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China’s Territorial Claims

Posted by Arseny | in Security, Foreign Affairs | on March 24th, 2008
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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 […]

Turkish Saga Continued

Posted by Arseny | in Security, Business | on March 18th, 2008
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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 […]

Inter-Ethnic Violence Repeated?

Posted by Lena B-va | in Security, Blogosphere | on February 18th, 2008
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KZBlog reports that nearly a month ago a group of 30 masked men in Almaty attacked 40 Turkish workers, employees of the Turkish construction company B.N.N. Pegasus. The attackers were allegedly armed with knives and guns, but only 4 men were injured. One assailant was captured and taken into custody by police.
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Famed DJ Killed in Almaty

Posted by Arseny | in Security, Art, Youth | on February 12th, 2008
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Translation of Lena B-va’s post on the Russian version of our blog.
As police officers informed the journalists of “Komsomolskaya Pravda” newspaper, the body of Alexander Legkodimov, 26, better known among Almaty youth as DJ Zayaz, was found early in the morning of February 3 with the signs of violent death. The crime is […]

Potential Water Wars

Posted by Arseny | in Security | on January 21st, 2008
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Translation of Marat’s post from the Russian-language blog.
Where may we see the wars for water in Central Asia?
1. Kazakhstan vs. China – Ili river;
2. Turkmenistan vs. Uzbekistan – Amu Darya river;
3. Possibly a row of collisions can happen in the basins of Syr Darya and Chu rivers; Kazakhstan vs. Uzbekistan – at Shardara, and […]

Dangerous Places

Posted by Arseny | in Society, Security, Development | on December 26th, 2007
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Translation of Marat’s post from the Russian-language blog 
I decided to analyze - where it is more dangerous to live in our country in the cities or in the rural areas? In order to do so, I reviewed the mortality caused by accidents, traumas and poisoning in 2005. As occured, the most dangerous places are […]

Interesting Questions about National Security

Posted by Arseny | in Security, Foreign Affairs, Domestic Affairs | on October 8th, 2007
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This is a translation of Marat’s post on the Russian-language Kazakhstan.Neweurasia blog.
I often read out national security strategy papers, but don’t see answers to some interesting questions that are of serious concern:
1. What shall we do if Kyrgyzstan splits into two parts – northern and southern? It may be lead to general instability, […]

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