Archive for the 'Kazakhstan' Category
California’s Debt: Now Riskier Than Kazakhstan’s
Extremely dangerous, according to two recent evaluations of California’s debt by financial industry insiders. California’s debt is seen by investors as riskier than Kazakhstan’s, according to Bloomberg News . Five-year credit default swaps tied to …
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KAZAKHSTAN THREATENS UK OIL INTERESTS
KAZAKHSTAN, the landlocked central Asian country larger than the whole of Western Europe, grabbed the attention of the world’s biggest oil companies in 2000 with the discovery of the giant Kashagan oil field. As the biggest discovery in the world …
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Kazakhstan jails show Jonathan Aitken way to reform
THEY are grim concrete fortresses where inmates have complained of beatings and torture. Yet Kazakhstan’s prisons have become an unlikely testbed for Tory reforms to the UK penal system, from proposals put forward by Jonathan Aitken ‘” the former …
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Armenia appreciates Kazakhstan’s efforts in Karabakh settlement
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Statements and the desire of Kazakhstan holding OSCE presidency to facilitate the efforts of the OSCE Minsk Group aimed to resolve the Karabakh-Azerbaijani conflict must be regarded positively, since Kazakhstan is a CSTO member and …
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Kazakhstan: Sports, Politics and Passionarity
Yesterday, Adam Kesher, a Kazakh blogger, asked a pretty rhethoric question about the state of Kazakh passionarity and devotion to the homeland, but surprisingly received a variety of answers [ru]: Lately, I have heard a story of how Belarusians were …
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RF-Kazakhstan trade turnover decreases due to crisis ‘“ Putin
MOSCOW, March 3 (Itar-Tass) – Trade turnover between Russia and Kazakhstan decreased last year due to the crisis and reached 13 billion U.S. dollars, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said in a meeting with his Kazakhstani counterpart Karim Masimov on …
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KAZAKHSTAN: ASTANA FINDING THAT RUNNING THE OSCE IS A CONSTANT …
The responsibility of running the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe may be having a moderating effect on Kazakhstan, Vladimir Shkolnikov, an expert on the workings of the Vienna-based multilateral organization tells EurasiaNet. For …
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Kazakhstan hindering Russian space missions: official
ASTANA, Feb. 28 (TCA) – Kazakhstan, home of the space base used to launch rockets to the International Space Station (ISS), is interfering with Russian space missions, AFP reports quoting the head of Russia’s space agency. Prime Minister noted that …
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Western Oil Companies Feel the Heat in Kazakhstan
A consortium of Western oil companies developing a huge natural-gas field in Kazakhstan was slapped with a $21 million fine Friday, the latest step in a pressure campaign that is raising concern among investors in the oil-rich Central Asian state …
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KAZAKHSTAN: ASTANA DEFENDS RECORD DURING UN HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW
As Kazakhstan chairs the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) this year, its human rights record is coming under scrutiny. Kazakhstani officials, in responding to expressions of concern about some aspects of the country’s …
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