Monthly Archive

2018

Welcome to our Archives page. On this page you will find a total of 195 of our articles broken down into Months and Years.
Kazakhstan: Presidential daughter getting Panama-ed at a tricky time
Corruption!
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Kazakhstan: Presidential daughter getting Panama-ed at a tricky time

The president urged businesspeople to repatriate offshore funds, but his relatives seem to be disregarding the call. Not for the first time, Kazakhstan’s ruling family has cropped up in reporting o... read more..
Kazakh police detain dozens at anti-government rally
Events and opinions
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Kazakh police detain dozens at anti-government rally

Police in Kazakhstan detained dozens of people at an anti-government rally on Saturday organised by an exiled opponent of the veteran president, Nursultan Nazarbayev. Mukhtar Ablyazov, a former tyc... read more..
You're spoiling us, Mr Ambassador!
Corruption!
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You're spoiling us, Mr Ambassador!

As former grand slam champ Boris Becker finds himself embroiled in a diplomatic dispute, we give you a who's who of the criminal and corrupt abusing ambassadorial powers to evade the law. Last week... read more..
Malaysia's Najib explains why he had so many luxury handbags, lots of cash, jewellery
Corruption!
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Malaysia's Najib explains why he had so many luxury handbags, lots of cash, jewellery

Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak says he shouldn't be blamed for the multi-billion-dollar 1MDB scandal, and declares he knows nothing about money from the state fund appearing in his person... read more..
Revealed: Top Tory Helps Dictator Create Tax-Haven for Dirty Russian Money
Events and opinions
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Revealed: Top Tory Helps Dictator Create Tax-Haven for Dirty Russian Money

Francis Maude MP is advising Kazakhstan on how to create a financial "free zone", which is likely to handle big money from Russian oligarchs. Francis Maude, a former Tory Trade Minister (until 2016... read more..
Kazakhstan at SCO Summit Calls for Expediting Beijing-Berlin High-Speed Rail
Events and opinions
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Kazakhstan at SCO Summit Calls for Expediting Beijing-Berlin High-Speed Rail

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev emphasized on Sunday at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit the need to push international connection projects such as the Beijing-Berlin high-spee... read more..
Transformation of principles or Expert-Shopping, Ak Orda-Style
Events and opinions
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Transformation of principles or Expert-Shopping, Ak Orda-Style

Martha Brill Olcott is one of the most famous experts on Kazakhstan. She is the author of two books on Kazakhstan (The Kazakhs, published in 1987, and Kazakhstan: The Unfulfilled Promise (2002). ... read more..
Will An Ascendant Uzbekistan Challenge Kazakhstan’s Leadership In Central Asia? – Analysis
Political process
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Will An Ascendant Uzbekistan Challenge Kazakhstan’s Leadership In Central Asia? – Analysis

President Donald Trump met with President Shavkat Mirziyoyev of Uzbekistan on 16 May, an important breakthrough after the isolationism of the Karimov regime. What is noteworthy about the meeting is... read more..
KAZAKHSTAN: Restrictive legal amendments reach Senate
Events and opinions
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KAZAKHSTAN: Restrictive legal amendments reach Senate

Wide-ranging amendments to Kazakhstan's Religion Law and 11 other laws that seem set to increase still further the already tight restrictions on freedom of religion or belief begin consideration in Pa... read more..
The unsavoury alliance between oligarchs and London’s top lawyers
Political process
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The unsavoury alliance between oligarchs and London’s top lawyers

It’s a grubby business but these companies have no qualms about picking up the fat fees If I were to describe secretive organisations that make millions from mafia states, you would imagine – wh... read more..
Malaysia Asks $8.3 Billion Question on 1MDB. Here's What We Know
Corruption!
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Malaysia Asks $8.3 Billion Question on 1MDB. Here's What We Know

Najib Razak at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission headquarters on May 24. Photographer: Joshua Paul/BloombergMalaysia’s new government has wasted no time training its sights on 1MDB, the scandal... read more..
In Uzbekistan, they yearn for all the Nobel Prizes this year to take away their "sun"
Events and opinions
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In Uzbekistan, they yearn for all the Nobel Prizes this year to take away their "sun"

A representative of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party of Uzbekistan, Olimjon Tukhtanazarov, delivered such an idea, the Belarusian partisan reported with reference to Ferghana Information Agency. ... read more..
KAZAKHSTAN: Legal amendments - no text, no OSCE review
Events and opinions
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KAZAKHSTAN: Legal amendments - no text, no OSCE review

Kazakhstan's Human Rights Ombudsperson called in April for the parliamentary Working Group considering the wide-ranging amendments to the Religion Law and other laws to be sent for an OSCE legal revie... read more..
Electoral Tsunami For Malaysia – Analysis
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Electoral Tsunami For Malaysia – Analysis

An electoral tsunami swept away Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, ending 60 years of rule by the United Malays National Organization, UMNO. The outcome was welcomed at home as well as abroad – v read more..
Geopolitics And Conflict Potential In Central Asia And South Caucasus – Analysis
Political process
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Geopolitics And Conflict Potential In Central Asia And South Caucasus – Analysis

