What's Hot Newsletter Kazakhstan and Central Asia: Free exchange of opinions For education purposes only Kazakh Nuclear Intentions Questioned in U.S. Global Security Newswire, 16.10.2009 The U.S. National Intelligence Director's Office said in a report this month that Kazakhstan might be willing to sell sensitive nuclear materials to Iran and other countries, the Christian Science Monitor reported yesterday (see GSN, July 1). History not likely to vindicate Nazarbayev President of Kazakhstan Adam Smith, 20.09.2009 The progressive megalomania of Nursultan Nazarbayev, presiden of Kazakhstan, keeps having the people in our country dazed. The international community is amused by his desire to exalt his own "Me" against the backdrop of the socio-economic sphere in the country that outstripped its critical stage as well as the intensifying impoverishment of the nation. An ordinary person feels ashamed of this president by right! OSCE Urges Kazakhstan To Ensure Fair Trial For Activist Reuters, 20.09.2009 ALMATY (Reuters) -- The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has urged Kazakhstan to ensure a fair appeal trial for a human rights activist jailed in a case he has called politically motivated. Kazakh leader asked to stay for life Reuters, 11.09.2009 ALMATY (Reuters) - The Kazakhstan presidency said on Thursday a resident of a provincial city had asked President Nursultan Nazarbayev to stay in his post for life -- a report that could be a tactic to prepare ground on the issue. Kazakhstan: Review Rights Defender’s Harsh Sentence Human Rights Watch, 04.09.2009 Case Underscores Concerns about Country’s Upcoming OSCE Chairmanship Kazakhstan's Human Rights Drop Through the Floor The Huffington Post, 03.09.2009 Just a few years back, a savagely offensive and popular comedy starring Sascha Baron Cohen caused extraordinary embarrassment in Kazakhstan, as outraged citizens rightfully protested the portrayal of their country as a backward and ignorant third world hole. Kazakhstan actually does have a lot going for it, with enormous energy deposits, a powerfully growing economy, and an intelligent innovative class, but thanks to the ongoing conduct by the government of the Nursultan Nazarbayev, they seem intent on making Borat a self-fulfilling prophecy. The Aliyev Dossier ETG, 22.08.2009 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. Five reasons why Kazakhstan doesn't deserve presidency in OSCE Fuad Asimov, 19.08.2009 In 2010 Kazakhstan for one year becomes chairman of OSCE, however the country leaders are not intended to carry out the reforms meeting the European standards. Banks urge Kazakhstan to repay trade debt in full Reuters, ABA, 07.08.2009 ALMATY, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Two international banking industry associations have urged Kazakhstan to exclude its banks' trade finance debt from restructuring, saying such a move would hurt the whole banking sector. Letter to President Nazarbayev BAFT, IFSA, 06.08.2009 August 6, 2009 His Excellency Nursultan Nazarbayev President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Government House 010000 Astana, Kazakhstan Beware of Big Ideas Newsweek, 02.08.2009 Newly nervous post-Soviet states crack down on Western schools. Lord Mayor flying into a storm in Kazakhstan Martin Waller, 21.07.2009 Ian Luder, the Lord Mayor of the City of London, is in danger of being dragged into a controversy during next week’s official visit to Kazakhstan over the detention of a leading businessman. I understand that the wife of the man who used to run Kazatomprom, the state-owned nuclear company, has written to Mr Luder requesting that her husband’s case be raised by his delegation when they meet ministers and business leaders in the country. Goldman Sachs leaves as Kazakh BTA advisor Reuters, 02.07.2009 ALMATY, July 1 (Reuters) - Investment bank Goldman Sachs (GS.N) will no longer advise Kazakhstan's largest bank, BTA BTAS.KZ, on the restructuring of its $15 billion debt, BTA said on Wednesday. Diplomats owe UK millions in fines Associated Press, 19.06.2009 LONDON (AP) — Diplomats posted in Britain owe more than 27 million pounds ($44 million) in unpaid parking tickets, traffic fines and fees for driving in London's so-called congestion zone, the government said Thursday. Kazakh Banker Goes on Lam as Lender Defaults Punish Investors Laura Cochrane and Emma O’Brien, 28.05.2009 May 28 (Bloomberg) -- From his secret hideaway, BTA Bank’s former Chairman Mukhtar Ablyazov says Kazakhstan’s government caused the default of the nation’s largest lender. Kazakh prosecutors want him for allegedly embezzling the bank’s money. The Long Arm of Kazakhstan's President Walter Mayr, 19.05.2009 In a new book, the exiled former son-in-law of Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev makes serious allegations that could further damage the country's reputation. The family feud -- which has links from Kazakhstan to Europe and Washington -- is a manifestation of the global resource grab in the Caspian Sea region. Samruk-Kazyna is not OK Associated Press, 15.05.2009 Armstrong, Astana riders protest failed payments BTA fight poses threat to Kazakhstan banking Isabel Gorst, 01.05.2009 Pressure on Kazakhstan's embattled financial sector intensified yesterday after the former shareholders of BTA, the central Asian country's biggest bank, sued the government for $3bn in damages allegedly incurred during the forced takeover of the bank this year. Masquerade Eclipses Kazakhstan's Media Problems At Annual Forum Alexander Narodetsky, 28.04.2009 Some local analysts believe Nazarbaev's policies are the main contributing factor to the deterioration of the media situation in Kazakhstan TENGE MAY TUMBLE DESPITE CHINA’S $10-BILLION AID PACKAGE EurasiaNet, 20.04.2009 A further devaluation of Kazakhstan’s national currency appears imminent, some analysts are saying. Nazarbayev Embarks on Foreign Intelligence Reform Farkhad Sharip, 10.03.2009 Will the intelligence service under his guidance serve the real security interests of the country or merely become a tool in the hands of the president? Kazakstan's New Passports to Show Ethnicity Daulet Kanagatuly, 10.03.2009 Government changes mind and rules that passports can show ethnic origin after all. Questions remain as to why the Kazak government gave into demands to provide space for specifying one’s ethnic origin on the country’s new biometric passports, after initially leaving the feature off. 2008 Human Rights Report: Kazakhstan US State Department, 26.02.2009 Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor 2008 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices February 25, 2009 Kazakhs demand resignations at rare crisis protest Reuters, 21.02.2009 "I still have hope in Nazarbayev," said Yergaliyeva Ratings Agency Downgrades Astana Eurasianet, 21.02.2009 An influential ratings agency has downgraded the creditworthiness of Kazakhstan’s government, while slashing the ratings of 10 Kazakhstani banks. Kazakhstan in the Hot Seat Transitions Online, 20.02.2009 Mixed signals out of Kazakhstan as the Central Asian country prepares for its OSCE chairmanship. Two Austrian Policemen Detained For Spying For Kazakhstan RFE/RL, Austrian Times, 18.02.2009 The prosecutor's office in Vienna has confirmed that two Austrian policemen have been arrested for allegedly spying for Kazakhstan, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reports. Kazakh construction executives accused of theft Reuters, 16.02.2009 ALMATY, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Kazakhstan's financial police accused the top managers of the country's leading construction firm of large-scale theft on Monday, signalling that banks that financed the crisis-hit sector could face fresh losses. Hoping for the better Kanat Saudabayev, 03.02.2009 Kazakhstan is eager to help MI6 officers ‘leak’ oil dossier to Kazakhs David Leppard, 10.01.2009 TWO serving MI6 officers have allegedly leaked confidential information to a firm of private consultants with links to the family of the president of Kazakhstan. © 2001-2007 by KUB Page took 0.049485 seconds to load. 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