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An American expat living in Astana, Kazakhstan

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  • KZBlog is going down

    After some thought, I have decided not to renew KZBLog’s lease. As you may have noticed, I don’t do a lot of posting here anymore. I don’t have time to blog regularly. Thus I am taking the site down–it does generate some ad revenue but not as much as it costs to keep it up. […]

  • Look the @KazakhEmbassy and Pr…

    Look the @KazakhEmbassy and Pres predicted the verdict of independent court BBC: Kazakhstan opposition leader jailed http://t.co/N0y4TBZA”

  • From an English textbook in Ka…

    From an English textbook in Kazakhstan What’ wrong? http://t.co/6Xpo02KH

  • Well that’ll solve the shootin…

    Well that’ll solve the shooting problems. @Ericamarat: Kazakhstan establishes new holiday – Border Guard Day http://t.co/6IiW8LM9

  • WTF? @theadamsegal: Estonian g…

    WTF? @theadamsegal: Estonian gas company makes horrific Holocaust joke on homepage http://t.co/vub03VFL

  • http://t.co/EWuuGOcx What the …

    http://t.co/EWuuGOcx What the hell is going on with all these mysterious murders?

  • http://t.co/KTXvTOoG because s…

    http://t.co/KTXvTOoG because suspects have rights in UK @GulnaraKarimova Судья запретил Би-Би-Сии показвать фильм о беспорядках в Лондоне.

  • http://t.co/KTXvTOoG because s…

    http://t.co/KTXvTOoG because suspects have rights in UK @SergKochetkov_R: Судья запретил Би-Би-Сии показвать фильм о беспорядках в Лондоне.

  • Oh, CNN

    Who knew CNN could be bought? I guess those “Eye on…” Specials are sponsored by the governments that they feature. Now when the government of Kazakhstan pays for advertising space in the New York Times, as they are wont to do, it is clearly marked as a paid advertisement, although I don’ t think it […]

  • What Do You Know About Kazakhstan?

    CNN is doing an Eye on Kazakhstan this month. Some of the reports are pretty good. This quiz was way too easy: What Do You Know About Kazakhstan? I got 10 out of 10, with only one question I wasn’t completely sure about.