Author Archives: Eugenia Mazhitova

Sharp knife for Central Asian elites

Sharp knife for Central Asian elites

Trump’s ascent as the president of US, has negatively affected the advancement of American interests in Central Asia, Russian political analyst Andrey Grozin thinks; in case of further worsening of the conflict between Moscow and Brussels and Washington, its participants will try to lure the states surrounding Russia, on their side, demanding certainty from them, which is like a sharp knife for the region’s elites.

Lessons from Georgian reforms

Lessons from Georgian reforms

The problem of corruption exists in almost all post-Soviet countries, and Kazakhstan isn’t an exception. And even though no one argues that corruption is evil, no one can cope with it. Why? We will try to analyze the reasons using example of Gerogian reforms, with the help of professor of the state University of Ilia Oleg Panfilov.