· May, 2008

Stories about Kazakhstan from May, 2008

Kazakhstan: Politics and Tractors

These weeks the bloggers have been chewing upon traditionally prominent topics on the Kazakhstani blogosphere — politics and economy. Megakhuimyak says [ru] – “without aspiration to make a global-scale conclusion”...

30 May 2008

Kazakhstan: Diplomacy of Stars

Publicist reports on the “Diplomacy of Stars” Festival that has taken place in Almaty, Kazakhstan, and provides photos of the post-Soviet classic music celebrities [ru].

26 May 2008

Kazakhstan: Scandal Royale

Adam reports that today several British tabloids simultaneously published a breathtaking story featuring their two sexiest topics at once — royal family and eastern moguls who buy out England. This...

26 May 2008

Kazakhstan: ENRC Goes Charitable

Adam reports that ENRC mining giant is still in rivalry with copper corporation Kazakhmys over who is going to eat who, as the Kazakh government urged the two companies to...

23 May 2008

Kazakhstan: New Religion Law Criticized

KZBlog reports that as Kazakh Parliament debates a new religion law, Forum 18 reports on religious leaders’ complaints that the atmosphere in Kazakhstan is not as tolerant as the government...

19 May 2008

Kazakhstan: What Rakhat Knows

Adam reviews the Wall Street Journal article, telling that in 2003 Dariga Nazarbayeva, elder daughter of the Kazakhstan president, hired an American consulting firm to collect data on the Kazakhgate...

15 May 2008

Kazakhstan: Much Ado About Banks

Adam analyzes some developments in the Kazakhstani banking sector, including negative references from the rating agency, released data on banks’ losses in 2007 and proposed introduction of criminal responsibility for...

8 May 2008