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RT @gazetakz_en: Heat supply e…
RT @gazetakz_en: Heat supply ensured to 69% of schools – Kazakh Education Minister http://t.co/2QpCo9P > wow. That’s great.
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RT @mursya: No more “Twitter R…
RT @mursya: No more “Twitter Revolutions”: CSTO to create a “unified preventive strategy for cyberspace” http://t.co/Op4XFtI
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If the UK Were in Central Asia
First of all, I have no interest in belittling what is happening in London right now in any way. However it struck me that were riots of this scale happening in Central Asia, every article would likely mention the following talking points The UK, while relatively democratic, is still technically a monarchy. It also lacks […]
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RT @randomdijit #Tatarstan: Pa…
RT @randomdijit #Tatarstan Paratroopers Day parade goes nuts as marchers brawl with Central Asian vendors. http://t.co/BCPPCJn via @RFERL
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Drink Too Much and You Will Be Invaded
Not sure what to make of this video by Niyazbekov Productions, which apparently did those all pervasive Alga Kazakhstan commercials during the Asian Games, among other things. First of all, it’s certainly one of the best pieces of work I’ve seen done in Kazakhstan. The CGI, the quality, the directing and camera angles are extremely […]
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Ramadan Mubarak
Hope this doesn’t offends anyone. I thought it was kind of amusing, and it does illustrate the sacrifice that is celebrating Ramadan.
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RT @KarimMassimov: Минис
RT @KarimMassimov: Министр Е.Казыханов доложил о ситуации с гражданами Казахстана в Узбекистане. > а что он сказал? Ситуация какая?
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I am constantly amused by the way Kazakhstan government officials choose to portray themselves when a scandal breaks. For example, when rumors started spreading that President Nazarbayev was having surgery in Germany recently, government officials answered by saying he was on vacation and no one knew where he was. The government was, quite understandably, trying […]
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Sub Rosa Endorsement
The article everyone is talking about today is Yermukhamet Yertysbayev’s interview with Russian newspaper, Kommersant in which he stated that Timur Kulibayev will replace President Nazarbayev if something should happen. The interview covers a lot of recent controversies, and was pretty clearly designed to allay concerns about some of the machinations in Astana, such as […]
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RT @david_osborn: Glenn Beck: …
RT @david_osborn: Glenn Beck: youth camp attacked in Norway “sounds a little like the Hitler Youth” http://t.co/7Gz0D42 > that’s classy
