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.
Corruption!
2057

Nurali Aliyev: the man being groomed for power

Nurali Aliyev, 35, was born into a family that has ruled Kazakhstan, an oil-rich former Soviet republic in Central Asia, with an iron fist for three decades.  His grandfather is Nursultan Na read more..

Corruption!
1313

Plush London homes 'were bought with McMafia cash'

Millions of pounds extorted by a former Kazakh police chief via “old school post-Soviet raids involving murder” were used to buy three London homes, a court was told yesterday.   The pr read more..

Political process
2311

Kazakhstan’s president says democracy is on its way

 But the riot police seem to have arrived first The president of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, likes to bang on about political reform. The oil-rich Central Asian country’s rubber-stamp read more..

Extra
1380

Behind Pompeo’s Big ‘We Care’ Trip to Ukraine

Hobbled by the impeachment trial, the U.S. secretary of state faces the tricky task of explaining a Trump administration policy that has often looked two-faced. Shadowed by an impeachment trial t read more..

Extra
1632

China BRI Ventures Run Into Trouble in Kazakhstan

A trade and investment partnership between China and Kazakhstan, seen as key to Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in Central Asia, is creaking as flagship projects run into trouble and Kazakh read more..

Economy
2593

Russia’s Strategy in Central Asia: Inviting India to Balance China

 Russia’s invitation for India to link up with Eurasian Economic Union recalls the SCO expansion saga. At the end of last year, Russian envoy Nikolai Kudashev said that Moscow is hopeful abo read more..

Events and opinions
2425

Head of press regulator advised Kazakh regime that suppresses free speech

New Ipso chief Lord Faulks worked at commercial court under former authoritarian leader Nursultan Nazarbayev The new head of the UK’s independent press regulator has been criticised for pro read more..

Corruption!
1356

Ivanka Trump and Don Jr. 'knew they were lying' when hawking condos for Trump's SoHo building, dramatically increasing figures to lure in more buyers, new book claims

Ivanka Trump and Donald Jr. knew they were lying when they were trying to sell off condos at their family's SoHo building back in the late 2000s, dramatically increasing sale figures in a bid to lur read more..

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