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Kazakhstan Is Still Very Poor, in Places
Friday, 5 Jun, 2009 – 6:40 | 2 Comments

This is a guest post from Registan.net
One of the strangest things about studying Central Asia is grappling with the severe inequalities. The big cities in a country like Kazakhstan are bastions of wealth sometimes difficult …

Oh, Rakhat!
Monday, 1 Jun, 2009 – 6:37 | No Comment

This is a guest post from Registan.net
Conspiracy-friendly Rakhat Aliyev, former-son-in-law of Kazakh President-4eva Nursultan Nazarbayev who was tried and convicted in absentia whilst living in Austria to more than 20 years in prison for, apparently, …

Kazakhstan Expands Its Uranium Industry
Friday, 1 May, 2009 – 7:59 | No Comment

Guest post from Registan.net
Kazakhstan is aggressively internationalizing its uranium industry.

A new uranium mine has opened near Kyzylorda. When fully functional, it is expected to supply about 750 tons of uranium per year to China’s nascent …