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Civil suit becomes Kazakh soap opera with Trump…

The interests of a wealthy Kazakh fugitive, a company tied to disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein and the Trump Organization...

Akezhan Kazhegeldin: "The people themselves are still the…

Ermurat Bapi interviews Akezhan Kazhegeldin.

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The Sudden Epiphany of Kazakhstan’s Ex-Oil Minister

When reporters asked if Sauat Mynbayev co-owns a company that made millions from gas and oil deals with Kazakhstan while...

Former Rolls-Royce Managers Plead Guilty to U.S…

Two former Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc executives pleaded guilty to U.S. charges that they orchestrated international bribes at the engine maker...

IN THE PRESS

Revealed: Top Tory Helps Dictator Create Tax-Haven for Dirty Russian Money

Francis Maude MP is advising Kazakhstan on how to create a financial "free zone", which is likely to handle big...

Kazakhstan at SCO Summit Calls for Expediting Beijing-Berlin High-Speed Rail

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev emphasized on Sunday at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit the need to push international connection...

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"One question – one answer" – Akezhan Kazhegeldin's information project

POLITICAL PROCESS

Will An Ascendant Uzbekistan Challenge Kazakhstan’s Leadership…

President Donald Trump met with President Shavkat Mirziyoyev of Uzbekistan on 16 May, an important breakthrough after the isolationism of...

CORRUPTION

Malaysia Asks $8.3 Billion Question on 1MDB…

Najib Razak at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission headquarters on May 24. Photographer: Joshua Paul/BloombergMalaysia’s new government has wasted no time...

EVENTS and OPINIONS

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: Francis Maude MP is advising Kazakhstan on how to create a financial "free zone", which is likely to handle big money from Russian oligarchs.
: Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev emphasized on Sunday at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit the need to push international connection projects such as the Beijing-Berlin high-speed rail line
: Martha Brill Olcott is one of the most famous experts on Kazakhstan. She is the author of two books on Kazakhstan (The Kazakhs, published in 1987, and Kazakhstan:
: President Donald Trump met with President Shavkat Mirziyoyev of Uzbekistan on 16 May, an important breakthrough after the isolationism of the Karimov regime.
: Wide-ranging amendments to Kazakhstan's Religion Law and 11 other laws that seem set to increase still further the already tight restrictions on freedom of religion or belief begin
: It’s a grubby business but these companies have no qualms about picking up the fat fees
: Najib Razak at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission headquarters on May 24. Photographer: Joshua Paul/BloombergMalaysia’s new government has wasted no time training its sights on 1MDB, the scandal-ridden state
: A representative of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party of Uzbekistan, Olimjon Tukhtanazarov, delivered such an idea, the Belarusian partisan reported with reference to Ferghana Information Agency.
: Kazakhstan's Human Rights Ombudsperson called in April for the parliamentary Working Group considering the wide-ranging amendments to the Religion Law and other laws to be sent for an
: An electoral tsunami swept away Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, ending 60 years of rule by the United Malays National Organization, UMNO. The outcome was welcomed at home

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Martha BrillMartha Brill Olcott is one of the most famous experts on Kazakhstan. She is the author of two books on Kazakhstan (The Kazakhs, published in 1987, and Kazakhstan: The Unfulfilled Promise (2002). 

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Location of UzbekistanPresident Donald Trump met with President Shavkat Mirziyoyev of Uzbekistan on 16 May, an important breakthrough after the isolationism of the Karimov regime.

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senatkzWide-ranging amendments to Kazakhstan's Religion Law and 11 other laws that seem set to increase still further the already tight restrictions on freedom of religion or belief begin consideration in Parliament's upper house.

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NajibRazakNajib Razak at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission headquarters on May 24. Photographer: Joshua Paul/Bloomberg
Malaysia’s new government has wasted no time training its sights on 1MDB, the scandal-ridden state investment company that’s spurred criminal and regulatory probes around the world.

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MirziyevA representative of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party of Uzbekistan, Olimjon Tukhtanazarov, delivered such an idea, the Belarusian partisan reported with reference to Ferghana Information Agency.

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An electoral tsunami swept away Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, ending 60 years of rule by the United Malays National Organization, UMNO. The outcome was welcomed at home as well as abroad – viewed as a democratic system asserting itself against corruption and erosion of the rule of law and perhaps presaging the decline of race-based politics.

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