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Karim Massimov, the former chief of the national security committee (KNB), appealed to Tokayev for pardon in March, the KNB said on June 10. The Presidential Administration confirmed on June 14 it had received the plea. Massimov was sentenced to 18 years ...
According to a “false transit” scheme revealed in a joint investigation with Vlast in February, KBR Tekhnologii was used as an instrument to circumvent sanctions against Russia that western countries established in an effort to thwart the Kremlin’s war of ...
The Results Modi was backed by the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), a coalition of parties that secured a simple majority in the 543-member parliament, the Lok Sabha. The NDA’s flagship party, the Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), fell ...
Small detached houses along narrow streets line Brussels’s landscape, interrupted only by landmark buildings and cathedrals. Just south of the historical center, there is an area with gray and glass buildings adorned with the flag of the EU, where the ...
The ministry of energy said on June 6 that they will complete the information campaign related to the possible construction of a nuclear power plant in the next few months. A proposal to build a new power plant was discussed last summer in the town of ...
Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the European Union, the US, the UK, and other countries have established lists of sanctioned items, in an effort to avoid aiding Russia’s military operations. Despite a decrease in late 2023, trade of “dual use” ...
Endless Accidents On 23 October 2022, local authorities called for a state of emergency when substandard fuel oil mixed with water entered the boilers of the thermal power plant (TPP), prompting their shutdown. Daniyal Akhmetov, then-governor of the East ...
The Prosecutor General’s Office said on May 28 that the policeman that tortured a Kyrgyz musician and 22 other people during Qandy Qantar was detained. He is one of four accused of having abused their powers and ill-treated detainees during the violent ...
What happened? In the aftermath of the Hamas-led attack on Israel on 7 October 2023, the Israeli government started a war in the Gaza Strip. In the past days, direct attacks on the city of Rafah had led to dozens of civilian deaths among the Palestinian ...
What was the rationale for the creation of Samruk-Kazyna in 2008? I believe it was a wise decision to unite quasi-public-sector companies into a single fund. The primary goal was to appreciate the value of the companies under our management over the long ...
According to the chronology provided by the ministry of interior, days earlier, a group of “unknown men of Asian appearance” had harassed foreign students near a restaurant. Chased away, the students rushed back to their dorms, where other students came ...
Around 200 people were evacuated on May 22 from Zhalgansai, a village in the Atyrau region, after a protective dam broke and emergency workers feared flooding. For two months now, Kazakhstan’s regions from east to west have faced massive floods, due to a ...
#142 Kazakhstan: Down Kazakhstan’s score fell by five points from 45.87 to 41.11, a clear deterioration of freedom of expression in the country. For instance, press freedom watchdogs fear that a media law recently passed by the Majilis, the lower house of ...
What happened? On May 15, several hundred people whose houses were damaged by this spring’s floods gathered in front of the Zhylyoi District Akimat in Kulsary. They ended up spending the night outside the building as representatives from the local and ...
What happened? The helicopter that was carrying Raisi and foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, as well as other senior officials, crashed in a remote and mountainous region in Iran’s East Azerbaijan province (which borders Azerbaijan) on Sunday ...
Despite public outcry, the government had resisted making decisive changes to the legislative framework regulating domestic violence. Finally, in mid-April, during the Bishimbayev trial, the government decreed that domestic violence should once again be ...
Former minister of economy Kuandyk Bishimbayev was sentenced to 24 years in prison on May 13 for the murder of his wife Saltanat Nukenova in November last year. Bishimbayev’s trial was streamed online and the public watched for weeks the proceedings, an ...
Trade is a crucial component of the US relationship with Kazakhstan. To this end, on May 16-17, our US Department of Commerce trade mission of nine US businesses will travel to Almaty looking to build partnerships with potential buyers and partners. The ...
In April 2017, Dilbar Mirsaitova was sent to pre-trial detention on suspicion of fraud in Kazakhstan. She was accused of illicitly acquiring at least 2.2 billion tenge (then worth around $7 million) from investors in the OneCoin scam. At the time, the ...
Here, it will be easy for Magzhan’s family to integrate into local life and find friends. Palm Jumeirah, like Dubai Marina, is one of the most sought-after areas in Dubai where successful Kazakhstanis purchase real estate, either for living or as an ...