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This feels accurate, cites off…
This feels accurate, cites official data @joshuakucera: Violence in KZ drawing parallels to protests 25 years ago: http://t.co/OVR0TOPH”
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Of course the local media hasn…
Of course the local media hasn’t mentioned that oil workers have been occupying the central square of #Zhanaozen for 6 months.
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1 Dec is now First Pres Day. @…
1 Dec is now First Pres Day. @EurasiaNet: Kazakhstan Fetes Its President on Independence Day http://t.co/GxlRgdp0”
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Pretty if slightly propaganday…
Pretty if slightly propaganday. Would be good for teachers. http://t.co/JVAVYxO5
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Photo Gallery: Almaty Subway
I finally found a nice photo gallery of the Almaty subway which opened the other day. I note that it looks a lot like the Moscow subway, with high ceilings and over-decorated walls. You half expect a crystal chandelier. That may be nice, but for this almost New Yorker, a subway is meant to be […]
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Cute @RFERLMultimedia: Sesame …
Cute @RFERLMultimedia: Sesame Street launches in #Afghanistan Can you tell me how to get to Bagch-e-Simsim? http://t.co/BiZkUSfe
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Yurts Are High Fashion and Slum Fashion Too
Speaking of housing in Central Asia, I guess Occupy Toronto has been living in $20,000 yurts Before you laugh, yurts are insanely warm and comfortable, even the normal, handmade kind that only cost a few thousand. That’s the hipster/slum fashion side. Apparently, though yurts are also mingling with the upper crust, the occupyees, the 1%, […]
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Thank You
Thank you anonymous buyer for buying so many My Yurt or Yours T-shirts. Some Central Asian head’s family is going to have a very good Christmas! I’m assuming whoever bought them reads this blog because there really aren’t that many Central Asian Internet portals around. I think this could be the hot new Christmas present […]
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House Hunters Bishkek
Thanks to Joshua Foust for linking to this episode of House Hunters International in Bishkek. Or actually linking to a post by Mrs. Styer on watching herself on an episode of House Hunters International. I can’t believe that reality TV isn’t all real! No this isn’t about Kazakhstan but the apartments shown also represent the […]
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Healthcare and the Private Sector
Another post that’s been lounging in obscurity: Interesting report on healthcare reform in Kazakhstan. Specifically, a grad student from Kazakhstan did a survey of doctors on the decision of working in public or private sector. The result seems to be that doctors move from public to private when they fear the public sector is unstable […]
