Molapse shares his travelogue impressions and photos from the trip to Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan (ENG).

Marat posts curious observations concerning the interrelation between the cost of Nurbank shares and political troubles of its former main shareholder Rakhat Aliev (RUS).

Aba complains that his blog entry was illegally copied by the Russian separatist website, modified at their own discretion and reposted under his name (RUS).

Adam posts pictures of Esentai district, which will include Mariott hotel, residences, offices, retail etc - a projects that changed the Almaty cityscape (RUS, ENG)

Adam reports on the new rules that the Almaty city administration has introduced for those who own domestic animals and for those animals that do not have their owner (RUS).

Adam reports that the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhsatn has brought criminal charges against four high-profile opposition leaders, accusing them of cover-up of a criminal (RUS).

Adam reports that amateur cyclists of Almaty together with the green movement are organizing a bicycle race in the Kazakhstan’s southern capital (RUS).

Marat analyzes the trends of price of Kazakhstani companies that are listed on local and international stock markets (RUS).

Adam reports that Kazakhstan’s state oil-and-gas company KazMunaiGas would create a joint venture with Royal Dutch Shell Plc to handle the production segment of the Kashagan oilfield (ENG).

Adam writes how the construction of new terminal of the Almaty airport goes, and posts several rendered pictures of its expected look (RUS).

Adam reports that Kazakhstan football federation decided to fire Dutch coach Arno Pijpers and replace him with a German one (ENG).

publicist posts an article about the triumph of the Kazakh National Music Academy’s student orchestra in Europe (RUS).

Relatives of the 9-grade schoolgirl still cannot punish her classmates and teacher, who raped her. They are also denied of the right to obtain a certificate of the basic school graduation (KAZ).

Askhat reports that Alliance Bank supports the project of a street art exhibition with the participation of popular Russian-language journalists, thus ignoring and discriminating Kazakh-language journalists (KAZ).

Askhat writes that new Peace Corps volunteers from the first days of their stay in Kazakhstan were surprised by low activity of civil society and try to study Kazakh language (KAZ).

New search engine allows to find data in Kazakh language, but

interface is in Russian and it may be one of the reasons why it is unsuccessful (KAZ).

Askhat invites people to listen to an excerpt from a weekly radio programme that reviews media coverage of cultural topics (KAZ).

Despite renaming, many residents persist in using the old names of streets, writes Askhat, illustrating this phenomenon with photos of an interestingly named street (KAZ).

Askhat reports that the Far East Broadcasting Company, whose aim is to spread the Good News of Jesus, is setting up in Almaty (KAZ).

An American volunteer is observing Ramadan, writes Askhat, who reflects on the possible health consequences of fasting for reasons other than spiritual convictions (KAZ).

Adam posts pictures of the new buildings in Almaty (ENG, RUS).

Adam Kesher links to the newborn weblog, dedicated specifically to Almaty, the former capital of Kazakhstan, its news, problems and architecture projects (ENG, RUS).

Mirsulzhan publishes a new funny picture made by Kyrgyz bloggers, where Bakiev baceme a Pirate (KYR).

Mirsulzhan doubts Bakiev’s and Chudinov’s sincerity, who promised not to cutoff the electricity in Bishkek this winter (KYR).

Our new contributor Nurgul Sulaymanova discucces the role of myths in Kyrgyzstan (KYR).

Mirsulzhan came back from a trip to Issyk-Kul, and is worried about the cold weather and the lack of vacationers (KYR).

More than 10 friends of mine are participating in elections to deputies of local parliaments in Kyrgyzstan, so they will get unvaluable experience, says Mirsulzhan (KYR).

Adam reports that against the background of president’s vacation, already two scandals have shaken the elite in Kazakhstan with high-profile officials going under arrest (RUS).

molapse reports on the first match that Kazakhstan played in the FIFA qualifiers for the world cup with Andorra (ENG).

Adam posts two pictures of Almaty taken from the upper floor of the Kazakhstan hotel (ENG, RUS).