Kazakhstan

  • Dec 14, 2011
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Kazakhstan finally gets a stake in Karachaganak's oil

BG and Italy's Eni, the lead partners in the Karachaganak consortium, announced today that they...

Kazakhstan
  • Dec 9, 2011
  • 6 min read

EU recession could hold back growth in Kazakhstan

As the third-largest economy in the CIS and by far the largest in Central Asia, Kazakhstan's...

Kazakhstan
  • Dec 7, 2011
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Kazakhstan's banking troubles persist

At a press conference yesterday in Almaty, National Bank Chairman Grigory Marchenko announced the...

Kazakhstan
  • Nov 22, 2011
  • 7 min read

Prospects for Central Asia in 2012

Social unrest has been rising over the past year, including in Kazakhstan, by far the region's...

Central Asia
  • Nov 21, 2011
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Kazakhstan scores second sovereign upgrade this month

Fitch today raised Kazakhstan's sovereign rating from BBB- to BBB with a positive outlook,...

Kazakhstan
  • Nov 18, 2011
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Emerging jihadist movement rattles Kazakh authorities

On November 12, in the latest in a string of terrorist attacks, seven people were killed in the...

Kazakhstan
  • Nov 10, 2011
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Kazakh parliament disbanded over 'economic' worries

President Nursultan Nazarbayev's Nur Otan Party today filed a petition triggering the dissolution...

Kazakhstan
  • Nov 1, 2011
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Islamist group claims credit for blasts in Kazakhstan

Two bombs exploded outside government buildings in the western oil city of Atyrau yesterday.

Kazakhstan