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• Baikanour, That’s a No-Go

  I’m just following up on an earlier post I made about Kazakhstan’s lease of Baikanour, the space center, to the Russians. After a Parliament session last week, it was decided that the price would not be raised and apparently getting Parliament’s approval of the new contract was not a difficult or controversial process. So I […]

  3/12/10 • (Comments Off on Baikanour, That’s a No-Go)

• Internet ad absurdium

  As a protest against the new Internet media law currently under consideration in the Parliament of Kazakhstan, which would empower the government to block access to websites that “run counter to” the legislation of Kazakhstan” , an NGO has sent a draft law to Parliament proposing regulation of graffiti. Parodying the language of the law […]

  5/18/09 • (2)

• Nationality Still Important in Kazakhstan

  Kazakhstan is in the process of introducing new passports with biometric data encoded in them. This is not newsworthy as many other countries are doing the same thing. To ensure that Kazakhstan citizens can freely travel around the world, the introduction of biometric passports is necessary. What is interesting is that the new passports will […]

  1/21/09 • (Comments Off on Nationality Still Important in Kazakhstan)

• New Law on Religion: Point/Counterpoint

  The controversial new law on religion which passed Parliament is waiting for the President’s signature. The law will outlaw unregistered religious activity, and increase the requirements for registering religions. It also appears to exclude small religious groups and mandates government approval of all religious texts. The law is clearly created defensively to prevent cult-like activity […]

  12/23/08 • (1)

• Astana to be Renamed Nursultan?

  Among the amendments and laws discussed in Parliament this week [RU], the most interesting and entertaining was a proposal by member of Parliament Sat Tokpakbayev to rename the capital city to Nursultan in honor of the President, Nursultan Nazarbayev, and his role in not only running the nation but also building the city of Astana […]

  6/08/08 • (Comments Off on Astana to be Renamed Nursultan?)

• New Law on Religion Criticized

  As Parliament debates a new law “On Religion”, Forum 18 reports on religious leaders’ complaints. Most religious leaders were hesitant to speak publicly, in itself a sign that the atmosphere in Kazakhstan is not as tolerant as the government often claims. However, Lutheran Bishop Yuri Novgorodov, whose church has 52 congregations in Kazakhstan characterized the […]

  5/18/08 • (1)

• More Freedom in Kazakhstan

  Opposition party Nagyz Ak Zhol has changed its name to Azat, which means freedom in Kazakh. The party has also changed its leadership structure. Before the 29th of February, the party was led by a three co-chairs, Bolat Abilov, Tolegen Zhukeyev and Oraz Zhandosov. Now Abilov is the sole chair, unanimously in. Zhukeyev was elected […]

  3/09/08 • (Comments Off on More Freedom in Kazakhstan)

• Bread Revolution?

  For the past two weeks, there has been quite a bit of coverage on TV and in the print media about the increases in prices of bread in Central Asia. This week, in Kazakhstan the issue came to a head and was brought to the government’s attention. Some report that in Shimkent a leposhka (flat […]

  10/03/07 • (Comments Off on Bread Revolution?)

• Older Post: Visit to KZ

  Another old one—ignore the word recently and pray that the links still work! What slowed me down posting this one was finding sources for a lot of my claims here but I think by now they are old news and don’t need referencing, right? Esther Dyson of the National Endowment for Democracy recently was in […]

  9/24/07 • (Comments Off on Older Post: Visit to KZ)

• More Shifts and a son-in-law is dismissed

  Earlier this week, President Nazarbayev appointed a new Minister of Energy and a new Minister of Labor and Social Protection, as well as a new deputy Prime Minister. What is odd is that the constitutional reforms advocated by the President required that Parliament approve new Ministers. However, last Tuesday when the announcements were made, the […]

  9/01/07 • (Comments Off on More Shifts and a son-in-law is dismissed)

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