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• Kazakhstan to Have First Gay Pride Parade?

  The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Association of Kazakhstan announced Friday that it will hold the first gay pride parade in Kazakhstan on 21 June. 21 June is also the date of the Graduation Ball for students who have graduated from secondary school–akin to prom in America. The LGBTA apparently plan a public outdoor concert […]

  6/14/08 • (Comments Off on Kazakhstan to Have First Gay Pride Parade?)

• Olympic Torch Redux

  This just in: Nazarbayev will run the first leg of the torch relay. Hopefully that won’t mean that they shut down the route to people who want to watch, which they sometimes do when cool people are involved in things. EDIT: The official route and who is carrying the torch is up. The President doesn’t […]

  4/01/08 • (Comments Off on Olympic Torch Redux)

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  Olympics to Light Almaty On Fire!

  And now for the lighter side of the news: The Olympic Torch will pass through Almaty on 2 April on its way out from Beijing to Istanbul. I wasn’t aware that the torch starts its trip in the host country (after being lit in Greece at Olympia of course) , in this case China, and […]

  3/28/08 • (Comments Off on Olympics to Light Almaty On Fire!)

• Answering the Vegetarians

  In answer to the PETA’s demonstration in Almaty to encourage Kazakhs to become vegetarians with lettuce ladies, Kazakhstani newspaper Megapolis staged its own protest with Lamb Ladies. Two models dressed in sheep skin bikinis held signs that read: “Let goats eat cabbage ” and “Our meat helps us study and live!” The comments on the […]

  12/22/06 • (Comments Off on Answering the Vegetarians)

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  Fashion Week in Almaty: Photos

  Overall more diversity I think than before. The show featured mostly Central Asian designers and in the past there was a lot of blending of traditional patterns and materials like felt and fur with haute-coutre. I think this time around it was more haute-coutre. Little to clearly distinguish this show as Kazakhstany: Transparent thin dress […]

  11/28/06 • (Comments Off on Fashion Week in Almaty: Photos)

• Fashion

  The New York Times has yet another article out about lifestyles of the fabulous middle class in Kazakhstan, this time on Fashion Week in Almaty. It’s an interesting piece because it gives a view of what the upper and middle classes think about fashion. As the designer, Saida Azikhan, says usually brand names are in […]

  11/27/06 • (Comments Off on Fashion)

• Cars in Almaty

  Thanks to Leila’s post on neweuraisa.net, I bring you: Cars in Almaty Leila laid out some of the serious problems with transport in Kazakhstan, including traffic, saftey and cars as economic indicators. Coupled with the previous post on neweurasia about income versus rising costs, it makes for a good indication of the situation. What percent […]

  10/04/06 • (Comments Off on Cars in Almaty)

• Journalist Arrested

  A journalist with the Kazakh language service of RFE/RL was arrested in Almaty on the 15th of December and appears to be being held in detention without charges. From a question answered by the Office of the Spokesmen of the US State Department: Azamat Zhetpisbayev, a correspondent for the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Kazakhstan affiliate […]

  12/23/05 • (Comments Off on Journalist Arrested)

• The election trail gets a bit bloody

  Unfortunate Incidents and Warnings of Violence After the Kyrgyz revolution, the government of Kazakhstan (among other nations) took a long hard look at their own situation and potential for such an uprising. A number of statements were made to the effect that Kazakhstan was too politically and socially stable, that the level of living was […]

  11/25/05 • (Comments Off on The election trail gets a bit bloody)

• Mysterious Murder

  Eurasianet.org is reporting on the murder of Zamanbek Nurkadilov who was once akim of Almaty, among his other government posts. He is one of those who like Tuyakbi, opposition candidate for President, made a sudden break citing corruption in the Administration and so on. Many of course wonder why he didn’t mention this corruption while […]

  11/17/05 • (Comments Off on Mysterious Murder)

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