The Ministry of Finance of Kazakhstan has declared that the government will review its newly introduced export fee for oil exports to cancel all prerogatives.
Earlier it was said that the tax will not be imposed on the “companies having stable contracts” meaning virtually all foreign investors’ projects based on PSAs. The exclusion was accepted […]

At a workshop “Secrets of blogging in Kazakh language” organized by Neweurasia Kazakhstan on 26 April in Kostanay (North Kazakhstan) and 24 May in Aktobe (West Kazakhstan) were participated 32 students from journalism faculty. Young journalists discussed about role of new media in Kazakh society and discover blogging in Kazakh Language.
Trainer of this seminar […]

Today several British tabloids simultaneously published a breathtaking story featuring their two sexiest topics at once — royal family and eastern moguls who buy out England.
According to the press, Prince Andrew — who also acts as Britain’s Special Representative for International Trade and Investment — sold his Sunninghill Park residence to a Kazakh […]

ENRC is still in rivalry with Kazakhmys over who is going to eat who. It is believed that the Kazakh government urged the two companies to come to a conclusion concerning the merger. Both companies are incorporated in UK and have top position on the listing of London Stock Exchange due to favorable prices […]

Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev spoke at the World Economic Forum’s meeting in Sharm-El-Sheikh (Egypt) and said that the main reason for world food crisis  is speculation.
“It’s not just about climate change and bioethanol production. The global financial crisis urged profiteers to redistribute their funds from securities market to the commodities.  For the first time […]

EurasiaNet reports that Rakhat Aliev, the former son-in-law of President Nazarbaev, ex-media mogul and higher official, now sentenced to 40 years in jail for mafia-type activities and coup attempt, says he’s ready to give evidence in a U.S. investigation into whether Nazarbaev and other Kazakh officials took bribes from U.S. businesses to receive lucrative oil contracts […]

This is a translation of Adam’s post from the Russian-language blog.
Sean Roberts reports in his blog on the Wall Street Journal article about Rakhat Aliev, his former wife and Kazakhgate trial. The translation of this story into Russian was first provided by the Aliev’s website.
The WSJ piece, in particular, tells that in 2003 Dariga […]