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.
Plush London homes 'were bought with McMafia cash'
Corruption!
1503
3 min read

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..
Kazakhstan’s president says democracy is on its way
Political process
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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..
Behind Pompeo’s Big ‘We Care’ Trip to Ukraine
Extra
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4 min read

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..
China BRI Ventures Run Into Trouble in Kazakhstan
Extra
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5 min read

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..
Russia’s Strategy in Central Asia: Inviting India to Balance China
Economy
2800
6 min read

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..
Head of press regulator advised Kazakh regime that suppresses free speech
Events and opinions
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4 min read

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..
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
Corruption!
1558
5 min read

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..
Feature: Caspian oil producers face growing investor skepticism
Economy
1797
4 min read

Feature: Caspian oil producers face growing investor skepticism

Three decades after gaining independence, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan face a growing struggle convincing investors and markets of the potential for significant new oil opportunities in the Caspian reg read more..
Kazakhstan: Tested by Transition
Events and opinions
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17 min read

Kazakhstan: Tested by Transition

A partial handover of political power through an orchestrated transition takes Kazakhstan into uncharted territory. Will it be able to pursue modernization and reform, and break from its authoritari read more..
Tajikistan’s massive Rogun hydropower dam: a blessing or a curse?
Economy
1758
11 min read

Tajikistan’s massive Rogun hydropower dam: a blessing or a curse?

Tajikistan spent all the proceeds from its first ever eurobond on the giant Rogun hydropower dam. It is still consuming a quarter of the budget each year. Tajikistan, Central Asia's poorest natio read more..
Central Asia’s electricity network – underpowered and fragmented
Economy
1683
5 min read

Central Asia’s electricity network – underpowered and fragmented

Central Asia needs more 500kV loops in order to share power between the countries of the region. Central Asia’s power grid, set up by the Soviets in the 1980s, was conceived as a centralised netw read more..
BTA Bank AO : announces launch of criminal case against Ilyas Khrapunov
Corruption!
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2 min read

BTA Bank AO : announces launch of criminal case against Ilyas Khrapunov

The Prosecutor's Office in Geneva is conducting a criminal case against Ilyas Khrapunov, son-in-law of BTA Bank's former owner. Khrapunov is suspected of laundering money stolen from BTA Bank.  read more..
Now FIVE big names cut ties with Prince Andrew:
Extra
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2 min read

Now FIVE big names cut ties with Prince Andrew:

Advertising Week Europe joins Standard Chartered in pulling backing for royal's main charity following 'car crash' interview - as FOUR universities consider ditching him Five multi-million pound read more..
As the Eurasian Union looks east, its deals do not benefit all members equally The EAEU is shopping for partners in Asia. Middle finger to the West or sound trade policy?
Economy
1484
3 min read

As the Eurasian Union looks east, its deals do not benefit all members equally The EAEU is shopping for partners in Asia. Middle finger to the West or sound trade policy?

 The EAEU is shopping for partners in Asia. Middle finger to the West or sound trade policy? The Russia-led Eurasian Economic Union has been on an expansion spree this year, signing a free read more..
Kazakhstan: Exiled regime nemesis splits sputtering opposition
Political process
1909
4 min read

Kazakhstan: Exiled regime nemesis splits sputtering opposition

The squabbling is good news for a regime that relentlessly tries to divide and conquer the opposition.  Mukhtar Ablyazov, the most avowed foe of Kazakhstan’s government, is no team player. read more..
Kazakhstan: The mothers that became the faces of dissent
Events and opinions
1913
5 min read

Kazakhstan: The mothers that became the faces of dissent

Government critics argue that the ruling has transformed the protestors, three of whom are mothers of young children, into political martyrs.  Oksana Shevchuk was still breastfeeding when sh read more..
Belgium’s second Kazakhgate unfolds
Corruption!
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5 min read

Belgium’s second Kazakhgate unfolds

Belgium again finds itself amidst a scandal that threatens to become “Kazakhgate-II”.  With the Le Soir publication “Belgium extends a helping hand to the Kazakh police”, the former managing read more..
Prince Andrew out in the cold: KPMG pulls £100,000-a-year sponsorship of Duke's Dragons' Den-style start up scheme as other leading business including Aon and AstraZeneca also review relationship
Extra
1400
25 min read

