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Why does Turkey want to join the Eurasian Union?

1018725239Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu states that Ankara and Moscow have come to an agreement on the purchase of the Russian S-400 surface-to-air missile defense system.

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Top Kazakh Bank on the Block for Under $1 May Need $738 Million

halykkazkomKazakhstan’s Halyk Bank may have to inject at least 230 billion tenge ($738 million) into Kazkommertsbank, the troubled lender it’s set to buy for less than $1 after a state bailout, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.

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A new reality in EU and #Kazakhstan co-operation

20160516113234Director of the European External Action Service Luc Devigne and Deputy Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan Roman Vassilenko co-chaired the Cooperation Committee meeting that met recently in Astana to make headway on issues pertaining to the EU-Kazakh Enhanced Partnership and Co-operation Agreement (EPCA), writes Colin Stevens.

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Proposed Article To Kazakhstan's Criminal Code Raises Concerns

B3FD9F12 C4C5 4736 97CB 2898E0C9EDD9 cx0 cy10 cw0 w1023 r1 sKazakhstan has an article in its Criminal Code -- Article 174 to be exact -- that outlaws actions that foment social, national, tribal, racial, class, or religious hatred and actions that insult national honor or dignity or the religious feelings of citizens.

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Why Did Peace Corps Leave Kazakhstan?

thediplomat 2017 04 05 13 50 33 386x256In 2011, Peace Corps left Kazakhstan. Newly surfaced documents shed light on the real reasons why.

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Attacks exemplify allure of extremism in ex-Soviet republics

Countries in the Soviet UnionThe third airport attacker was identified as being from Russia, where Islamic violence has broken out for decades — in the Chechnya separatist war, as part of a persistent insurgency in neighboring Dagestan, during the 2004 Beslan school seizure in which 334 hostages died, and underpinning an array of attacks in Moscow.

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Central Asia Is a Critical Crossroads

asiarusThe Trump administration must keep the U.S. a player in the region.

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Russia scandal? Inside the Obama-Clinton uranium deal. Hillary OK'd sale as cash flowed to foundation, Bill's pockets

clintonyTens of millions of dollars from uranium investors flowed into the Clinton Foundation, and Bill Clinton received a $500,000 speaking fee from a Russian bank tied to the Kremlin before Secretary of State Hillary Clinton helped decide whether to approve the sale to the Russian government of a company that held one-fifth of America’s uranium capacity.

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Kazakhstan announces $7.5 bln bailout of top lender Kazkommertsbank

kazkomKazakhstan's state-run "bad bank" will buy 2.4 trillion tenge ($7.5 billion) of bad loans from Kazkommertsbank, the country's biggest lender by assets, paving the way for a takeover by its closest rival, the central bank said on Wednesday.

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The BOTA Foundation Revisited -- Part Two: BOTA – A Quick Recap

ScreenShot2017 02 16at8.20.07AMThe agreement to start the Foundation emerged in 2007 after more than two years of discussion between the Governments of the United States, Switzerland and Kazakhstan (known as “the Parties”) about the disposition of $84 million, plus interest, that had been frozen in a Swiss account since 1999.

Experts of the Committee against Torture Commend Kazakhstan for Enhanced Legislation

Experts of the Committee against Torture Commend Kazakhstan for Enhanced Legislation

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Kazakh official: Not the time to resolve differences through war

Kazakh official: Not the time to resolve differences through war

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Oil majors sued by Kazakh government over billions in revenue

Oil majors sued by Kazakh government over billions in revenue

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