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KAZAKHSTAN: Astana expects growth, managed tenge float
The economy grew by an estimated 7% in 2010 and should grow by 5-6% this year, according to...
KazakhstanKAZAKHSTAN: Nazarbayev 'rejects' presidency-for-life
President Nursultan Nazarbayev issued a decree today rejecting a proposal to keep him in office...
KazakhstanKAZAKHSTAN: Astana may cancel presidential elections
The lower house of parliament today approved a motion that would cancel the 2012 and 2017...
KazakhstanKAZAKHSTAN: S&P upgrade puts rating on par with Russia
Standard & Poor's (S&P) yesterday upgraded Kazakhstan's long-term foreign and local currency...
KazakhstanKAZAKHSTAN/CHINA: Work begins on new gas pipeline
Construction of the second phase of the Kazakhstan-China gas pipeline is underway, the China...
KazakhstanKAZAKHSTAN: Hydrocarbons boom will underpin growth
This year's official GDP growth forecast will be revised from 5% to 6%, the economy minister...
KazakhstanRUSSIA/BELARUS: Customs Union parties drop oil tariff
Russia will remove duty from its oil supplies to Belarus and Belarus will share with Russia its...
RussiaKAZAKHSTAN: Forex inflows prompt tenge regime change
The tenge may return to a managed float regime next spring, National Bank (NBK) Governor Grigoriy...
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