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• Obama and Nazarbayev Did Discuss Zhovtis

  A more detailed look at the meeting between Obama and Nazarbayev from Joshua Kucera indicates that Obama did bring up Zhovtis and other human rights issues in some detail. And McFaul, Obama’s advisor on Eurasia and Russia on the National Security Councilapparently did not intend to indicate that Obama was overly soft on Kazakhstan and […]

  4/13/10 • (Comments Off on Obama and Nazarbayev Did Discuss Zhovtis)

• Propaganda

  They’ve done it before and they’ll do it again. President Nazarbayev and President Obama both attended a nuclear summit this weekend and Nazarbayev managed to get some private time with Obama. Obviously this is a big chance for Kazakhstan to promote its “brand image” in the world and for the President to gain more popularity […]

  4/12/10 • (2)

• Kazakhstan Reacts to Events in Kyrgyzstan

  Two articles on Kazakhstan’s reactions to events. First, Kanat Saudabayev, Minister of Foreign Affairs and chairman of the OSCE, is sending his Special Envoys to Bishkek [RUS], Zhanikbek Karibzhanov, who is deputy speaker of the Mazhilis of Kazakhstan as well as chairman of the Kazakh-Kyrgyz Interparliamentary group. Herbert Zalberg, Director of the OSCE Center for […]

  4/09/10 • (Comments Off on Kazakhstan Reacts to Events in Kyrgyzstan)

• If You Make 70 Gifts for 70 Years, I’ll Fire You

  In another part of the President’s speech yesterday he noted that gift-giving is something that has to stop. Nursultan Nazarbayev noted that there is no budget item for gifts for fellow civil servants and threatened to report people who give too many gifts:
  Gazeta.kz quotes the President, “Accounts Committee, regularly reports to me about the most serious violations. People buy expensive cars, expensive electronic devices and begin to furnish their offices, buying expensive furniture. It’s a waste of everything.”

  3/13/10 • (1)

• Breaking News: Out with the Old Ministries, In with the New

  Today, speaking at a meeting with the local governors (akimats) on the Industrial Innovation Strategy 2014, President Nursultan Nazarbayev introduced a number of large changes to the Ministries [RUS] of Kazakhstan. The Ministry of Tourism, Information and Communication will be split into two Ministries, the Ministry of Tourism and the Ministry of Information and Communication. […]

  3/12/10 • (Comments Off on Breaking News: Out with the Old Ministries, In with the New)

• Cvet, Kamera, Motor!

  Or Lights, Camera, Action! Is this what they say in Russian when they film a movie? Just an interesting article I came across the other day, Nazarbayev tries to set an example by personally taking an interest in Kazakhstani films [RU]. The President plans to visit movie theaters and watch Kazakh movies in order to […]

  12/12/09 • (4)

• Doctrine of National Unity

  Astana Calling, the newsletter from the Kazakhstan Embassy in the US is out with its latest issue. (To subscribe to this newsletter, write to pressa@mid.kz). There are a couple of articles that caught my attention and I’ll be writing about them in upcoming posts. But the first one I wanted to discuss was Public Debates […]

  11/27/09 • (6)

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  Another Library?

  Registan is reporting that they are building a national library in Astana. We already have a Presidential Library and an Academic Library, both of which are very good as well as the National Archive. So what role will the National Library play? Besides being another futuristic funky looking building? Or boosting the construction industry? From […]

  8/27/09 • (Comments Off on Another Library?)

• New Law on Religion Declared Unconstitutional

  The proposed law on religion in Kazakhstan has been declared unconstitutional by the Constitutional Council, whose primary function is to rule on the constitutionality of draft laws. The President sent the controversial law to the council last month. Interestingly, TOL reports that On 11 February a deputy foreign minister told the Constitutional Council, a state […]

  2/18/09 • (Comments Off on New Law on Religion Declared Unconstitutional)

• Police Crackdown on Protests; Court Shows Restraint

  Housing problems in Almaty are nothing new. Real estate prices are incredibly high and cheaper housing is destroyed to make room for new and inevitably high-priced development complexes. A number of regions on the outskirts are home to squatters who are forcibly ejected and denied compensation, or given inadequate compensation, when the land is marked […]

  12/22/08 • (Comments Off on Police Crackdown on Protests; Court Shows Restraint)

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