This is a translation of an interview with Merkhat Sharipzhan, Director of “Azattyq”, Kazakh service of RFE/RL (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty), made and posted by Adam Kesher on Russian-language neweurasia Kazakhstan.
- What is the target audience of “Azattyq” radio station?
It is a difficult question to address and it is a problem that […]
I am looking into Kazakhstan’s centre-periphery relations for my Master’s thesis, and I am currently sighting the available literature. Essentially, the question is: How are centre-periphery relations shaping the implementation of development strategies taking into account both economic decentralisation and growing oil windfalls. A couple of interesting tidbits (comments on any of these aspects […]
When my Korean economics lecturer told us that during the 25-odd years he was living in South Korea, he experienced a rise in living standards comparable to 100 years of economic development in Western Europe before the First World War. Which I found a great way of putting the East Asian Miracle into context.
Now, […]
Greetings from Kazakhstan. The weather has finally turned cold for good, and a white, snowy blanket stretches from the mountains of Almaty to the northern steppe. My name is Arthur Kennan, and this is the first of what I hope will be many posts on Neweurasia.
First a word of warning: I am […]
A month after the Atyrau incident, it is still being debated in the Turkish-Kazakh communities and there have been many negative articles and opinions from the Turkish side, with a clear animosity towards the Kazakhs. It is debatable whether this is a productive process, since Turkey and Kazakhstan have been countries close to each […]
When does a flash mob become an organised demonstration? People gathered yesterday on the square in Almaty to protest the decision of the President to ban the cars with right-hand steering wheels in Kazakhstan. It is not about political or civic freedoms, neither does it concern the majority of people in the country. However, […]
It has become increasingly popular to some Kazakh companies to raise capital in Europe through Initial Public Offerings (IPO), the sale of common shares to public investors. Kazakhmys and KazMunaiGas (through its subsidiary KazMunaiGas E&P) have already successfully raised $1.16 billion and $2.03 billion on the London FTSE respectively (KazakhAltyn, or Kazakh Gold, is […]
I just bought the soundtrack to this film (and I hope this is my last post related to Mr. Cohen, although it seems that this pledge has been made before and not adhered to). It’s hot stuff - like one could already grasp sitting in the theatre and shaking one’s head to the […]
Being multilingual and speaking French, German and Spanish in dubbed films, Borat will not have Russian as one of his languages. The film about the adventures of a Kazakh journalist Borat Sagdiyev was banned for distribution to Russia’s cinemas, as reports The Moscow Times. Apparently, the audience, particularly, certain nationalities and religions can be […]
Don’t forget to read James’ review and comment on whether those offended by Sacha Baron Cohen have a point.
Now, Borat is not the President of Kazakhstan, and the nation’s motto is not “High Five”. Readers of the Wikipedia entry might have thought otherwise after some funny individuals vandalised the page earlier today. Editing is […]
