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  • Yertisbayev weighs in on succ…

    Yertisbayev weighs in on succession ? Says Timur would take over weird thing to say http://bit.ly/pmRJb6 #news >

  • President signs new law on rel…

    President signs new law on religious extremism, but none of the recent problems have had anything to do with religion.

  • Article 14 Law on State Secret…

    Article 14 Law on State Secrets: any info on Prez health or private life (incl vacation) is a state secret. Forgot about that. Hence secrecy

  • Official position of Prez’s pr…

    Official position of Prez’s press service: “When he goes on vacation we don’t know where he is at all” You’d think he’d check in sometimes

  • RT @leneshmidt: #Kazakhstan le…

    RT @leneshmidt: #Kazakhstan leader #Nazarbayev recovering from surgery ~ http://t.co/ApYaxTX >more unconfirmed reports on Nazarbayev

  • German Tabloid Reports Nazarbayev in Hospital

    Eurasianet.org is reporting that President Nazarbayev is in the hospital in Hamburg, according to the German tabloid Bild. Nazarbayev is officially on vacation and the Kazakhstan Embassy in Germany says they have no idea if he is there or not. It seems to me that there are a lot of unscary possibilities here: 1) Some […]

  • RT @joshuakucera can’t make co…

    RT @joshuakucera can’t make comparisons but ethnic Russians do well in KZ. Language is the biggest issue I think

  • RT @EurasiaNet: Kazakhstan: Di…

    RT @EurasiaNet: Kazakhstan: Disgruntled former cops appeal to British rock star Sting http://bit.ly/qXyHFV well he was in the police

  • RT @EurasiaNet: Kazakhstan: Di…

    RT @EurasiaNet: Kazakhstan: Disgruntled former cops appeal to British rock star Sting http://bit.ly/qXyHFV>well he was in the police

  • RT @neweurasia: World-known br…

    RT @neweurasia: World-known brands to shame Gulnara Karimova for child labor in Uzbekistan http://bit.ly/oKJx9C >and sued for libel no doubt