Having just written a comment to my earlier post - I only come to read today’s news now. And there’s a new development to the Kashagan charade: Nurlan Isakov, Kazakhstan’s environment minister said (The Moscow Times):
The permit for 2007 has been suspended. That is, we are suspending work for three months on our part.
Why […]
We have seen it before at Tengiz, and now it’s Kashagan’s turn. The Kazakh government yesterday threatened to revoke the license of the Eni-led consortium developing Kazakhstan’s biggest offshore oilfield in the Caspian Sea. And it’s of course the concern over the environment that is behind the government’s attack. The FT reports:
Just one day […]
While everyone who follows Kazakhstani politics expected Nur-Otan, the President’s uber-party, to win the election on August 18th, few thought that the results would be this obviously un-democratic. Frankly, many outside Kazakhstan (and inside as well) did not believe Nur-Otan and the President would have the gall to take every seat, thereby solidifying […]
So, it is still too early to post analysis of yesterday’s election; the picture should crystalize early this week. But just a few days ago, the New York Times had an excellent piece on the actions of the Kazakhstani intelligence services during the 2005 presidential elections, and the Nazarbayev regime’s approach to election […]
You might have seen posts on Kazakhstan’s art scene by Daniel Gallegos, an American artist who is now in Almaty. I visited Daniel and his colleagues from the Artpologist project Zhanara, Aminatou and Gaisha at Soros Centre for Contemporary Art in Almaty. The project reflects on the transformation of space in Almaty influenced by rapid […]
Opposition social-democratic party for the third time appealed to the ruling “Nur-Otan” party, chaired by president Nazarbayev, urging 126 party list members of “Nur-Otan” to disclose their tax declarations as well as information on whether they got use of money-and-property legalization or not.
Opposition’s question was: did “Nur-Otan” candidates personally or their close relatives […]
