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18 Jan

Events and opinions

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Kazakh MPs back referendum to extend leader's rule

ASTANA (Reuters) - Kazakhstan's parliament on Friday approved a referendum to extend President Nursultan Nazarbayev's term for a third decade, clearing the way for the veteran leader of Central Asia's... read more..

13 Jan

Events and opinions

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Beijing's Stealthy Expansion In Central Asia

Among the great powers vying for influence in post-Soviet Central Asia, China has been the quietest, most systematic, and most dangerous. With its booming economy, growing population, and relentless n... read more..

13 Jan

Events and opinions

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Millions back campaign to skip Kazakh election

ASTANA (Reuters) - More than half of Kazakhstan's 9 million voters have backed a referendum to extend veteran leader Nursultan Nazarbayev's rule of the oil-rich Central Asian state for a third decade,... read more..

Burial of democracy in Kazakhstan. Police seize pro-democracy protesters.

12 Jan

Events and opinions

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Burial of democracy in Kazakhstan. Police seize pro-democracy protesters.

Pro-democracy protesters have been seized in Kazakhstan, as a campaign to keep Nursultan Nazarbayev, the president, in power for another decade without elections claimed the support of more than half ... read more..

Kazakh president likely to back call to scrap election and stay in power

12 Jan

Events and opinions

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Kazakh president likely to back call to scrap election and stay in power

Kazakhstan's president is preparing to back a move to cancel elections in the oil-rich former Soviet Republic until 2020, his chief spokesperson said on Tuesday, confirming that the self-styled citize... read more..

11 Jan

Events and opinions

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Kazakhstan's benevolent father: Long live the khan!

THE workings of Kazakhstan's political machine are regrettably now rather familiar. An obscure group of concerned citizens gathers in a distant corner of the country and there, for the good of the nat... read more..

05 Jan

Events and opinions

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U.S. says Kazakh referendum is setback for democracy

ALMATY (Reuters) - The United States on Tuesday condemned Kazakhstan's move to extend the rule of veteran leader Nursultan Nazarbayev to 2020, bypassing a 2012 election, and said this would be a blow ... read more..

Kazakh parliament backs president ruling to 2020

05 Jan

Events and opinions

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Kazakh parliament backs president ruling to 2020

ASTANA — The Kazakh parliament Wednesday backed a controversial plan for a referendum to extend the mandate of strongman President Nursultan Nazarbayev to 2020 and skip two presidential elections. ... read more..

Ex-bank chief in 'world's biggest fraud' case must surrender Ј4bn

16 Dec

Events and opinions

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Ex-bank chief in 'world's biggest fraud' case must surrender Ј4bn

The man accused of being the world's biggest fraudster has been hit with a record-breaking Ј4billion court order by a London judge. Mukhtar Ablyazov, who lives in The Bishops Avenue, Hampstead, i... read more..

Nursultan Nazarbayev: the shepherd’s son who became Kazakhstan's Emperor

13 Dec

Events and opinions

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Nursultan Nazarbayev: the shepherd’s son who became Kazakhstan's Emperor

A profile of Nursultan Nazarbayev, the president of Kazakhstan. "There will be no festivities on my birthday," Kazakhstan's president told administrators in March. "That's an order." Perhaps i... read more..

13 Dec

Events and opinions

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Is the Father of the Nation Big Enough to Expand Freedom in Kazakhstan?

For a year now, Kazakhstan has chaired Eurasia's regional diplomatic talk shop, called the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. Given that the one-year rotating chair is about to chang... read more..

Kazakhstan President for Life Asks for More Life

08 Dec

Events and opinions

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Kazakhstan President for Life Asks for More Life

Is Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev not satisfied with just being president for life? Mr. Nazarbayev instructed scientists Tuesday at a newly opened research facility in his country to d... read more..

Wikileaks: Kazakh Prime Minister's 'animated' nightclub dance

07 Dec

Events and opinions

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Wikileaks: Kazakh Prime Minister's 'animated' nightclub dance

Karim Massimov, Kazakhstan's Prime Minister, spent an evening dancing by himself 'animatedly' on stage at one of Astana's trendiest nightclubs, according to diplomatic cables published by Wikileaks. ... read more..

Mandelson's speeches for multi-billion fund run by Andrew's Kazakh friend

06 Dec

Events and opinions

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Mandelson's speeches for multi-billion fund run by Andrew's Kazakh friend

Lord Mandelson is at the centre of fresh controversy over his relationship with the super-rich after being hired by a multi-billion-pound investment company accused of being used by Kazakhstan's autoc... read more..

