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  OSCE Summit

  Apparently I have achieved a certain status as a Kazakhstan/Central Asia blogger status where people expect me to comment on events. I even get mentioned in the same sentence as Registan.net, something I had only dreamed of. So here is my take on the OSCE summit. First though let me point out that it is […]

  12/07/10 • (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)

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  Commemorative Tenge

  As usual in Kazakhstan, whenever the government plans to do anything rumors spread and everyone prepares for the worst. So it was a few months ago when I was told by several people that they were planning to replace the 1000 tenge bill. Everyone was trying to use up all their 1000 tenges.

  As it turns out, what really happened is that the National Bank has issued a commemorative 1000-tenge bill in honor of Kazakhstan’s 2010 chairmanship of the OSCE.

  3/19/10 • (1)

• 2010

  It is official. Kazakhstan will assume chairmanship of the OSCE in 2010, the bid for 2009 having failed. Inform.kz, the official news agency of the government puts it optimistically, preferring to focus on the positive outcome rather than the failure and quotes the Kazakhstan delegation’s report: We consider that the selection of Kazakhstan to the […]

  12/01/07 • (Comments Off on 2010)

• OSCE to Offer Silver Lining to Kazakhstan

  According to the MSNBC.com, Kazakhstan will likely not be given the chairmanship of the OSCE in 2009. As the preliminaries get underway for the OSCE annual meeting in Madrid on the 29th of Nov, sources indicate that Kazakhstan will be offered the chairmanship in 2010 or 2011. Spain, as the current chairman is putting together […]

  11/28/07 • (Comments Off on OSCE to Offer Silver Lining to Kazakhstan)

• High Level Scandal in Kazakhstan

  As many of you have probably read by now, Rakhat Aliyev, the wife of Dariga Nazarbayeva and son-in-law to the President of Kazakhstan is the subject of an international police search. The President has issued an order to arrest Aliyev, he has been reported to Interpol to be extradited to Kazakhstan for investigation, but he […]

  5/29/07 • (Comments Off on High Level Scandal in Kazakhstan)

• Aliyev is leaving

  I thought I would have a chance to add valuable information to Leila’s article on Neweurasia, Kazakhstan: Money, Kidnapping, Money, Power, Money…, when I heard that Rakhat Aliyev was being sent to Vienna as Ambassador to Austria and to head all Kazakhstan offices there. He has been there before, 5 years ago, and we will […]

  2/10/07 • (Comments Off on Aliyev is leaving)

• Year in Review

  Kazakhstan.NewEurasia published a link to Radio Azattyk’s review of the year from various prominent figures and an English translation here. The opinions run the gamut from a member of Parliament showing he knows who butters his bread:The year has been very successful as it started with the inauguration of the president. My deep conviction is […]

  1/06/07 • (Comments Off on Year in Review)

• OSCE Leadership

  Christopher Pala who writes for The New York Times and The Washington Post, has an article summarizing the situation around the OSCE leadership bid. It’s a good summary in a few words but the last paragraphs highlight an issue that I haven’t seen too much discussion of: Kazakhstan’s reaction if it is turned down. European […]

  12/04/06 • (1)

• Krishnas in Kazakhstan, Update 2

  Some more information on the controversy over Krishnas in Kazakhstan. Thanks to Nathan at Registan.net: A video testament from the Krishna community in Kazakhstan: Also, the OSCE has released a statement on the destruction, reading in part: The Advisory Council … calls upon the Kazakh authorities to halt any further demolitions and to extend immediate […]

  11/28/06 • (Comments Off on Krishnas in Kazakhstan, Update 2)

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