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The Eurasian Group has been slandered and suffered reputational damage, reads the statement submitted by ERG lawyers to law enforcement authorities demanding to bring to justice Orazaly Yerzhanov, d read more..

On the picture: Dmitry Konov filed his appeal at the EU General Court in Luxembourg on June 1.Source: Bloomberg Some 20 sanctioned billionaires have filed EU court appeals EU sanction read more..

On the picture:  Dispossessed farmers dance in front of the Marcos Monument after suffering for years under dictator Ferdinand Marcos. He and his wife Imelda were overthrown by the "People read more..

If Kazakhstan’s multi-vector foreign — and energy — policies are to be successful, Tokayev will need to shrewdly balance the country’s partners.   Kazakhstan has become increasingly con read more..

On the picture: Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev during their meeting at the Kremlin on February 10, 2022. Since then, Russian-Kazakh ti read more..

As Eurasia becomes a hotbed of strategic alliances amid growing geopolitical uncertainty stretching from Afghanistan to Ukraine, the United States has dispatched a high-level delegation on a five-da read more..

On the picture: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan greets his Kazakh counterpart, Qasym-Zhomart Toqaev, in Ankara on May 10. Kazakh President Qasym-Zhomart Toqaev said after a visit to Ank read more..

THE UK should ban Vladimir Putin's network of advisors, just like the EU is doing, an anti-corruption campaigner says. In a major blow to Vladimir Putin’s war machine in Ukraine, the&nb read more..

When US Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III declared that Washington wanted to see Russia so “weakened” that it would no longer be able to invade a neighbouring state, he lifted the veil on US goa read more..

Protesters take part in a rally over a hike in energy prices in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on Jan. 5. Abduaziz Madyarov/AFP via Getty Images Harrowing images of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have shocked t read more..

The case highlights the legal difficulties Western governments may face as they attempt to seize assets tied to Russian tycoons who enabled the Ukraine invasion Fiji’s High Court has given the gr read more..

Fighting Graft in Almaty Will Also Test Western Anticorruption Commitments In January, Kazakhstan was in chaos: mass protests against corruption were spreading across the country, prompting its p read more..

On 2 January 2022 ‘Bloody January’ erupted in Kazakhstan, taking the form of massive protests and violent demonstrations. These were the direct result of a sudden increase in liquified gas prices th read more..

Bloc’s new Freeze and Seize task force reports latest numbers EU urges nations to report back about sanctions enforcement European Union nations have frozen some 29.5 billion euros ($32.1 bi read more..

The scale of destruction in Ukraine is already staggering. A new CEPR publication builds on prior experiences with reconstruction following both wars and natural disasters to outline some principles read more..

Much of the oil produced in Kazakhstan transits through a pipeline across Russia, which now has shrunk output for a variety of reasons. After the Russian government started a war in Ukraine in la read more..

In Kazakhstan, where a Soviet past still lingers, there are clear generational divides in opinion towards Putin’s invasion As Russia’s catastrophic war against Ukraine wages for a fourth week, Ka read more..

Long synonymous with Sherlock Holmes, the building at 221B Baker Street in London now represents a tragic irony: The fictional crime-fighter’s address has been linked to the kleptocratic regime of N read more..

Turkmenistan’s transition ushers in a new hybrid model of governance, but its entrenched authoritarian system and all-pervasive kleptocracy is unlikely to change. As Russia launched a full-scale read more..

Erdogan sees opportunity in Ukraine crisis, including enhanced global role and dramatic reset in ties with Israel, as he weighs next steps in Libya and elections next year. Erdogan: Turkey will l read more..

What are the lessons and the likely consequences of the recent crisis in Kazakhstan for the country itself, for Central Asia, and for Russia’s role in the region? The violence that rocked Kazakhs read more..

From the hillsides above Barcelona, the superyacht looked like a building. The titanic vessel, christened Dilbar in 2016, was often docked at Port Vell, dwarfing the Barcelona aquarium nex read more..

President Tokayev’s deadly suppression of the January 2022 uprising has sidelined ex-leader Nursultan Nazarbayev, left China wary and strengthened Russia’s hand. In a nutshell President Tokaye read more..

In a world of economic interdependence, sanctioning Russia will likely prove more globally destabilizing than policymakers realize. To be effective, the West needs to look to vulnerable Russia-depen read more..

Behind a set of imposing metal doors in an easy-to-miss office building in a New York City suburb, a small team manages billions of dollars for a Russian oligarch. For years, a group of wealthy R read more..

  Moscow has seen little support this week from these countries. To the east of the conflict in Ukraine, none of the former Soviet republics in Central Asia has jumped to support Moscow’ read more..

There is a past that does not need to be buried - it needs to be dealt with, Akezhan Kazhegeldin believes. On events with no statute of limitations, from the executions of the first real Kazakh read more..

On the last day of January 2022 a decree on appointment of a new mayor of Almaty - Yerbolat Dossayev. After the tragic events of Kanara Kantar Almaty citizens demanded from the president Kassym-Joma read more..

Money for migration changed the face of a nation Like most autocrats Nursultan Nazarbayev, who ruled Kazakhstan for three decades, thought a lot about how best to honour himself. The 81-year read more..

Dozens of deaths and hundreds of injuries as authorities opened fire on protestors. Violence erupting through tear gas. Rubber bullets, followed by live ammunition. Journalists beaten and detained. read more..