Articles by Adil Nurmakov
Born October 17, 1978, Adil is a graduate of the International Relations department of the Almaty State University, holding a Ph.D. in Political Science. He has worked for international organizations in Almaty and Moscow. Since 2007 he has been the director of the Competitiveness Research Center (http://www.rating-kz.info), the Central Asia regional editor for Global Voices Online (http://www.globalvoicesonline.org), and Kazakhstan coordinator for neweurasia. In his many capacities he has been a participant of several international conferences and author of numerous research papers and articles. An active internet enthusiast, in 2007 Adil was named Kazakhstan’s best blogger by MediaNet/Soros and Hivos. Check out his personal blog and projects @ http://adam-kersher.livejournal.com, http://www.alatoday.info, and http://www.moblog.kz.
Cross-posted on Global Voices Online
As the Rakhat Aliyev affair spins, and the ex-ambassador and former presidential son-in-law continues blackmailing the country’s authorities with discrediting materials, including publication of illegal taps of telephone conversations between the …
Cross-posted from Global Voices Online
Tomorrow the movie theatres of Kazakhstan and Russia will start shows of “Racketeer”, one of the first Kazakhstani commercial film-making experiences. The audience is invited to learn the biographical story of …
Cross-posted on Global Voices Online
A month ago Nurgeldy told at neweurasia how they are fighting poor knowledge of the state language in the Kazakhstan’s northern city of Kustanai. His post gave rise to quite a …
Cross-posted on Global Voices Online (1, 2)
Immediately after the parliamentary elections, which were deemed undemocratic by the international monitors, the prices went crazy in Kazakhstan. The ruling party “Nur Otan”, led by president Nursultan Nazarbayev …
Kazakhstan.neweurasia announces launch of a new project “Ask the celebrity!”, analogous to “Ask the expert” series.
Our first guest is Zhantemir Baimukhamedov, 33, a Kazakhstani showman and musician. In 1990s he started as a leader and …
The most pressing issue these days is the extreme rise of prices and tariffs for primary goods and services. The boom started immediately after the parliamentary elections, which were deemed fraudulent by the opposition and …
The West’s interest in Kazakhstan is usually slaked in three ways. First are the sporadic news stories, depicting it as a wicked mixture of oil, autocracy and corruption. Second one is made of picturesque and …
This is a translation of Olga’s post from the Russian-language Kazakhstan.Neweurasia blog
Today, officers of the court did not evict 15 families from their dwelling. The dormitory in a poor outskirt of Almaty were waiting for …
While the usual discussions about political cobwebs and oil business intrigues kept the Kazakhstani bloggers busy, two dramatic incidents stood out: A rocket crash potentially threatening the health of thousands of people and the murder …
The trend of growing personality cult has been recently supported by B.Tlukhan, a Member of Parliament. He said that considers the president a symbol of the country that cannot be smeared, and added: “For me Nazarbayev …
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