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03 Feb

Events and opinions

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Down with Nazarbayev! Kazakhs protest against China's growing influence

Kazakh protesters scuffled with police on Saturday at a rally against their government's burgeoning ties with neighbouring China. Many in Kazakhstan, a vast but thinly populated nation, are suspi... read more..

03 Feb

Events and opinions

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Kazakh Leader Nazarbayev Wants Loyalty ‘Test’ for All Citizens

Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev, ruler of Central Asia's largest energy producer two decades, plans to "test" the loyalty of all citizens in a bid to avoid any form of public protest. "... read more..

Fugitive Kazakh Businessman Urges China To Investigate Oil Deal

03 Feb

Corruption!

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Fugitive Kazakh Businessman Urges China To Investigate Oil Deal

Fugitive Kazakh businessman Mukhtar Ablyazov has urged Chinese authorities to investigate a Kazakh-Chinese oil and gas deal that he claims was corrupt, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reports. Ablyazov, ... read more..

03 Feb

Corruption!

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Kazakh leader's son-in-law sues media in libel case

The influential son-in-law of Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev has filed a libel lawsuit against several local newspapers after they published a letter accusing him of corruption, one of the outl... read more..

03 Feb

Events and opinions

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Kazakhstan under pressure to free rights defender

A private foundation set up by billionaire financier George Soros on Tuesday urged Kazakhstan to free a jailed human rights defender, saying he was imprisoned in "an unfair trial". The ex-Soviet ... read more..

03 Feb

Events and opinions

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This Year, the Fox Will Guard the Henhouse

As the Republic of Kazakhstan ascends to its year-long chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in 2010, human rights and basic freedoms from Vilnius to Vladivost... read more..

03 Feb

Events and opinions

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KAZAKH FOREIGN MINISTER'S ARRIVAL IN WASHINGTON

Astana has not fulfilled reform commitments made in connection with country's selection as OSCE chair Joshua Kucera 2/01/10 Kazakhstan's foreign minister, Kanat Saudabayev, is in Washington from F... read more..

28 Jan

Events and opinions

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Deadly Collapse At Kazakh Radar Site Sparks Safety Concerns

BALKHASH, Kazakhstan -- A deadly accident at a Soviet-era military base in central Kazakhstan has sparked concerns about people's exposure to toxic materials, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reports. The... read more..

27 Jan

Economy

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Kazakhstan threatens to alter Western oil deals

Kazakhstan threatened on Tuesday to rewrite key Western-run energy projects to implement new tax rules, in a move likely to send jitters among foreign investors operating in the Central Asian state. ... read more..

25 Jan

Events and opinions

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The Man Who Won't Be King

It's back to the drawing board for Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev in his search for a successor. It seemed as if Nazarbaev had found a suitable heir to the presidency in the form of his son-in-l... read more..

25 Jan

Economy

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Kazakhstan cuts 2010 economic growth forecast

ASTANA, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Kazakhstan, its economy slowly recovering from the global economic downturn, cut its 2010 growth forecast on Friday after recording better than expected results for 2009. ... read more..

22 Jan

Corruption!

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La Suisse, eldorado des dynasties de l'Asie centrale

Dinara Kulibayeva, épouse du magnat du pétrole kazakh Timur Kulibayev, a acquis pour 74,7 millions de francs suisses (50,5 millions d'euros) une immense propriété à Anières, banlieue huppée de Genève ... read more..

22 Jan

Political process

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Kazakhstan and the O.S.C.E.

This year, Kazakhstan has become the first former Soviet state to assume the rotating chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. Democratic activists are crying foul... read more..

21 Jan

Events and opinions

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Shadowy arms deal traced to Kazakhstan

Crew smuggling North Korean arms to Iran traced to remote air base in Kazakhstan The trail of the plane busted in Thailand last month for allegedly smuggling North Korean weapons to Iran leads b... read more..

Kazakh Ex-Banker Says Nazarbaev Relative Bribed By China

21 Jan

Corruption!

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Kazakh Ex-Banker Says Nazarbaev Relative Bribed By China

Fugitive Kazakh banker and politician Mukhtar Ablyazov says President Nursultan Nazarbaev's son-in-law, Timur Kulibaev, received enormous bribes from Chinese oil companies seven years ago, RFE/RL's Ka... read more..

