Kazakhstan

  • Jan 3, 2012
  • 2 min read

Default fears re-emerge for Kazakhstan's BTA Bank

Today is the deadline for Kazakhstan's third-largest lender, BTA, to make coupon payments on a...

Kazakhstan
  • Dec 23, 2011
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Street violence prompts elite shake-up in Kazakhstan

Nazarbayev yesterday dismissed Kulibayev, in effect making him the most prominent 'fall guy' for...

Kazakhstan
  • Dec 19, 2011
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Anger grows against crackdown on rioters in Kazakhstan

Protests in Aktau against the crackdown in Zhanaozen swelled today, according to an AFP...

Kazakhstan
  • Dec 14, 2011
  • 2 min read

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
  • 2 min read

Kazakhstan scores second sovereign upgrade this month

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

Kazakhstan