How real is the “Chinese threat” to Central Asia?
For decades, we have been scared by the "Chinese threat": they say that China's expansion will cover the Far East,...
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In Shymkent, a top manager of an agricultural fund and a businessman were convicted of embezzlement of budget funds
The court sentenced the deputy chairman of the board of JSC "Fund for Financial Support of Agriculture" Murat Iskakov and...
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Why didn’t a union emerge between the Central Asian countries after the collapse of the USSR?
A "Union of Water and Electricity" could have emerged between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, capable of developing into a global union...
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Group of the Companies TDA Leadership Convicted of Smuggling, Except Nazarbayev’s Sister
The Kazakhstan Agency for Financial Monitoring (AFM) reported the uncovering of a smuggling scheme involving goods from China. One of...
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Do state-owned companies pay huge bonuses to top managers?
Top managers of Kazakhstan’s state-owned companies — such as KazMunayGas and Kazakhstan Temir Zholy — receive annual compensation of around...
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