im sogenannten Nurbank-Mordprozess die politische Karte spielen, sich als Vorkämpfer von Demokratie und Meinungsfreiheit generieren ... read more..
The Republic of Clintonstan's problematic matchmaking
Events and opinions
1920

The Republic of Clintonstan's problematic matchmaking

Hillary Clinton isn't just a Democratic candidate for president of the United States; she's co-president of the breakaway Republic of Clintonstan. As Clinton said herself in the early '90s when h... read more..
What Has Uzbekistan Worried?
Events and opinions
1916

What Has Uzbekistan Worried?

Something is going on in Uzbekistan. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's Bruce Pannier reported this week that Uzbekistan's National Security Service (SNB) has been responding to a series of bomb threat... read more..
Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan: a vote for the status quo
Special projects
7889

Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan: a vote for the status quo

Two Central Asian leaders recently secured comprehensive victories in presidential elections, cementing them in power until the end of the decade. But with the falling price of oil and a regional econ... read more..
Austrian murder trial of Kazakhs takes new twist
Events and opinions
1877

Austrian murder trial of Kazakhs takes new twist

The tragic saga of the late former son-in-law of Kazakhstan's all-powerful president took a further twist Tuesday as two of the dead man's associates on trial for murder in Austria were released from ... read more..
Kyrgyzstan Delays Joining the Eurasian Economic Union. Kyrgyzstan doesn't seem as excited as it once was about joining the Russian-led union.
Economy
2340

Kyrgyzstan Delays Joining the Eurasian Economic Union. Kyrgyzstan doesn't seem as excited as it once was about joining the Russian-led union.

Kyrgyzstan, which was scheduled to join the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) on May 1, has delayed full accession until the end of the month. This delay is another in an impressive history of delays that... read more..
Aliyev case: Co-accused released from pre-trial custody over dubious testimony
Events and opinions
2080

Aliyev case: Co-accused released from pre-trial custody over dubious testimony

Two Kazakhs who were co-accused along with Rakhat Aliyev over the murder of two bankers in 2007 have been released from pre-trial detention after an Austrian judge found inconsistencies and contradict... read more..
Alijew-Prozess: Berufsrichter sehen keinen Tatverdacht mehr
Events and opinions
2022

Alijew-Prozess: Berufsrichter sehen keinen Tatverdacht mehr

Die beiden Angeklagten im Mordverfahren um den Tod zweier kasachischer Bankmanager wurden vom vorsitzenden Richter überraschend enthaftet. Wien – Einen Knalleffekt brachte am Mittwoch der Alijew-... read more..
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