Monthly Archive

Welcome to our Archives page. On this page you will find a total of 1987 of our articles broken down into Months and Years.
Kazakhstan hopes actress's Cannes win will inspire local talent
Special projects
3547
4 min read

Kazakhstan hopes actress's Cannes win will inspire local talent

Kazakh actress Samal Yeslyamova won best actress for her part in "Ayka" at Cannes After Kazakhstan's Samal Yeslyamova scooped a surprise award for best actress at the Cannes film festival, many o read more..
What’s behind China’s anti-Kazakh campaign?
Political process
1568
13 min read

What’s behind China’s anti-Kazakh campaign?

If you're an ethnic Kazakh or a Kazakh citizen in northwest China, you can face detention on espionage and extremism charges. RU Zhenisnur Ayatkhanuly with children in a house in the suburbs of A read more..
Tribal Confederation Identities In Kazakhstan Remain Strong And Politically Relevant – OpEd
Political process
1416
3 min read

Tribal Confederation Identities In Kazakhstan Remain Strong And Politically Relevant – OpEd

The continuing strength of tribal confederation identities in Kazakhstan not only limit the ability of the authorities to combat corruption but reduce the country’s prospects for development and absor... read more..
Belgian ex minister indicted in 'Kazakhgate' graft scandal
Corruption!
2026
2 min read

Belgian ex minister indicted in 'Kazakhgate' graft scandal

Former Belgian minister Armand De Decker has been indicted for influence-peddling as part of the wide-ranging "Kazakhgate" probe into allegations of corruption linked to a trade agreement between Fran... read more..
Kazakhstan's hunt for supporters of tycoon Ablyazov gets absurd and goes abroad
Political process
1450
3 min read

Kazakhstan's hunt for supporters of tycoon Ablyazov gets absurd and goes abroad

“As usual, there were more police on the scene than protesters,” a journalist living in a provincial town recently told Global Voices of one of the freedom of speech pickets that rippled across Kazakh... read more..
On China’s New Silk Road, Democracy Pays A Toll
Events and opinions
1545
9 min read

On China’s New Silk Road, Democracy Pays A Toll

China's vast foreign investment program comes at a sharp cost to human rights and good governance Great power competition is back. And China is now combining its vast economic resources with a musc... read more..
Kazakhstan-EU Parliamentary Cooperation Committee adopts joint declaration, confirms commitment to enhance ties
Political process
1418
3 min read

Kazakhstan-EU Parliamentary Cooperation Committee adopts joint declaration, confirms commitment to enhance ties

Kazakh and European parliamentary officials reconfirmed mutual commitment to strengthening ties as they adopted a joint declaration following the May 10 15th annual session of the Kazakhstan-European ... read more..
Fast social and economic change rings in a new era for Uzbekistan
Economy
1944
7 min read

Fast social and economic change rings in a new era for Uzbekistan

After decades in the economic wilderness, Uzbekistan wants to reintegrate itself into the global value chain. A Eurobond is on the way and regional integration has become a key priority In the year... read more..
Kazakhstan's Small Lenders Suffer Financial Crunch
Events and opinions
1359
4 min read

Kazakhstan's Small Lenders Suffer Financial Crunch

Strongly criticized by the president, some small banks in Kazakhstan are asking for help from the state to withstand a liquidity crisis. Kazakhstan’s Single Pension Fund (ENPF) could lend cash agai... read more..
Kazakhstan Belt and Road Initiative: The road to somewhere
Economy
2077
12 min read

Kazakhstan Belt and Road Initiative: The road to somewhere

Khorgos, a new state-of-the-art port in the middle of the Kazakh desert, sums up the grand ambitions of the Belt and Road Initiative. But it is as much driven and funded by Kazakhstan as it is by Chin... read more..
Kazakh police detain dozens at anti-government rally
Political process
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Kazakh police detain dozens at anti-government rally

Kazakh police detained dozens of people who demonstrated in the Central Asian nation's biggest city on Thursday after an opponent of President Nursultan Nazarbayev urged his followers to protest. M... read more..
Kazakhstan: Police crack down on anti-government rallies
Political process
1466
2 min read

Kazakhstan: Police crack down on anti-government rallies

The demonstrations were organized at the behest of foreign-based opposition figure Mukhtar Ablyazov. A rights group in Kazakhstan has said numerous people were detained by police on May 10 as the read more..
Fire and oil in western Kazakhstan's “spiritual renovation”
Events and opinions
1615
9 min read

Fire and oil in western Kazakhstan's “spiritual renovation”

Post-independence Kazakhstan has seen a revival in Kazakh genealogies, sub-ethnic lineages and identities. The Adai Ata mausoleum. March 2017. Photo courtesy of the author. All rights reserved.As t... read more..
Brother of Kazakhstan’s president sells Plaza Hotel condo
Corruption!
1697
2 min read

Brother of Kazakhstan’s president sells Plaza Hotel condo

The 18th-floor unit has a storied history of lawsuits that broke apart a leading Kazakh family Bolat Nazarbayev, the brother of Kazakhstan’s authoritarian leader Nursultan Nazarbayev, sold his four... read more..
Kazakhstan’s government squelches the least hint of dissent
Special projects
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Kazakhstan’s government squelches the least hint of dissent

