Monthly Archive

2020

Welcome to our Archives page. On this page you will find a total of 38 of our articles broken down into Months and Years.
Court sentences the former head of BTA Bank Ablyazov in absentia to 15 years in prison
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Court sentences the former head of BTA Bank Ablyazov in absentia to 15 years in prison

 The court sentenced the former chairman of the board of directors of BTA Bank JSC Mukhtar Ablyazov in absentia to 15 years in prison, confirmed on Monday the press service of the Prosecutor Ge read more..
Kazakhstan's war on coronavirus fake news underwhelms
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Kazakhstan's war on coronavirus fake news underwhelms

Did Duman Aitzhanov, an obstetrician from Almaty, tell the truth?  Police did not think so back in January. Days after Aitzhanov sent his friends a self-filmed video in which he claimed to h read more..
COVID-19 highlights vulnerabilities in higher education
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COVID-19 highlights vulnerabilities in higher education

The majority of higher education institutions in Kazakhstan are vulnerable and underfunded, and the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic has brought added complications. In March 2020, the Ministry of Edu read more..
Kazakhstan: Troubled Nazarbayev grandson dies aged 29
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Kazakhstan: Troubled Nazarbayev grandson dies aged 29

  Nazarbayev’s online outbursts showed that a ruling family is not always a happy one. Aisultan Nazarbayev, a grandson of Kazakhstan’s former president, has died in London after years of ba read more..
US sanctions 11 Chinese companies over human rights abuses in Xinjiang
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US sanctions 11 Chinese companies over human rights abuses in Xinjiang

The United States is restricting 11 Chinese companies from buying American technology and other goods because it says they're linked to alleged human rights violations in Xinjiang. The read more..
'Unknown pneumonia' said to be deadlier than coronavirus is sweeping across Kazakhstan
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'Unknown pneumonia' said to be deadlier than coronavirus is sweeping across Kazakhstan

 A Beijing health official has admitted that the ‘unknown pneumonia’ said to be sweeping across Kazakhstan is actually ‘likely to be Covid-19’. The Chinese embassy in Kazakhstan had claimed read more..
Kazakhstan: Ruling party's coronavirus philanthropy falls flat
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Kazakhstan: Ruling party's coronavirus philanthropy falls flat

 Birgemiz, a charitable foundation set up in March by the former president of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, was meant to be a feel-good exercise in solidarity. If the name, Kazakh for "w read more..
China reports NEW unknown disease spreading across Asian country deadlier than COVID-19
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China reports NEW unknown disease spreading across Asian country deadlier than COVID-19

 CHINESE officials have warned of a fatal "unknown pneumonia" with a death rate higher than the coronavirus COVID-19 which is spreading across an Asian country. Areas in Kazakhstan have seen read more..
Kazakhstan’s Eurasian illusions
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Kazakhstan’s Eurasian illusions

 Trying to find out what “Eurasia” means for Kazakhstan’s foreign policy turned out to be much harder than predicted. The Heart of Eurasia. This slogan, popularised through a far-reaching ca read more..
Georgian opposition starts uniting ahead of fall elections
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Georgian opposition starts uniting ahead of fall elections

Georgia’s opposition has formed a united front for the upcoming parliamentary vote, as it attempts to regain its footing after the ruling party got a boost from its response to the coronavirus pande read more..
Ukraine is bargaining with the EU for Mukhtar Ablyazov
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Ukraine is bargaining with the EU for Mukhtar Ablyazov

 Ukraine has shown some success in common European space and it ready to integrate further. This process is not flawless. Due to the loopholes of the law implementation Ukrainian criminals w read more..
After Nazarbaev: A Review Of Kazakh President Toqaev's Tumultuous First Year
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After Nazarbaev: A Review Of Kazakh President Toqaev's Tumultuous First Year

Three days after winning some 71 percent of the vote in a snap presidential election in which "significant irregularities" were noted by a leading international election monitor, Qasym-Zhomart Toqae read more..
Kazakhstan: Political Protests Sweep Through All Major Cities – OpEd
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Kazakhstan: Political Protests Sweep Through All Major Cities – OpEd

Hundreds of Kazakhs came into the streets of the two capitals and all other major cities of that country to demand a credit amnesty, a reversal of privatization into the hands of foreigners, and the read more..
Mukhtar Ablyazov and his democratic movement: false flag and distraction actors
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Mukhtar Ablyazov and his democratic movement: false flag and distraction actors

There is distinct group in immigrant community from the former USSR. Many of those who pretend that they fled and left all belongings behind came with wealth of at least unexplained origin. Their read more..
Protests in Kazakhstan Disrupted With Arrests
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Protests in Kazakhstan Disrupted With Arrests

