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An American expat living in Astana, Kazakhstan

Tag archive for ‘Central Asia’

  • Yurts Are High Fashion and Slum Fashion Too

    Speaking of housing in Central Asia, I guess Occupy Toronto has been living in $20,000 yurts Before you laugh, yurts are insanely warm and comfortable, even the normal, handmade kind that only cost a few thousand. That’s the hipster/slum fashion side. Apparently, though yurts are also mingling with the upper crust, the occupyees, the 1%, […]

  • More Western Interference in Central Asia

    Ferghana news reports that the Duma discussed preventing revolutions in Central Asia. In a closed session, members of the Russian parliament identified the possibility of popular uprisings or “North African syndrome” as a potential security threat to Russia. According to the report, Nadezhda Gerasimova, deputy chairperson of the Duma, believes that the best way to […]