Kenes Rakishev, former special envoy of the Kazakh government and current chairman of Fincraft Resources signed a memorandum of understanding, as well as a shareholder agreement with the Indian holding…
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Kazakhstan’s New Leadership Still Following Old Leadership’s Path
Last month, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev was re-elected to what has become Central Asia’s most geopolitically and economically important country – Kazakhstan. Everyone knew he would win. His tenure follows political upheaval that began in…
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Kazakhstan Becomes New Diplomatic Center between East, West and Asia
Frankfurt, Brussels, London (15/12 – 40). Shortly after being re-elected in Kazakhstan’s presidential snap election on November 20, Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev held a series of state visits to Russia…
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Astana/Kazakhstan, Brussels (30/10 – 33). Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has transformed Kazakhstan and its capital into a hub of political activity in recent weeks, with Astana hosting an array of…
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ASTANA, KAZAKHSTAN (22/10 – 40). Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev stressed that the continuity of friendship and alliance in relations between Russia and Kazakhstan will remain and the governments of the…
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Kazakhstan Still Has a Protest Problem
by Jose Miguelby Jose MiguelThe Kazakh state still has the final say in who is allowed to engage in public demonstrations. In what’s becoming a regular ritual, Kazakh authorities have reportedly pre-emptively warned and detained a…
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Europe Moves To Capitalize On Russia’s Waning Influence In Central Asia
by Eric Alamedaby Eric AlamedaAs Russia’s war in Ukraine continues to drive a wedge through its relations with its Central Asian partners, top Western officials are beating a path through the region to forge closer alliances…
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Fugitive banker Mukhtar Ablyazov’s homes in The Bishops Avenue and St John’s Woods to be sold
Luxury homes seized from a fugitive businessman accused of embezzling billions of pounds from a bank in Kazakhstan have been placed on the market. Three homes belonging to Mukhtar Ablyazov,…
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Xi visits Kazakhstan ahead of summit with Putin
by Nate Sharpby Nate SharpAstana, Kazakhstan (22/10 – 49). Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday started his first foreign trip since the outbreak of the pandemic with a stop in Kazakhstan ahead of a summit…
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Kazakh fugitive Mukhtar Ablyazov risks losing the right to asylum in France
The Swiss-based French language Gotham News, in an article by Stéphane Bonifassi, has reported on the possibility of Kazakh “opposition leader” Mukhtar Ablyazov, who has been in exile in France since 2013, losing the…