Kazakhstan, like many corners of the world this past weekend, was the site of protests. The rallies took place under a recently revised protest law, though the results were the same: familiar ima read more..
Interview with Ambassador Nurbakh Rustemov on the results of the first year in office of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
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Interview with Ambassador Nurbakh Rustemov on the results of the first year in office of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev

The previous 2019 was saturated with important political events for your country, in particular, the transit of power took place. How did this process go and what was done? As you know 2019 has b read more..
US Congress approves China sanctions over Uighur crackdown
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US Congress approves China sanctions over Uighur crackdown

 US House passes bill authorising sanctions against Chinese officials over the mass incarceration of Muslim Uighurs. The US House of Representatives has overwhelmingly approved legislation c read more..
Pakistan Discovers the High Cost of Chinese Investment
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Pakistan Discovers the High Cost of Chinese Investment

A new report sheds light on the true costs of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor for Pakistan. Pakistan’s desire to maintain strategic relations with China has resulted in the $62 billion China read more..
Kazakhstan-ASEAN Relations: Prospects for Greater Engagement
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Kazakhstan-ASEAN Relations: Prospects for Greater Engagement

Kazakhstan’s central role in China’s BRI and membership in the EAEU present new opportunities for stronger relations between Kazakhstan and ASEAN. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEA read more..
Kazakhstan’s Richest Sell Almaty Airport
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Kazakhstan’s Richest Sell Almaty Airport

TAV, a Turkish holding, completed the purchase of Almaty International Airport, Kazakhstan’s most active airport. An offshore company linked to Kazakhstan’s elite sold its shares in Almaty Intern read more..
Trump’s New Central Asia Strategy aims to be Realist, But it’s Unrealistic
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Trump’s New Central Asia Strategy aims to be Realist, But it’s Unrealistic

The State Department released its updated strategy for Central Asia last month, a relatively short document that is mostly taken up with reiterating traditional U.S. priorities in the region. Whi read more..
Kazakhstan’s Richest Sell Almaty Airport
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Kazakhstan’s Richest Sell Almaty Airport

TAV, a Turkish holding, completed the purchase of Almaty International Airport, Kazakhstan’s most active airport. An offshore company linked to Kazakhstan’s elite sold its shares in Almaty Intern read more..
Luca Anceschi on Kazakhstan’s ‘Neo-Eurasianism’
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Luca Anceschi on Kazakhstan’s ‘Neo-Eurasianism’

 Eurasianism, as developed in Kazakhstan, became an official vehicle for the foreign policy vision of Nursultan Nazarbayev. On March 19, 2019, after nearly 30 years as president of an indepe read more..
State report: Russian, Chinese and Iranian disinformation narratives echo one another
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State report: Russian, Chinese and Iranian disinformation narratives echo one another

China, Iran and Russia are using the coronavirus crisis to launch a propaganda and disinformation onslaught against the United States, the State Department warns in a new report. read more..
Nazarbaev And Kazakhstan's Security Council Out Of Sight Amid Coronavirus Crisis
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Nazarbaev And Kazakhstan's Security Council Out Of Sight Amid Coronavirus Crisis

Kazakh officials are working to guide the country through the health crisis caused by the coronavirus and the dramatic economic effects of a drastic drop in global prices for oil, the country's majo read more..
Cotton Campaign says too early to lift Uzbek boycott
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Cotton Campaign says too early to lift Uzbek boycott

A coalition of human rights groups known as the Cotton Campaign said on Thursday it was too early to lift a boycott of Uzbek cotton despite Tashkent’s progress in eradicating forced labour and its r read more..
Is the U.K. Finally Getting Serious About Cracking Down on Dirty Money?
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Is the U.K. Finally Getting Serious About Cracking Down on Dirty Money?

The United Kingdom has long been infamous as a money-laundering haven, with hundreds of billions of dollars in dirty money passing through its financial system just in recent years. In 2017, the read more..
Demise of the Petrostates
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Demise of the Petrostates

The oil price crash is an existential threat to petrostates from Nigeria to Iran, where governments rely on oil wealth to stabilize power and pay off competing interests. The epic collapse in the read more..
Kazakhstan: Nazarbayev family’s luxury UK assets come to light
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Kazakhstan: Nazarbayev family’s luxury UK assets come to light

 The ex-president's daughter and grandson hold $103 million in real estate assets in London. The vast riches accrued by Kazakhstan’s ruling Nazarbayev family is coming under an awkward level read more..
U.K. Takes Fight To Kazakhstan’s Wealthy Elite Over Unexplained ‘Billionaires’ Row’ Mansion
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U.K. Takes Fight To Kazakhstan’s Wealthy Elite Over Unexplained ‘Billionaires’ Row’ Mansion

A mansion owned by Nurali Aliyev, the grandson of Kazakhstan’s former President Nursultan Nazarbayev has been “frozen” by the U.K.’s High Court after the second use of a so-called ‘McMafia’ Wealth O read more..
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