Monthly Archive

A Ukrainian lawmaker who met with associates of President Trump about a possible peace deal is now facing a treason investigation. Andrei Artemenko is under scrutiny from investigators for proposin... read more..

Lawyers for the family of Rakhat Aliyev -- the late former lieutenant and son-in-law of Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev -- say they still believe he was murdered in an Austrian prison and will co... read more..

Authorities in Kazakhstan should immediately release Zhanbolat Mamay, editor of the independent newspaper Sayasi kalam/Tribuna, the Committee to Protect Journalists said on February 13. Police arre... read more..

On the eve of another sham election, Turkmenistan’s rulers aren’t taking the need for change seriously. Have they begun to believe their own propaganda? Should we pay any attention to Turkmenista... read more..

Moody's Investors Service's negative outlook on Kazakhstan's banking sector reflects the rating agency's expectation that banks will continue to face solvency risks amid a challenging business environ... read more..

Kazakhstan, over the past few years, has filed repeated lawsuits with American courts against opposition actors. While the recent hacking allegations surrounding Moscow and the U.S. presidential elec... read more..

The Trump administration’s narrow focus on fighting the Islamic State could see human rights take a back seat as Washington embraces unsavory allies. President Donald Trump’s “America First” foreign ... read more..

Kazakhstan made the front pages of international newspapers last month when it hosted the first round of Syria peace talks. The diplomatic initiative is kicking off a year that will see a major PR pus... read more..

Editor's note: This is the fourth part of a series of four articles on white collar crime in Central Asian countries. The first article, on Kyrgyzstan, can be read here. The second article, on Tajikis... read more..

Self-immolation has in recent times become a recurrent gesture of ultimate despair in Kazakhstan. In the latest such case, a ex-employee of the Atyrau regional prosecutor’s office, 37-year old Leila ... read more..

Few people have much time for banks right now but spare a thought for BTA Bank of Kazakhstan. Like many other banks it has lost billions of dollars over the last decade.Unlike many of its peers, howev... read more..

A delegation of experts is meeting in Kazakhstan's capital to discuss the cease-fire agreement in Syria. Representatives from Russia, Turkey, Iran and the United Nations are in Astana Monday for th... read more..