· July, 2006

Stories about Kazakhstan from July, 2006

Kazakhstan: Nuclear Age

neweurasia reports on Kazakhstan's entry into the nuclear age, the construction of several nuclear power plants in partnership with Russia.

29 July 2006

Caucasus: BTC & Israel

Ben Paarmann questions those that claim that controlling the Baku-Tblisi-Ceyhan pipeline and accessing Central Asian and Caspian oil is a hidden motive for Israel in its fighting in Lebanon.

26 July 2006

Voices from Kazakhstan

Welcome to our latest round-up of blog posts and online discussions that took place in the Kazakh blogosphere in the last two weeks. The “Zhumbaktas” (“Enigma”) rock in Borovoe, a...

20 July 2006

Kazakhstan: Infants & HIV

Irene asks who is responsible for the negligence that led to the infection of six infants with HIV in a hospital in southern Kazakhstan.

19 July 2006

Central Asia: Eurasian Islam

Ataman Rakim argues for a Eurasian Islam that would unite Muslims of the former Soviet Union under a common identity and serve not so much as a formal set of...

19 July 2006

Kazakhstan: Russian Emigration

Leila examines the potential impacts on Kazakhstan's demography of the recent Russian government decree on the resettlement of ethnic Russians from former Soviet Republics to the Russian Federation.

14 July 2006

Kazakhstan: United

Rico of neweurasia discusses the merger of two political parties in Kazakhstan and its consequences. The first of the two parties is that of President Nursultan Nazarbaev while the other...

7 July 2006

Kazakhstan: Internet Crackdown

With the passage of Kazakhstan's new media law, the government may be preparing to go on the attack against online journalism and other loosely regulated media, reports Leila.

7 July 2006

Voices from Kazakhstan

Welcome to our first roundup of blog posts and online discussions that took place in the Kazakh blogosphere recently. On a World Refugee Day, 20 June, I overviewed the situation...

7 July 2006

Kazakhstan: Media Wars

Leila translates a post about the debate over media regulations in Kazakhstan that argues that societ needs protection against abuses of the truth by journalists.

3 July 2006