Author Archives: KazakhSTAN 2.0

Copper Business of Nigmatulins

Copper Business of Nigmatulins

One of the many problems facing Kazakhstan is the high level of abuse of work authority from the high-ranking officials. The reason is the dramatic decrease of the feedng trough due to crisis, while the domestic policy instability pushes people with access to the proverbial trough to try to “fill themselves up” before they are removed from their positions.

What’s in Store for Tenge?

What’s in Store for Tenge?

In the past few months Russian ruble has strengthened its positions against US dollar and euro, the same happened to Kazakhstani tenge. Meanwhile Russian economic sources and many experts warn that the situation will change soon, and Russian ruble might lose its weight against US dollar. In Kazakhstan, however, ministries and National bank of KR don’t make any forecasts with regards to exchange rates, citing that the latter is determined by the markets.