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38 killed in Kazakhstan drug rehab centre fire

Thirty-eight people were killed Sunday when fire ripped through a drugs treatment facility in a city outside Kazakhstan's largest city Almaty, emergency officials said.

 

 

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BTA may recover $3.3 billion from provisions

bta2"It will take years, because there are a number of legal procedures that have to be carried out. We are just at the beginning of this process..."

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Kazakhstan's broken promise

nan_tronMr. Nazarbayev's Kazakhstan is a fundamentally undemocratic place.

 

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Zhovtis Case Turning into Test of Astana's OSCE Credibility

zhovtisDomestic and international pressure on Kazakhstan appears to be building as the case of prominent human rights activist Yevgeniy Zhovtis, who was convicted earlier in September of vehicular manslaughter a car that killed a pedestrian, is moving into the appeals phase.

 

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The Aliyev Dossier

Book cover Godfather-In-Law by Rakhat Aliyev

This dossier is probably a result of Aliyev‘s recent book publication „Godfather-In-Law“. The authors of this essay decided to publish a text quite different to the above mentioned book, because ETG‘s impression of R. Aliyev is in total contrast to the picture, he is trying to paint in his publication: Dr. Aliyev is not the reformer of Kazakh society and the political system he claims to be.

 

 

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Aliev Says Kazakh Authorities Try To 'Get' Him Using Former Associate

altRakhat Aliev, the former son-in-law of Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev, told RFE/RL's Kazakh Service that Kazakh authorities are trying "to get him" using his former associate Alnur Musaev.

 

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Stellungnahme des früheren kasachischen Botschafters in Österreich, Dr. Rakhat ALIYEV

Bezugnehmend auf die jüngsten in österreichischen Medien wiedergegebenen Angriffe auf mich, insbesondere die Äußerungen des früheren kasachischen Geheimdienstchefs Alnur Mussayev, halte ich fest, dass der Anlass für die aufgrund eines gemeinsamen Beschlusses aller im Parlament vertretenen Parteien eingesetzten Untersuchungsausschusses, nämlich die Frage, inwieweit der kasachische Geheimdienst die internen Angelegenheiten Österreichs und das öffentliche Leben in Österreich zu beeinflussen versucht, sich durch die jüngsten Ereignisse als berechtigt erwiesen hat.

 

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PRESS RELEASE

altVienna (OTS) Dr. Rakhat Aliyev, ex-Ambassador of Kazakhstan in Austria in his statement concerning recent publications in NEWS magazine and other mass-media about unjustified accusations in alleged crimes against Austrian bodies has stressed the following:

 

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Kazakhstan-China $3.3 billion oil deal delayed

Kazakh and Chinese state oil firms' joint $3.3 billion acquisition of a Kazakh private upstream company has been delayed, Kazakhstan said on Wednesday without providing the timeframe or the reason for the delay.

 

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Bourke Convicted of Bribery in Kozeny’s Azerbaijan Oil Deal.

Frederic Bourke, the co-founder of handbag maker Dooney & Bourke who was once part of the Ford family, was convicted by a U.S. jury of conspiring to pay bribes to government leaders in Azerbaijan in a 1998 oil deal.
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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