To the untrained eye, the activity looked innocent enough. Patriotic Kazakhs marked a public holiday in March by displaying balloons of the same turquoise colour as the national flag. The hitch was... read more..
Trump associate received at least $21M in alleged oligarch scheme
Corruption!
1811
6 min read

Trump associate received at least $21M in alleged oligarch scheme

A businessman whose name has resurfaced in the Trump-Russia investigation once received more than $21 million connected to an alleged money laundering scheme involving Kazakh oligarchs, according to c... read more..
Kazakhastan May Allow U.S. To Use Its Ports To Deliver Military supplies to Afghanistan
Events and opinions
1500
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Kazakhastan May Allow U.S. To Use Its Ports To Deliver Military supplies to Afghanistan

On April 19, Kazakhstan’s Senate ratified the agreement allowing the US to use its ports of Aktau and Kuryk on the East coast of the Caspian Sea to transit military supplies to Afghanistan, the Russia... read more..
Trump associate received at least $21M in alleged oligarch scheme
Corruption!
1686
6 min read

Trump associate received at least $21M in alleged oligarch scheme

A businessman whose name has resurfaced in the Trump-Russia investigation once received more than $21 million connected to an alleged money laundering scheme involving Kazakh oligarchs, according to c... read more..
Kazakh president’s brother takes nearly $4M loss on Plaza Hotel condo
Corruption!
1860
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Kazakh president’s brother takes nearly $4M loss on Plaza Hotel condo

A Plaza Hotel condo owned by the brother of Kazakh dictator Nursultan Nazarbayev has sold at a loss to a mystery buyer for $14 million, according to city property records. Bolat Nazarbayev bought t... read more..
The End of the Democratic Century. Autocracy's Global Ascendance
Events and opinions
2293
14 min read

The End of the Democratic Century. Autocracy's Global Ascendance

At the height of World War II, Henry Luce, the founder of Time magazine, argued that the United States had amassed such wealth and power that the twentieth century would come to be known simply as “th... read more..
Improving our anti-money laundering operations will help prevent great-power war
Corruption!
2091
3 min read

Improving our anti-money laundering operations will help prevent great-power war

Interest is growing in illicit finance because great-power competition is playing out in boardrooms, stock markets, trade wars, and compliance departments. The US anti-money laundering (AML) regime... read more..
What’s in it for the Belt-and-Road countries?
Economy
1819
3 min read

What’s in it for the Belt-and-Road countries?

How might the states of Central Asia and the Caucasus benefit from China’s grand new investment initiative? IN THE days when the Silk Road linked China to Europe, merchants would crisscross Eurasia... read more..
Kazakhstan Urged To Halt Criminal Proceedings Against Pregnant Woman Accused Of Funding Nazarbaev Foe
Events and opinions
1853
2 min read

Kazakhstan Urged To Halt Criminal Proceedings Against Pregnant Woman Accused Of Funding Nazarbaev Foe

Amnesty International has called on authorities in Kazakhstan to halt criminal proceedings against a pregnant woman accused of giving financial backing to an opposition political movement. The Lond... read more..
Kazakhstan's Elderly Opposition Tries Something New
Events and opinions
2449
4 min read

Kazakhstan's Elderly Opposition Tries Something New

Behind the mecenatismo of a former prime minister, Kazakhstan’s opposition figures find a new platform in Brussels. A diverse team of opposition figures, human rights defenders, and artists from Ka... read more..
Kazakhstan adopts Hollywood glamor to energize cinema industry
Events and opinions
1779
5 min read

Kazakhstan adopts Hollywood glamor to energize cinema industry

The impetus to keep hammering away at the international film market has come from President Nursultan Nazarbayev. Mondays are not normally a busy day for cinemas, but at least one screen at the K read more..
Here are the oligarchs connected to Trump and his campaign
Corruption!
1649
5 min read

Here are the oligarchs connected to Trump and his campaign

President Trump says he surrounds himself with the best people, though the cast of characters around him and his campaign has also included a very particular subset, post-Soviet oligarchs. Special ... read more..
The unsolved mystery of who owns Sherlock Holmes’s original £130 million home
Corruption!
2135
9 min read

The unsolved mystery of who owns Sherlock Holmes’s original £130 million home

So reads the blue plaque on this pretty Georgian terraced house, home to London’s Sherlock Holmes Museum. In a city of storied buildings, the home of the fictional detective is as famous as they come.... read more..
Kazakhstan threatens to block Telegram
Events and opinions
1514
2 min read

Kazakhstan threatens to block Telegram

Authorities want the app makers to delete all content by government foe Mukhtar Ablyazov. Kazakhstan has warned it will block the popular Telegram messaging app unless the company agrees to delete ... read more..
Where Is Googoosha, the Missing Uzbek First Daughter?
Events and opinions
1961
5 min read

Where Is Googoosha, the Missing Uzbek First Daughter?

Every five to 10 minutes, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. seven days a week, a fresh group of Uzbek pilgrims troops into the tomb of their late president, the dictator Islam Karimov, to pay homage at his white ... read more..
Former Finance Minister Kakimzhanov Makes German Investor Disappointed in Kazakhstan
Events and opinions
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5 min read

Former Finance Minister Kakimzhanov Makes German Investor Disappointed in Kazakhstan

Gunter Papenburg sent a letter to Zhakip Asanov, the Prosecutor General of Kazakhstan, requesting him to gain insight on dismissing former minister's case Gunter PAPENBURG, a multi-millionaire from... read more..
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