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• Camelot and Kazakhstan

  This promotional film about Camelot Castle, a luxury hotel overlooking Tintagel, the birth place of King Arthur of legend, happens to feature a celebration of the birthday of President Nazarbayev. Not that the President came to the event: Camelot Castle Celebration – The Secret of Camelot Castle from Camelot Castle on Vimeo. The owners of […]

  8/15/10 • (2)

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  Medvedev Twitter Makes Some Noise

  Some of you may have heard this by now, but President Medvedev of Russia wrote a Happy Birthday congratulations to Nazarbayev on his Twitter feed: Interesting that they provide an English-language translation of his feed, suggesting that either the feed is more for foreigners or that he wishes to appear hip and cool by speaking […]

  7/08/10 • (Comments Off on Medvedev Twitter Makes Some Noise)

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  Happy Astana Day

  Dzhigitkovka or perhaps Kyzkovka? at the Central Park in Astana on the 6th of July, which is both Astana Day and the birthday of Nursultan Nazarybayev.

  7/07/10 • (Comments Off on Happy Astana Day)

• Leader of the Nation Law Passed

  As predicted, the Leader of the Nation law entered into force [RUS] quietly this morning. Interestingly, the Kazakhstan Today article as republished on zona.kz spends a lot of time defending the legality of the law, noting that everyone who should have signed it, did in fact sign it. Except the President. The article goes on […]

  6/15/10 • (2)

• President Can Still Become Leader of the Nation

  According to Yermukhamet Yertysbayev, advisor to the President, The Leader of the Nation Law can still enter into force [RU] despite the fact that the President refused to sign it. According to Yertysbayev, refusing to sign the law is not equivalent to vetoing the law. So the President never vetoed this law. He claims that […]

  6/09/10 • (1)

• “An individual must never forget those public forces that bestow trust upon him and support him.”

  Interfax has an interview with Yermukhamet Yertysbayev, advisor to the President and former Minister of Information and Culture, where he discusses the “Leader of the Nation” law. In the interview, Yertysbayev claimed that there was nothing unusual about the speed with which the law went through Parliament: Decisions of that kind are usually made very […]

  5/28/10 • (Comments Off on “An individual must never forget those public forces that bestow trust upon him and support him.”)

• Leader of the Nation Law Passes Senate

  The Senate did not debate the amendments to the law that will give Nazarbayev the status of Leader of the Nation. The law now goes on to the President himself who can veto it or sign it into law–or send it to the Constitutional Council to ensure that the law is in accordance with the […]

  5/14/10 • (4)

• Kazakhbashi Bill Passes Lower House

  The Lower House of Parliament, the Mazhilis has approved two laws that would title Nazarbayev “Leader of the Nation” and give him legal immunity. His property and the property of his family are also deemed inviolable according to KazInform. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty pointed out in an earlier article that Nazarbayev is already free from […]

  5/12/10 • (1)

• The Unstylish Need Not Apply

  Two weeks ago, the President announced that, “Residents of Astana should look like residents of the capital. The inhabitants of Astana themselves agree the capital should be at the level of world capitals, including in fashion. There are many stylish clothes in the shops However, by their own admission, not all residents try to take […]

  4/20/10 • (Comments Off on The Unstylish Need Not Apply)

• Obama and Nazarbayev Did Discuss Zhovtis

  A more detailed look at the meeting between Obama and Nazarbayev from Joshua Kucera indicates that Obama did bring up Zhovtis and other human rights issues in some detail. And McFaul, Obama’s advisor on Eurasia and Russia on the National Security Councilapparently did not intend to indicate that Obama was overly soft on Kazakhstan and […]

  4/13/10 • (Comments Off on Obama and Nazarbayev Did Discuss Zhovtis)

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