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An American expat living in Astana, Kazakhstan

Tag archive for ‘journalist’

  • Respublika

    Interesting article on the oft-sued and fined Respublika newspaper. Now that no printing house will touch it, they publish in office: Respublika’s print run of 19,000 is produced on office equipment, starting on Tuesdays when some sections of the Friday weekly are ready. The process peaks on Thursday evenings as copy is finalized. Work continues […]

  • Igor Larra

    Two Attacks on Journalists

    Another article that got lost in the to-post-on files: Two reporters Attacked. The first was Igor Larra who works for the independent newspaper Svoboda Slova (Freedom of Speech) on the 24th of March in Aktobe, Kazakhstan near his home. The attackers, three men, allegedly said “Greetings from Zhanaozen” before beating him. At the time, there […]