Kazakhstan
CENTRAL ASIA: Chinese investment welcome, to a point
China has taken on an increasingly active role in post-Soviet Central Asia. Its economic presence...
Central AsiaKAZAKHSTAN: BTA creditors face steep losses
State-owned BTA Bank announced yesterday that it had asked its foreign creditors -- including a...
KazakhstanKAZAKHSTAN: Career diplomat appointed foreign minister
President Nursultan Nazarbayev appointed long-serving diplomat Kanat Saudabayev as foreign...
KazakhstanKAZAKHSTAN: Nazarbayev issues warning to banks
President Nursultan Nazarbayev today cautioned Kazakh banks against returning to pre-recession...
KazakhstanKAZAKHSTAN: Revised data still show H1 slowdown
The economy contracted by 2.3% in the first half of 2009 compared with the year-earlier period,...
KazakhstanKAZAKHSTAN: Oil export duties may be reimposed
The anti-trust agency announced yesterday that it would consider reimposing export duties on...
KazakhstanKAZAKHSTAN: Banking system remains in doldrums
President Nursultan Nazarbayev on August 4 urged the Kazakh people to keep their deposits in...
KazakhstanCIS: Three largest economies may be bottoming out
Recent GDP and industrial production data from Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan suggest that while...
