Monthly Archive

Kazakhstan’s BTA Bank JSC paid Donald Trump’s former attorney Michael Cohen to help recover stolen money allegedly laundered in the U.S. and has spoken with American prosecutors probing Cohen’s activi... read more..

Kazakhstani President Nursultan Nazarbayev will turn 79 in July, and talk of an impending succession has significantly intensified since the end of last year. Numerous local experts noted the harsh cr... read more..

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev ordered his government on Wednesday to tap the country's rainy-day fund for $3.6 billion in order to boost public sector salaries and social aid payouts and devel... read more..

After the abrupt firing of the Kazakh government last week, a new cabinet was immediately approved. At the end of January, Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev called the whole government read more..

    In the three years since the death of President Nazarbayev’s former son-in-law Rakhat Aliyev, investigators and researchers have tried to piece together the schemes that allowed him to read more..

Murat Harri Uyghur, a doctor in Finland, is helping to compile testimonies from other Uighurs in exile about loved ones who may be in Chinese internment camps. Many members of the Uighur ethnic gro... read more..

The strongman can keep firing ministers, but analysts feel he’s avoiding Kazakhstan’s bedrock economic problems. The problem seems to be a lack of vision (David Trilling)The problem seems to be a l... read more..

On Tuesday the former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak will go on trial for his alleged role in the 1MDB saga It is known as the “largest kleptocracy case in the world”, a tangled tale of Holly... read more..

Kazakhstan has lots of oil, but it’s hard to reach and doesn’t fetch the best prices. We explain. It was a hot July morning in 2000 when a helicopter carrying Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazar... read more..

Nurbots fill comment sections across the Kazakh internet. They may not be convincing but they pollute online discourse. The topic of Russian interference in the American online space is widely disc... read more..

Theyve taken him again, said Munai Taskairat kyzy, sobbing over the phone. Last year had closed on such a hopeful note. It looked as though Chinese authorities might be gently easing their campaign... read more..

Despite being banned from the EU, Lyudmila Kozlovska (pictured), president of the Open Dialogue Foundation, has relocated her HQ to Brussels, writes James Hipwell. The controversial human-rights ac... read more..

Keep calm and carry on is the message to those speculating again about his possible imminent resignation. “Come on, calm down and let’s work normally.” Those were the closing words of a February 5... read more..

The chief judge of a court in western Kazakhstan has been fired after his court acquitted an opposition activist in a high-profile case. The Manghystau regional court said on February 11 that Malik... read more..

  Facebook users in Kazakhstan are mocking an apparent PR piece that first appeared on the website Patch.com. The piece focusses on the achievements of “self-made man” Nurali Aliyev, the 32-y read more..

Before China began courting Southeast Asia with infrastructure investments through its Belt and Road Initiative, Japan was the region's top development financier. As the two powerhouses now compete... read more..

  Turkey has called on China to close its detention camps following the reported death of a renowned musician from the ethnic Uighur minority. Abdurehim Heyit is thought to have been serving read more..

Akberdi’s husband was jailed for three years on similar charges. A court in western Kazakhstan on February 6 acquitted a local resident who was being tried for calling for the violent overthrow of ... read more..