· October, 2007

Stories about Kazakhstan from October, 2007

Kazakhstan: Four Billion Dollars

Adam Kesher reports on the clarification on the recently announced government's measures to sustain the economy. Surprisingly, the explanation has arrived from the commercial bank's top officer, not from the...

29 October 2007

Kazakhstan: Keep Talking

Ben reflects on the continuing conflict between the oil companies consortium on Kashagan super-giant oil-field and the Kazakh government, in which the authorities are seeking more rights and money within...

29 October 2007

Kazakhstan: Helping the Children

KZBlog tells about a seemingly international campaign to sew blankets for the Kazakhstani kids, noting that “it's all to cute”, while the Kazakh government launches series of competitions for the...

28 October 2007

Kazakhstan: Falconry on the BBC

KZBlog tells about the BBC report on falcon hunting in Kazakhstan, specifically problems with finding funding to keep the birds. There are tries to use elite hunting trips to subsidize...

26 October 2007

Kazakhstan blocks opposition websites

On October 18, 2007, Kazakhstan has blocked access to a number of independent websites switching off main opposition outlets including kub.kz, geo.kz, zonakz.net and inkar.info [more on GV Advocacy…]

26 October 2007

Kazakhstan: “Kompromat” Wars

Rakhat Aliyev has lots of titles with an attribute “former”: former son-in-law of president Nazarbayev, former chief of special services, former media mogul and former influential clan leader. Today he...

25 October 2007

Kazakhstan: Prices Unleashed

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 –...

24 October 2007

Kazakhstan: The Cheshire Grin

Steve LeVine shares his opinion concerning the recent state nationalism trends in the Kazakhstan's oil-driven economy, and informs that the clash between the government and ENI-led consortium has resulted in...

22 October 2007

Kazakhstan: New Bank. Why?

Arseny translates a post by Adam Kesher about new bank emergence in Kazakhstan. Being fully owned by a person, allegedly associated with the higher officials and powerful clans, the bank's...

21 October 2007

Kazkahstan: Credit Crunch

Ben reflects on the troubles of Kazakhstan’s foreign capital dependent financial sector and the measures that have been proposed by the government to support it.

19 October 2007

Kazakhstan: Panic over Prices

Gulnaz reports on the panic in Karaganda, which was caused by unprecedentedly sudden and harsh rise in prices for goods of first priority [RUS].

19 October 2007