Two post-Soviet Caspian Sea sub-regions – Central Asia and the South Caucasus – have experienced different conflict scenarios. The South Caucasus has been embroiled in protracted, large-scale armed... read more..
Kazakhstan extremely risky despite oil-price recovery
Economy
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Kazakhstan extremely risky despite oil-price recovery

Political uncertainty and over-reliance on external borrowing make the country more vulnerable than lower-rated sovereigns. Kashagan-oil-field-Kazakhstan-R-780Kashagan oilfield: a new dawn thanks t... read more..
Kazakhstan’s Neutrality Irks Russia and Strains Bilateral Ties
Special projects
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Kazakhstan’s Neutrality Irks Russia and Strains Bilateral Ties

Recent developments in Armenia, where a former president–turned–prime minister, Serzh Sargsyan, hastily stepped down in the face of vigorous street protests on April 23, underscored the potential vuln... read more..
Seizing Economic Opportunities in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
Events and opinions
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Seizing Economic Opportunities in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan

If Astana and Tashkent can tackle long-term obstacles to growth, there’s great potential in the region. Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan have come to an interesting point in their histories, looking at ma... read more..
Kazakhstan Appeals U.K. Court Ruling on $22 Billion of Assets
Corruption!
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Kazakhstan Appeals U.K. Court Ruling on $22 Billion of Assets

Kazakhstan’s government is asking an appeals court to throw out a decision that allowed BNY Mellon to freeze about $22 billion of assets in the country’s oil fund as part of a dispute over an unpaid a... read more..
Restoring capitalism after the age of the oligarchs
Corruption!
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Restoring capitalism after the age of the oligarchs

Earlier this month, the UK’s parliament backed a change to legislation that would force the government to push offshore tax havens to boost transparency in an effort to tackle corruption and money lau... read more..
Malaysian police found $28 million in cash, 400-plus handbags in 1MDB-linked searches
Corruption!
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Malaysian police found $28 million in cash, 400-plus handbags in 1MDB-linked searches

Malaysian police said on Friday that cash worth 114 million ringgit ($28.6 million) and over 400 luxury handbags were seized from several apartments as part of an anti-graft probe into a state fund read more..
Bankers May Have Moved $13 Billion Through Baltic Laundromat
Corruption!
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Bankers May Have Moved $13 Billion Through Baltic Laundromat

Banks operating in the Baltic nation of Estonia may have laundered considerably larger sums than first thought. Estonian police now estimate that bankers in their country were involved in suspiciou... read more..
Is Kazakhstan’s political opposition creeping back?
Political process
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Is Kazakhstan’s political opposition creeping back?

The president’s advanced age instils his detractors with hope a change of leadership is imminent. After a long hibernation, organized political opposition is making a comeback in Kazakhstan. For o... read more..
Kazakhstan to boost president's 'ruler-for-life' status
Political process
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Kazakhstan to boost president's 'ruler-for-life' status

Kazakhstan's parliament on Wednesday passed a bill that would cement its veteran ruler Nursultan Nazarbayev's status as the country's top power broker even if he decides to retire as president. The... read more..
Impatient dictators: how snap elections shore up authoritarianism in Eurasia
Events and opinions
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Impatient dictators: how snap elections shore up authoritarianism in Eurasia

Authoritarian states are using all-too familiar constitutional mechanisms to consolidate power. Fatima Mövlamlı. Source: Youtube.Fatima Mövlamlı, an Azerbaijani teenager, is used to seeing İlham Al... read more..
Kazakhstan hopes actress's Cannes win will inspire local talent
Special projects
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Kazakhstan hopes actress's Cannes win will inspire local talent

Kazakh actress Samal Yeslyamova won best actress for her part in "Ayka" at Cannes After Kazakhstan's Samal Yeslyamova scooped a surprise award for best actress at the Cannes film festival, many o read more..
What’s behind China’s anti-Kazakh campaign?
Political process
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What’s behind China’s anti-Kazakh campaign?

If you're an ethnic Kazakh or a Kazakh citizen in northwest China, you can face detention on espionage and extremism charges. RU Zhenisnur Ayatkhanuly with children in a house in the suburbs of A read more..
Tribal Confederation Identities In Kazakhstan Remain Strong And Politically Relevant – OpEd
Political process
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Tribal Confederation Identities In Kazakhstan Remain Strong And Politically Relevant – OpEd

The continuing strength of tribal confederation identities in Kazakhstan not only limit the ability of the authorities to combat corruption but reduce the country’s prospects for development and absor... read more..
Belgian ex minister indicted in 'Kazakhgate' graft scandal
Corruption!
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Belgian ex minister indicted in 'Kazakhgate' graft scandal

Former Belgian minister Armand De Decker has been indicted for influence-peddling as part of the wide-ranging "Kazakhgate" probe into allegations of corruption linked to a trade agreement between Fran... read more..
Kazakhstan's hunt for supporters of tycoon Ablyazov gets absurd and goes abroad
Political process
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Kazakhstan's hunt for supporters of tycoon Ablyazov gets absurd and goes abroad

“As usual, there were more police on the scene than protesters,” a journalist living in a provincial town recently told Global Voices of one of the freedom of speech pickets that rippled across Kazakh... read more..
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