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The Astana International Financial Center (AIFC) announced on June 16 that Dodo Pizza, Russia’s largest pizza restaurant franchise, had moved its headquarters to Kazakhstan. Dodo Brands, the British Virgin Islands-registered owner of Dodo Pizza, was ...
Almaty Botanical Garden The entrance pavilions to Almaty Botanical Garden were designed by Portuguese studio Saraiva+Associados. The lightweight structures have an elegant, minimalistic, and bright design. The reconstruction of the Botanical Garden is an ...
Since he took power in 2012, Xi visited Kazakhstan six times, making the Central Asian country his second most visited foreign destination after Russia. Kazakhstan is China’s largest trading partner in the region. In October 2013, Xi chose his visit to ...
No Politics, Just Business The head of the Agency said the selection process was purely based on a competition among some of the most experienced players in the sector. Rosatom presented “the most optimal and advantageous proposal,” according to an ...
According to the Agency, Rosatom offered the most favorable terms. According to government plans, the selected company should play the role of leader in an international consortium for the construction of the plant. Kazakhstan’s government had earlier ...
Asset Nussupov, the vice minister of trade, said on June 12 that Kazakhstan invested more than $35 billion in transport and logistic infrastructure over the past 15 years. The government has laid out a tentative plan for a renewed effort in infrastructure ...
Lawsuits helped restore some student visas, but the US government openly stated that it has no plans to stop. At the same time, legal battles continue at Harvard University, which Donald Trump’s government is trying to ban from admitting foreign students. ...
We traveled to the banks of the Kapchagai reservoirs in the Jetysu region in Kazakhstan’s east, located between water and mountains. Here, a group of 20 self-labeled “hunters” seek traces of their ancestors in rock carvings across Kazakhstan. “Watch your ...
The government did everything in its power to ensure that the project, which was proposed by big business, saw the light: the government manipulated public opinion polls, conducted a wide PR campaign, and published glitzy presentations about how the ...
The Regional Ecology Department said on June 8 that methane content in the area had increased significantly and exceeded the minimum safety levels. The leak was eventually contained and sealed on June 7. Data from the monitoring was sent to the prosecutor ...
Inflation is poised to continue in double figures, the Central Bank said on June 5, as it kept interest rates unchanged at 16.5%. Due to the country’s dependency on oil exports and the current slump in oil prices, the regulator said inflation forecasts ...
In the past decade, renewable energy has developed in the region beyond the traditional hydropower use in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, where hydroelectric plants produce more than 75% and 92% of the electricity respectively. In both Kazakhstan and ...
Safin now owns, directly and indirectly through his company Buzachi Neft, an 11% stake in TransOil. Madina Safina, his daughter, retained an 89% share. Buzachi Neft operates a number of oil fields in the western Mangistau region and came into the ...
“I could only find work as a janitor” Five years ago, Alnur Ilyashev published posts which criticized the political party Nur Otan (now Amanat). A court in Almaty sentenced Alnur to three years of “restricted freedom” and 100 hours of community service. ...
According to an Upstream piece published on June 2, PSA–the agency responsible for Karachaganak-related investments–had ordered on May 17 that Shell and Eni stop construction work at an associated gas processing plant they were building. Shell and Eni are ...
Serik Zhumagarin, the minister of economy, said on May 29 that Kazakhstan’s GDP is poised to increase by 6% in 2025. The Central Bank had said the day before that their GDP forecast would only reach 5%. In recent weeks, several analysts and research firms ...
The Salvadoran government thrives on attention, and in order to get it, it has built a sophisticated propaganda machine that uses influencers to speak wonders of its success while hiding the systematic human rights violations taking place. As a Salvadoran ...
Around 92% of the $20 billion trade turnover between the two countries in 2024 was made of Kazakhstan’s oil exports to Italy – a statistic that has proven controversial, given that Italy is not the final destination for Kazakh crude. “We believe there is ...
The Central Bank said on May 22 that a single QR-code for all bank payments should be operational from 2026. This measure was announced years ago and has been delayed a number of times due to regulatory and lobbying challenges. Shukhrat Ibragimov is in ...
Ibragimov is chairman and CEO of the company and holds a 20.7% stake in the company. He reportedly offered around $1.8 billion to buy out both Patokh Chodiev and Alexander Mashkevitch’s family, who own 18.6% and 20.7% respectively. Reached by Vlast, the ...