20 Jan

Economy

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Kazakhstan only part of the solution for Nabucco

VIENNA – Kazakhstan is not ready to supply gas to Nabucco at this stage, but Astana is willing to consider supporting the gas pipeline to Austria as the former Soviet Republic develops its gas resourc... read more..

20 Jan

Political process

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Turkmens to take down golden monument of ex-leader

Turkmenistan to dismantle monument topped with golden statue of late, eccentric dictator Turkmenistan will take down a tower topped by a golden statue of the Central Asian nation's former dictato... read more..

20 Jan

Economy

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KazMunaiGas proposes cutting Kashagan costs by $3 billion in 2010

(SRI) - The 2010 budget for the development of the Kashagan field in Kazakhstan could be cut to $7.4 billion from an earlier plan of $10.4 billion, Kazakh state oil and gas company KazMunaiGas (KMG) p read more..

18 Jan

Extra

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Ex-Botschafter unter Folter-Verdacht

Das Mittelalter scheint noch nicht überwunden zu sein: Anno 2004 wird eine junge Frau und Mutter namens Anastasiya Novikova von Wien nach Beirut gebracht und in ein als Folterkammer umgebautes Zimmer ... read more..

18 Jan

Economy

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Kazakhstan Is a ‘China Play,’ Stocks Are Cheap, Troika Says

Kazakhstan is becoming a "pure China play," supporting the country's economic growth and bolstering the equity market as links increase with the world's fastest growing major economy, according to Tro... read more..

14 Jan

Extra

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Kazakh Energy Minister Questions Need to Lead in Uranium Output

Sauat Mynbayev, Kazakhstan's energy minister, questioned the need for the Central Asian country to maintain its world leadership in uranium production. "We're already the top country in terms of ... read more..

14 Jan

Economy

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Kazakhmys Signs $200 Million Loan Deal With China Bank, Kazakh Fund

LONDON -(Dow Jones)- Kazakhmys PLC (KAZ.LN) Wednesday said it has signed a $200 million loan facility with China Development Bank Corp. and Kazakh sovereign wealth fund JSC Samruk-Kazyna to develop ex... read more..

14 Jan

Political process

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Austria and Kazakhstan sign investment agreemen

Austria and Kazakhstan have signed a new bilateral investment agreement, it has been announced. People's Party (ÖVP) Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger also revealed yesterday (Tues) Austria h... read more..

13 Jan

Political process

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Rights groups say Kazakhstan has poor rights record OSCE to focus more on security, less on democracy

VIENNA, Jan 14 (Reuters) - New OSCE head Kazakhstan said on Thursday it would refocus Europe's main security and rights watchdog on tackling terrorism and development issues and brushed off criticism ... read more..

13 Jan

Political process

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Opposition wants to be part of Kazakh official delegation in OSCE

Almaty. January 14. Interfax-Kazakhstan – Kazakh opposition party Azat (Freedom) requested the OSCE member-states to discuss with Astana the issue of putting opposition representatives on the list of ... read more..

13 Jan

Political process

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NAZARBAYEV: Summit needed for stagnant OSCE

On Jan. 1, Kazakhstan became the first former Soviet republic to take over chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. Kazakhstan views the OSCE, with its unique geo... read more..

13 Jan

Political process

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A Future For Citizen Journalism in Central Asia

In the early 2000s, the Ketebayev brothers – Bakhytzhan and Muratbek – ran Central Asia's most interesting journalistic enterprises. They were Kazakhstan's Tan TV and the weekly newspaper Respublika. ... read more..

12 Jan

Political process

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Kazakh Interior Ministry Says Kyrgyz Involved In Pavlyuk's Murder

ASTANA -- The Kazakh Interior Ministry says Kyrgyz citizens were involved in the recent murder of a Kyrgyz journalist in Almaty, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reports. Kazakh Interior Ministry spokesma... read more..

12 Jan

Economy

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Russia claims Turkish backing for pipeline

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Wednesday said Russia had won Turkey's backing for Moscow to build a key section of a new gas pipeline seen as a rival of an EU-backed project in Turkish waters. ... read more..

Journalists In Central Asia Struggle In 'Atmosphere Of Hopelessness And Fear'

12 Jan

Extra

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Journalists In Central Asia Struggle In 'Atmosphere Of Hopelessness And Fear'

With attacks against journalists around the world on the rise, it is no surprise that Central Asian journalism is becoming ever more dangerous. The recent brazen murders of two Bishkek-based jour... read more..

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