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What mayor knows
Sunday, 4 May, 2008 – 11:40 | One Comment

This is a translated post by Arman from the Russian-language blog.  
It has been on the eve of the May Day holidays (which by the way were celebrated much wider under the previous mayor of Almaty; however, …

Kids at Banks
Wednesday, 30 Apr, 2008 – 7:41 | One Comment

Below is a translated post by Adam from the Russian language blog.  
Numbers of children of high-ranking officials among Kazakh bankers have grown. Now Nurali Rakhatovich Aliev (Nurbank, son of presidential daughter Dariga and now-outcast former …

Chief of Local TI Office Stands Up for Arrested State Manager
Tuesday, 22 Apr, 2008 – 8:25 | One Comment

This is a translation of Adam’s post from the Russian language blog.
Jaksybek Kulekeev, former president of the largest state company Kazakhstan Railways  was arrested red-handed with 100,000$ bribe more than three weeks ago.
Many observers and …

No Commitments
Tuesday, 1 Apr, 2008 – 7:50 | 4 Comments

Below is translation of Adam’s post from the Russian-language blog.
The OSCE functioners and other Western leaders can forget about all Kazakhstan’s promises concerning democratization of the laws on elections, media, political parties and NGOs. …

Second sentence to Aliev, 20 years more
Thursday, 27 Mar, 2008 – 5:23 | One Comment

Below is Zhanna’s translated post from te Russian-language blog.
Former son-in-law of the president (former key figure of the Kazakh establishment, who is already convicted in absentia to 20 years in prison for organization of …

Stock Exchange As a Game
Tuesday, 25 Mar, 2008 – 6:31 | One Comment

Translated post by Lena B-va from the Russian language blog.
Each Kazakhsnani citizen will soon have chance to test his or her strength in transactions with securities. A new game simulating real stock exchange will …

China’s Territorial Claims
Monday, 24 Mar, 2008 – 6:48 | 5 Comments

Translation of Adam’s post on the Russian blog.  
Several weeks ago, almost simultaneously, the Kazakh blogosphere produced two posts in popular blogs about much rumored latent territorial claims of China to the neighboring countries, including …

Turkish Saga Continued
Tuesday, 18 Mar, 2008 – 10:09 | 2 Comments

This is a translation of Zhanna’s post from the Russian-language blog.
Nearly a month ago neweurasia reported on the incident that had taken place in Almaty in late January – then a group of 30 masked …

South Korean Kookmin Buys Kazakh Bank
Monday, 17 Mar, 2008 – 8:17 | 2 Comments

This is a translated post by Adam Kesher from the Russian-language blog.
So, it’s official — the largest private bank of South Korea Kookmin buys 30% in the Kazakhstan’s Bank CenterCredit (BCC). The first report …

Some Facts About Our Health
Wednesday, 12 Mar, 2008 – 7:01 | 3 Comments

This is a translation of Adam’s post from the Russian-language blog.
The forecast of general mortality in Kazakhstan until 2010 presumes increase of this index. The most part of deaths (86%) and illness burden (77%) is …