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Nazarbayev: Since the movie was made by a comedian, laughing at it is all right

Nazarbayev: Since the movie was made by a comedian, laughing at it is all right

22.11.2006 10:35 msk Kazakhstan Politics

President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev is on a visit to Great Britain these days. At a joint press conference with Prime Minister Tony Blair yesterday he was asked questions about the scandalous movie "Borat: America's Cultural Studies For The Famed People Of Kazakhstan". "This journalist Bora

The Tengiz Carnage: some details of the scuffle in Kazakhstan

The Tengiz Carnage: some details of the scuffle in Kazakhstan

10.11.2006 18:11 msk Kazakhstan

Colloquially known as the Tengiz Carnage, disturbances in the Atyrau region of Kazakhstan took place almost a month ago but the general public is no wiser with regard to what happened, why, and what it resulted in. About 140 were injured in a mass scuffle between Kazakh and Turkish workers at Tengiz

A pro-regime system of political parties is being established in Kazakhstan

A pro-regime system of political parties is being established in Kazakhstan

01.11.2006 12:22 msk Kazakhstan Politics

The Kazakh regime is solidifying its positions in the political life of the country. Political parties line up to join Otan (the Fatherland), the party led by President Nursultan Nazarbayev. Asar (All Together), the party of Nazarbayev's daughter Dariga, joined Otan not long ago. The Civilian Party

TuranAlem of Kazakhstan offers Russia Shar'ah loans

TuranAlem of Kazakhstan offers Russia Shar'ah loans

17.10.2006 22:38 msk Kazakhstan Religious life

TuranAlem, one of the three largest banks in Kazakhstan, is determined to become one the largest private banks in the Commonwealth by 2008. The bank expanded into Russia through procurement of the stock of its strategic partners, Volga-Kama Joint Stock Bank and Slavinvestbank. Gulnara Galjamova of T

The Caspian states are worried by the state of regional security

The Caspian states are worried by the state of regional security

17.10.2006 22:34 msk Business Kazakhstan

The situation in the Caspian region is determined by political factors and national interests of the states of the region, not to mention the geopolitical arrangement in general. American analysts maintain that the Caspian region will become one of the least stable areas in the world by 2015. Activi

Nazarbayev's son-in-law Rahat Aliyev maintains that monarchy is the best possible arrangement for Kazakhstan

Nazarbayev's son-in-law Rahat Aliyev maintains that monarchy is the best possible arrangement for Kazakhstan

04.09.2006 14:51 msk Kazakhstan Politics

The newspaper Karavan featured a piece by Rahat Aliyev, the husband of president's daughter Dariga Nazarbayeva, titled "Republikostan or Kazakh Sultanate: The Choice Is Ours". Aliyev maintains that monarchy, not republic, is the best possible arrangement for Kazakhstan.

Kazakhstan: A. Sarsenbvayev's murder: assassins convicted, relatives object

Kazakhstan: A. Sarsenbvayev's murder: assassins convicted, relatives object

02.09.2006 12:10 msk Kazakhstan

On August 31, the Alma-Ata Regional Court passed sentence on the murderers of Altynbek Sarsenbayev, his driver, and bodyguard. Rustam Ibragimov formerly of Kazakh secret services was sentenced to death as the assassin. His accomplices including ex-head of the senatorial apparat Yerjan Utembayev drew

Kazakh Interior Ministry published interim results of the labor immigrant legalization campaign

Kazakh Interior Ministry published interim results of the labor immigrant legalization campaign

28.08.2006 11:13 msk Kazakhstan Migration

About 24,000 foreigners from Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Russia have gone legal and received certificates of immigrants in Kazakhstan. Most immigrants are menial workers at construction sites and vendors. Applications for legalization are forwarded to the authorities by their employers (

Unrest in the Kazakh city of Aktau: the truth behind the veil of conflicting reports

Unrest in the Kazakh city of Aktau: the truth behind the veil of conflicting reports

25.08.2006 18:28 msk Kazakhstan

Residents of Aktau maintain that the riots that began there on August 20 are not over even now. Conflicting reports coming from this city on the Caspian coast leave the impression that the local authorities have concentrated on attempts to filter information rather than to try and stabilize the situ

Kazakh National Patriots urge ethnic Russians to go home

Kazakh National Patriots urge ethnic Russians to go home

16.08.2006 13:19 msk Kazakhstan Migration

Kazakh Republican Movement Ult Tagdyry [Fate of the Nation] released an appeal to the Russian diaspora in Kazakhstan .

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