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• Kazakhstani Shot By Police

  This is a terrible story and it’s doing bad things for the image of the US in Kazakhstan. A 26 year old man, Kiril Denyakin, who was working in Portsmouth, VA was shot by police on the 23rd of April. The local paper has the most complete account I’ve seen so far. Apparently, Denyakin was [...]

  4/29/11 • (6)

• Kazakhstani Man Attempts to Hijack Plane

  I was tempted to call this post, “What?” because the story is so odd. As you’ve probably seen by now since it’s made the news Valery Tolmachev from Kazakhstan attempted to hijack an Al-Italia flight from Paris to Rome. One hour into the flight, the 48-year old, got up, apologixed several times to the people [...]

  4/26/11 • (0)

• High Times in North Kazakhstan

  Apparently police in North Kazakhstan oblast seized seven bags of marijuana this weekend from a car on the Karaganda-Omsk road and put them in a warehouse in Petropavlosk. However when it came time to incinerate them, they discovered that 5 bags totaling 100kgs had been replaced by tobacco and bricks! The matter is under investigation, [...]

  4/19/11 • (0)

• 100% Kazakh-Speaking Generation

  Nursultan Nazarbayev, speaking Monday at the Assembly of the People of Kazakhstan, expressed the hope that the new generation of schoolchildren will be 100% Kazakh speaking: We would like 100% of those who will start learning Kazakh language in the first class to be able to speak Kazakh. I am sure this will happen,” Nazarbayev [...]

  4/18/11 • (1)

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  The Sky of My Childhood

  A new film about the childhood of the president, Nursultan Nazarbayev, premiered in Astana recently. The Sky of My Childhood. According to a review by Eurasianet, the film does portray little Sultan (as Nazarbayev is called by friends and families) as a happy child with a strong and caring family, doing genuine Kazkh things like [...]

  4/14/11 • (4)

• When One Becomes Two

  “Revolution from above” may be the buzzword of the 2012 Parliamentary campaign, unless they are held early. Yermukhamet Yertysbayev has been talking about having a second party in Parliament for bit now. It appears that the plan is to split NurOtan into two parties with one part representing politicians and the government and one part [...]

  4/13/11 • (0)

• Timur Kulibayev’s Star Rises Even Higher

  As part of the cabinet reshuffle following the presidential election, Timur Kulibayev has been named head of Samruk-Kazyna, a state holding company that controls almost all national companies including the national airline, the oil companies, KazAtomProm, telecommunications companies and the railroads. The position was opened up after Karim Kelimbetov was named Minister of the Economy. [...]

  4/12/11 • (0)

• New Team

  News is coming out in trickles. Masimov’s blog only announces that he has proposed a new Cabinet and it has been approved by the President: “The new ministers will be presented soon.” But Reuters reports that Kairat Kelimbetov has been named Minister of the Economy, leaving his position as head of Samruk-Kazyna Holding wide open. [...]

  4/11/11 • (2)

• 20-Year Old Sex Slave Freed

  an awful story [RU] of a student studying to be a teacher being kidnapped and forced into prostitution. I’m a bit unclear as they say in the first paragraph that the girl was kidnapped at home and shoved into a car, but then describe a girl kidnapped in the basement of a hotel. In any [...]

  4/11/11 • (0)

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  Coins for Gagarin and the SCO

  The National Bank of Kazakhstan recently issued two new silver coins, one commemorating the 40th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s flight into space. The other is in honor of the tenth anniversary of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. They look pretty nice; you can click on the gallery images below to get a better look at them. [...]

  4/06/11 • (1)

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