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An American expat living in Astana, Kazakhstan

Tag archive for ‘Vremya’

  • Male Escort Service?

    Men for Cheap [RUS], an article in Vremya, claims that a male escort service will soon open in Almaty, providing women with a date for hire to go to the movies, or restaurant. The reporter claims to have tried out the service and had a pleasant time, if a stressful one due to the newness […]

  • 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 […]