Court documents allege 'corrupt' Kazakhstan regime's link to FTSE firms

06 Dec

Events and opinions

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Court documents allege 'corrupt' Kazakhstan regime's link to FTSE firms

President has seized control of nation's investments, claims politician facing trial in England The multibillion-dollar sovereign wealth fund of Kazakhstan, which holds stakes in several London-l... read more..

06 Dec

Events and opinions

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Swiss authorities investigate Kulibayev money laundering allegations - report

(SRI) - Swiss prosecutors have reportedly launched an investigation into money laundering allegations by Kazakh billionaire Timur Kulibayev, according to British and Kazakh media. "The office of read more..

03 Dec

Events and opinions

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OSCE fails to gain powers as old conflicts smolder

ASTANA (Reuters) - Unresolved conflicts across the former Soviet Union thwarted attempts by Europe's main security watchdog to adopt new powers on Friday, sending world leaders home empty-handed from ... read more..

03 Dec

Events and opinions

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U.S. seeks support for Kyrgyz base, offers fuel deal

BISHKEK (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday sought support from Kyrgyzstan's new government to retain its military air base in the Central Asian state, a transit point for its A... read more..

01 Dec

Events and opinions

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Kyrgyz parties agree to form coalition government

BISHKEK (Reuters) - Political leaders in Kyrgyzstan agreed on Tuesday to form a coalition government as the Central Asian state tries to create the region's first parliamentary democracy following mon... read more..

01 Dec

Events and opinions

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Secretary of State Clinton pushes Central Asia on human rights

ASTANA (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pressed Central Asian governments on Tuesday to expand democratic freedoms, saying countries which quash human rights only make themselves less co... read more..

01 Dec

Events and opinions

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Clinton begins four-nation tour in Kazakhstan

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday kicked off a four-nation diplomatic tour dogged by the WikiLeaks disclosure of U.S. diplomatic cables, an act she called an assault on the int... read more..

WikiLeaks cables: 'Rude' Prince Andrew shocks US ambassador

30 Nov

Events and opinions

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WikiLeaks cables: 'Rude' Prince Andrew shocks US ambassador

Duke railed against France, British anti-corruption investigations into BAE and American ignorance, leaked dispatches reveal Prince Andrew launched a scathing attack on British anticorruption inv... read more..

29 Nov

Events and opinions

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President Nazarbayev's personal public relations project. Fanfare, criticism before Kazakhstan's OSCE summit.

ASTANA (Reuters) - Heads of state flying to Kazakhstan's showpiece capital for a security summit next week will be met with fanfare as Astana shrugs off critics of its year at the helm of Europe's top... read more..

Kazakh billionaire faces money laundering investigation

28 Nov

Corruption!

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Kazakh billionaire faces money laundering investigation

The Kazakh billionaire who bought the Duke of York's former marital home is the subject of a £380 million money laundering investigation, it was claimed last night. Swiss prosecutors were said to h... read more..

Yevgeniy Zhovtis declares protest against his illegal political isolation. Statement for Media (by phone from Ust-Kamenigirsk)

25 Nov

Events and opinions

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Yevgeniy Zhovtis declares protest against his illegal political isolation. Statement for Media (by phone from Ust-Kamenigirsk)

In the course of the entire year of my incarceration in the colony-settlement of Ust-Kamenogorsk city (a custody place for people that have committed a reckless crime) the colony administration has be... read more..

23 Nov

Events and opinions

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China to set up factories in Kazakhstan

China is planning to put its cheap labour force to work in a new 70,000-strong factory town across the border in Kazakhstan, in a move which will heighten fears of a land grab in the Central Asian cou... read more..

Kazakhstan: Astana Wants Kazakhstanis to Speak Kazakh

23 Nov

Events and opinions

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Kazakhstan: Astana Wants Kazakhstanis to Speak Kazakh

Officials in Kazakhstan are developing a grand plan to get virtually everyone in the Central Asian country speaking Kazakh by 2020. Data from a recent survey, however, suggests that Astana's goal may ... read more..

22 Nov

Events and opinions

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Taking on Kazakhstan’s Kafkaesque Bureaucracy with Soviet-Style Samizdat

The bureaucratic hoops that people sometimes have to jump through to complete routine business in Kazakhstan are legendary. Frustrated by years of dealings with what they say are high-handed officials... read more..

22 Nov

Events and opinions

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Once held on $10M bail, man accused of Kazakh bribery now lauded as Cold War hero by NY judge

A businessman once accused of bribing officials in Kazakhstan with tens of millions of dollars was praised as a Cold War hero Friday by a judge who said he helped thousands of Soviet Jews emigrate to ... read more..

22 Nov

Events and opinions

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Kazakh officials press for review of oil and gas contracts

(SRI) - Kazakh officials pressed for the need to review production sharing agreements (PSAs) with foreign oil and gas majors and harmonize them with the current legislation. Speaking at a confere read more..

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