Prince Andrew out in the cold: KPMG pulls £100,000-a-year sponsorship of Duke's Dragons' Den-style start up scheme as other leading business including Aon and AstraZeneca also review relationship

Leading businesses and charities are deserting Prince Andrew over the Epstein scandal as the future of his main charitable project he repeatedly mentioned in his BBC car crash interview is in jeopar read more..
Sinophobia simmers across Central Asia
Events and opinions
1735
8 min read

Sinophobia simmers across Central Asia

It is just a tiny grocery store in a decrepit, Khruschev-era five-story apartment block in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan – but it is flooded with shoppers, 24 hours a day. Located just off t read more..
Growth of popular unrest in Kazakhstan ‘met by throttling of internet freedom'
Economy
1475
5 min read

Growth of popular unrest in Kazakhstan ‘met by throttling of internet freedom'

One of the more remarkable occurrences in Central Asian politics this year was the sight of thousands of Kazakhs taking to the streets to protest at the shoo-in, far from democratic election of long read more..
Event | Africa’s experience with Chinese investors. Some parallels with Central Asia
Events and opinions
1522
3 min read

Event | Africa’s experience with Chinese investors. Some parallels with Central Asia

Beijing needed testing grounds for risky investments. Poorly governed, resource-rich countries with exploding populations that are hungry for investment: Africa and Central Asia have much in comm read more..
Kazakhstan: Confidence low in government trust-building exercise
Extra
1557
5 min read

Kazakhstan: Confidence low in government trust-building exercise

Over the past two decades, the president’s office has instituted at least six ad hoc commissions to defuse some kind of political impasse. The latest is not off to an auspicious start. When it be read more..
Kazakhstan: UN Review Should Press for Reforms
Political process
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3 min read

Kazakhstan: UN Review Should Press for Reforms

Allow Protests; Stop Persecuting Critics Governments should use an upcoming review of Kazakhstan’s rights record at the United Nations (UN) to hold the country’s new president to his pl read more..
China ready to promote ties with Kazakhstan to new level: Premier Li
Events and opinions
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China ready to promote ties with Kazakhstan to new level: Premier Li

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Saturday that China stands ready to promote China-Kazakhstan relations to a new level. Li made the remarks during his meeting with Kazakh Prime Minister Askar M read more..
Kazakhstan Remains Nazarbayev’s State
Political process
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3 min read

Kazakhstan Remains Nazarbayev’s State

If it walks like a president, talks like a president, and has powers on par with a president… On October 8, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev criticized the development and design of Nur-Sul read more..
Tribunal Grants WWM US$50M for Claims Against Kazakhstan Under Soviet Treaty
Extra
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3 min read

Tribunal Grants WWM US$50M for Claims Against Kazakhstan Under Soviet Treaty

World Wide Minerals Ltd. ("WWM") and Mr. Paul A. Carroll, QC, WWM's President and CEO, have been vindicated in an arbitral award, which held that the Republic of Kazakhstan breached international la read more..
Masked 'Umbrella Men' Strike Kazakh Journalists Again
Political process
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6 min read

Masked 'Umbrella Men' Strike Kazakh Journalists Again

Pensioner Ernazar Perneev had just arrived at Nauryz Square in Kazakhstan's southern city of Shymkent on October 26 when he was confronted by a representative from the mayor's office. You know, i read more..
Who really is Kazakhstan’s leader of the nation?
Political process
1500
5 min read

Who really is Kazakhstan’s leader of the nation?

The consensus among Kazakhstan watchers is that the former president is trying to contain his successor.  In an interview earlier this month, Kazakhstan’s former President Nursultan Nazarbay read more..
Kazakh Ex-President Rejects Talk Of Shared Power, Blames 'Traitors' For Unrest
Political process
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2 min read

Kazakh Ex-President Rejects Talk Of Shared Power, Blames 'Traitors' For Unrest

Former Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev used an extended interview on state television on October 11 to downplay his continuing influence and defer to his successor, condemn "traitors" abroad fo read more..
Inside the decaying mansions abandoned in UK’s most expensive wasteland
Extra
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4 min read

Inside the decaying mansions abandoned in UK’s most expensive wasteland

New footage has emerged from the decaying multi-million pound London mansions left derelict in ‘one of the most expensive wastelands in the world’.  Billionaires’ Row, officially named The B read more..
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