Below is a translated post by  Nurgeldy from the Russian-language blog.
A monument to Charlie Chaplin has appeared in [the northern city of] Kostanai last week. As reported, it is the 12th in the world. The very fact of a sculpture to the cinematographe idol being installed in our city is quite weird for […]

This is a translated post by Arman from the Russian-language blog.  
It has been on the eve of the May Day holidays (which by the way were celebrated much wider under the previous mayor of Almaty; however, that was more likely due to better overall economic situation in the country) when the new mayor of the […]

Below is a translated post by Adam from the Russian language blog.  
Numbers of children of high-ranking officials among Kazakh bankers have grown. Now Nurali Rakhatovich Aliev (Nurbank, son of presidential daughter Dariga and now-outcast former deputy foreign minister Rakhat Aliev), Alidar and Anuar Bulatovichs Utemuratovs (ATF-Bank, sons of the chief of presidential apparatus) are […]

This is a translation of Adam’s post from the Russian language blog.
Jaksybek Kulekeev, former president of the largest state company Kazakhstan Railways  was arrested red-handed with 100,000$ bribe more than three weeks ago.
Many observers and average citizens almost immediately agred in opinion that the former twice-minister and national company’s top manager was framed by […]

Below is translation of Adam’s post from the Russian-language blog.
The OSCE functioners and other Western leaders can forget about all Kazakhstan’s promises concerning democratization of the laws on elections, media, political parties and NGOs. It’s time to erase from your memory all the things we said in Brussels in 2006 and in Madrid […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

This is a translated post by Adam Kesher from the Russian-language blog.
So, it’s official — the largest private bank of South Korea Kookmin buys 30% in the Kazakhstan’s Bank CenterCredit (BCC). The first report on the possible deal arrived in late January this year, when Korean sources were already speaking about the acquisition of 50,1%. […]