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• Unrest

  Chris Merriman has a good summary of recent events in Kazakhstan including the two people who set themselves on fire in public buildings, the car bomb, and now the killing of two policeman in Aktobe. On the latter, there’s a little more information out now. According to Azattyq (RFE/RL), around midnight on June 30th a […]

  7/04/11 • (Comments Off on Unrest)

• Self-Immolation Protest in Astana

  According to Kazakhstan Today, this morning, a woman set herself on fire in the public reception of Nur-Otan in Astana. There’s not a lot of official information out yet, but apparently she was protesting the conviction of her son. And she is apparently alive and in the hospital. A comment on zakon.kz claims that the […]

  6/20/11 • (Comments Off on Self-Immolation Protest in Astana)

• The Big Day

  Today there will be a joint session of both houses of Parliament and the referendum to extend Nazarbayev’s term until 2020 is on the agenda. The Central Election Committee in a record 3 days checked all 5 million signatures and found only 194,000 were invalid. They have sent the petition on to the President. The […]

  1/14/11 • (Comments Off on The Big Day)

• Borat Is Good for Kazakhstan

  Yet again Mr. Sagdiyev has made the news. The Deputy Minister of Tourism and Sport, Kenzhebay Satzhanov, said recently that Borat boosted tourism by 13%. Speaking at tourism industry fair in London, Vice Minister Satzhanov said, “It was free of charge advertising and lots of people want to come and see our country…The rise (in […]

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