Joanna Lillis - a journalist working for Eurasianet.Org and Al-Jazeera television, is always in the heart of all major developments in Kazakhstan, where she’s been living for 3 years already. We talk about her first impressions about Kazakhstan and how they changed over these years.
Below is Zhanna’s translated post from te Russian-language blog.
Former son-in-law of the president (former key figure of the Kazakh establishment, who is already convicted in absentia to 20 years in prison for organization of a mafia-type gang and abduction of people) Rakhat Aliev and former chief of the KNB — National Security Committee […]
“We can’t keep silent when Russian skinheads kill Kazakhs”,
says activist of the “Bolashak”, Kazakh youth organization, presenting a new magazine at the press-conference.
“Bolashak” is a well-known youth organization in Kazakhstan. They often hold actions in support of the rights of youth and promote national ideas. Financial support from influential sources and comprehensible concept give them […]
Translated post by Lena B-va from the Russian language blog.
Each Kazakhsnani citizen will soon have chance to test his or her strength in transactions with securities. A new game simulating real stock exchange will go online in May-June this year. Every registered user will receive 50,000 virtual dollars on a personal account, which […]
Translation of Adam’s post on the Russian blog.
Several weeks ago, almost simultaneously, the Kazakh blogosphere produced two posts in popular blogs about much rumored latent territorial claims of China to the neighboring countries, including Kazakhstan. This topic is close to many people in our country, who are familiar by hearsay with some Chinese […]
In fact, not many people in Kazakhstan ever had any idea of the fact that it had eyed pulling in at Kazakhstan. But that’s what we learn from KZBlog, who cites an article in the Sydney Daily Herald, about Allco, an Australian bank that had planned to invest in Kazakhstan.
According to the article, in 2007, Allco planned […]
In a country with multi-party system, the main indicator of political life is the activity of parties, especially in the periods between elections. In this regard, it can be seen that there are actually only two parties active now — the ruling “Nur Otan” and “Azat”, the former “True Ak Zhol” party led by […]
This is a translation of Zhanna’s post from the Russian-language blog.
Nearly a month ago neweurasia reported on the incident that had taken place in Almaty in late January – then a group of 30 masked men attacked 40 Turkish employees of the construction firm BN Pegasus. According to the Turkish media, the attackers were […]
