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Russia and Kazakhstan should increase oil export to the East, especially China, Chairman of Russian Federation's Council Committee for CIS Affairs Vadim Gustov said Wednesday. Russia and Kazakhstan have cooperated very well in exporting oil and natural gas to the West. And now as the market in the region is growing fast, both countries should step up energy exports to the East, especially China, Gustov...
Institute for War & Peace Reporting (Free subscription) | 18/09/2008
Nuclear Fallout Persists in Kazakstan Effects of Soviet atom bomb blasts still affecting population around disused test site.By Elmira Gabidullina in Almaty (RCA No. 550, 18-Sep-08)Kazakstan’s nuclear test zone has lain deserted for the last 20 years and largely forgotten by the outside world, but experts say radiation will continue to be a health risk until the huge site is cleaned up...
... Kazakhstan declared independence and Nazarbayev became president, he announced that the capital of Kazakstan was going to move to then tiny city Astana. If you ask people they’ll tell it’s because the Russian’s wanted the capital close so they wouldn’t have to travel to far in working with the Kazak government and its budding oil industry. I say this is only half true…I think the Russians...
... opposition LK Advani, whose Bharatiya Janata Party opposed the nuclear deal, before leaving for Kazakstan early Sunday. She was expected to bring up the issue of terrorism in the South Asian region, besides discussing the deal and pushing for nuclear business for US companies. The Indo-US civilian nuclear deal, which was agreed in principle by Bush and Singh in 2005, took three years of...
... have not been moving in the right direction for this minnow. A raid (via the good offices of the Kazakstan judiciary) on Victoria's Kazakh assets is unresolved.A compensation figure is still many months away, though why this should be more than Bradford & Bingley, Lehman and WaMu shareholders are getting (zero) I don’t know.Near 10% growth continues in China though indications from reliable...
... cobalt, copper, molybdenum, lead, zinc, bauxite, gold, uranium Soviet geologists once boasted that Kazakstan was capable of exporting the entire Periodic Table of Elements Russian Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov, left, and Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych shake hands during a meeting in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, Thursday, Nov. 22, 2007. A regular meeting of the prime ministers of the...
Institute for War & Peace Reporting (Free subscription) | 18/09/2008
Kazak Leader Hints at Political ChangePresident promises multi-party parliament – but not just yet.By Daur Dosybiev in Almaty (RCA No. 550, 18-Sep-08)Kazakstan appears to be moving towards a more pluralist political system, judging by recent remarks made by President Nursultan Nazarbaev. But local analysts tell IWPR that plans to get more parties into parliament are unlikely to make the country...
To put this in the right perspective, this image shows the Members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation - Russia, China, Kazakstan, Kyrgystan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and the observers countries - Iran, Pakistan, India, Mongolia and the Moscow-friendly Belarus. Russian nationalist advocates Eurasian alliance against the U.S. - Aleksander Dugin, a popular theorist in hard-line circles, advocates...
... Slaven Billic and company. Croatia’s last game resulted in a 3-0 win against another very-average Kazakstan side, and they too will be well aware of the threat of England under the management of Capello. England will have a pretty-much full strength squad to pick from tonight, obviously apart from Steven Gerrard who wasn’t included due to injury. Capello will have a tough decision regarding...
Institute for War & Peace Reporting (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
... summit in Tajikistan late last week, it was mistaken.When the presidents of Russia, China, Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan gathered in Dushanbe on August 28, the big question was what position they would take on Moscow’s military incursions into Georgia. Although the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, SCO, is often seen as a grouping of Central Asia states dominated by Moscow,...
... northeast of Dallas. Her father Valeri Liukin was an Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast from Kazakstan and her mother Anna was a rhythmic gymnast. Both competed for the Soviet Union but after the fall of the Soviet Union, Valeri, Anna, and Nastia emigrated to the Dallas area. Yesterday Nastia’s hometown honored her with a welcome-home parade that was the town’s first-ever parade: “Organizers...
... political graffiti from around the world including Berlin , Beijing , St. Petersburg and Kazakstan . The Ministry of Truth also features its first full length episode of their edgy and satirical political online television show on the network’s main page. If freestyle wit and points of view pique your interest, then the network’s mash-up of blog posts are also worth checking out. Highlights...
... of energy cooperation.First, Russia and Uzbekistan have reached consensuses on natural gas price. Kazakstan, Uzbekistan and Turmenistan said in March 2008 that they would sell gas to Russia at European-level prices in 2009. In July 2007, Russia and Turkmenistan reached agreement on natural gas price. Russian Prime Minister Putin said in the Turkmen capital Tashkent on Tuesday, or September...
... breeding programme that has allowed the park to participate in a reintroduction programme in Kazakstan.The Przewalski's horse is an endangered species that at one time became extinct in the wild, but with reproduction and reintroduction programmes, zoos and other conservation organisations have maintained the species.The Przewalski's horse, originally found in Asia, was once considered to...
