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  • Problems in the Financial Sector

    As the banking sector in Kazakhstan is viewed internationally as unstable, the government is taking controversial measures to try to stabilize the financial sector, including buying out shares of Kazakhstan companies and cutting the budget to put 4 billion tenge aside as a reserve fund to bail out banks. Last week it was reported that […]

    10/18/07 • (Comments Off on Problems in the Financial Sector)

  • 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)

  • NurOtan wins

    I’m back an just in time to report on the biggest shocker in Kazakhstan politics in history: According to preliminary results, Nurotan won 88% of the vote, while no opposition party won more than the 7% necessary to get a seat in Parliament. It’s not a surprise give the way NurOtan has been strengthening for […]

    8/20/07 • (Comments Off on NurOtan wins)

  • Sexiest Leader in the Post-Soviet Space

    NR2.ru is holding a contest to vote for the sexiest CIS President. At the moment, Putin (Russia) and Edward Kokoyty (South Ossetia–and his presence in the list tells you this is a Russian survey!) are neck-in-neck. Nazarbayev, whose birthday is in 2 days (and I will post on what’s been going on in Astana for […]

    7/04/07 • (Comments Off on Sexiest Leader in the Post-Soviet Space)

  • Apologies to Nazarbayev (Or Not…)

    EDIT: As of Tuesday, the 19th of June, Aliyev claims that the interview described below, in which he apologized to the Presdient was in fact a fake composed by the editors of “Vremya” newspaper. The editors are sticking to their guns. So maybe the announcement that the interview was fake, was in fact fake? Rakhat […]

    6/18/07 • (Comments Off on Apologies to Nazarbayev (Or Not…))

  • Online Press Conference

    Yesterday the President of Kazakhstan gave a televised press-conference, answering the 30 most popular questions put to him on the e-government portal, and some of the questions emailed to him. Well, almost the top 30 questions…the most popular question: Как пропатчить KDE под FreeBSD???? How can (pay for? elect?) KDE under FreeBSD? was commented on, […]

    6/08/07 • (Comments Off on Online Press Conference)

  • E-President: Your Chance to Send a Question to Nazarbayev

    On June 7th, President Nazarbayev will hold an Internet press conference, answering questions sent in through the Internet. You can write to akorda@e.gov.kz or go to go to E.Gov.kz, the Kazakhstan government electronic portal. There you can also see the questions asked, and vote for your favorite questions. He is taking questions from foreigners so […]

    6/02/07 • (Comments Off on E-President: Your Chance to Send a Question to Nazarbayev)

  • President for Life?

    Today Parliament held the second meeting to vote on Amendments to the Constitution. Although most of the amendments proposed today had been discussed earlier, there was one surprise amendment. Parliament today voted to allow the First President of Kazakhstan to run for reelection as many times as he choses to[RU].

    5/18/07 • (Comments Off on President for Life?)

  • Constitutional Amendments Proposed

    Today, a joint-session of Kazakhstan’s Parliament is meeting to discuss and possibly approve Constitutional Amendments. The President will be present along with the Prime Minister, the akims of the oblasts and major cities, and representatives of the President’s Administration. According to the head of the Constitutional Commission, the proposed amendments will: increase the role of […]

    5/16/07 • (Comments Off on Constitutional Amendments Proposed)

  • The New Great Game Take infinity

    President Vladimir Putin was in Kazakhstan yesterday and he and President Nazarbayev will be traveling to Turkmenistan this week together. Two issues are on the agenda. First, Russia will be assisting Kazakhstan in enriching uranium for its nuclear energy power center. The two countries will be setting up a joint-uranium enrichment center. It looks like […]

    5/11/07 • (Comments Off on The New Great Game Take infinity)