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Not too long ago an article by publicist Sregey Duvanov “How to get millions to come out to the streets of Kazakhstan?” was published on Center-1’s website. Thinking of the possibility of transfer of power through protests, he came to the conclusion that that million of people coming out to the streets is not a guarantee of the fact that people will come to power who will change country’s course towards real democratic changes.
The crisis is no longer a threat to Russia, so its neighbors should not count on this scenario. Instead, they must fight for a better quality of life in their own home. As the authors of the “Russia’s Stability Limits” report will have you believe, those who follow this strategy, eventually, are going to win.
This fall, Kashagan may update its obligations on the oil production drop due to the planned production increase at the Kashagan deposit. This announcement was made by Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Energy Kanat Bozumbayev. He chose to do so not at the OPEC meeting in Vienna but at home – on the Astana TV-channel.
A lot of hope was put into the recently held “One belt one road” summit with the participation from 28 presidents, but the results disappointed – no nitty-gritty details were put forward in the realization of the initiative put forward by the Chinese leader back in 2013. Andrey Grozin – head of the department of Central Asia and Kazakhstan of the Institute of CIS countries explained what was the reason for this forum and in which was it interesting for the countries of the region.
Kazakhstani president’s order to move Kazakh language to Latin script by 2025, that was voiced in his article, “Bolashkka bagdar: ruhani jangyruu” (A look into the future: modernization of public consciousness) published on April 12 in the newspaper Egmen Kazakhstan, has cause loud disputes in the society.
Kazakhstan is planning to expand the list of punishments for people who break the law (or allegedly break the law) and to introduce a new norm – deprivation of citizenship rights for Kazakh citizens. The bill created by the Kazakh ministry of justice with this new norm introduced was published with an open access and stirred a big scandal.
