Kazakhstan
Central Asia faces COVID-19 surge and resurgence risks
States with carefully designed restrictions experience a sudden rise in infections the moment they relax them
Central AsiaKazakhstan hopes proactive crisis spending is enough
The government is deploying financial reserves in the hope that the health and oil-price crises end sooner than later
KazakhstanCentral Asian states vary from virus action to denial
Three governments took fairly prompt action, a fourth hesitated and the fifth, Turkmenistan, denies having any cases
Central AsiaKazakh oil firm delays sale as focus shifts to prices
The sale of state-owned KazMunayGaz's shares has been postponed again but the government has other things to worry about
KazakhstanKazakh president gains by removing powerful figure
The former president's daughter, Dariga Nazarbayeva, has been removed as number two in the hierarchy
KazakhstanKazakh government realistic on oil and COVID-19 shocks
The authorities have trimmed their GDP and fiscal expectations and will look to their sovereign wealth fund
KazakhstanKazakhstan's ethnic spats are alarming but manageable
Ten people were killed as an argument flared into mass street fighting involving two ethnic communities
KazakhstanVirus management is Russian cabinet's first challenge
Russia is planning to evacuate citizens from Wuhan and tightening screening at airports to minimise coronavirus risks
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