During the first days of January, Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Justice had released information that the Kazakh authorities have now got an ally in the war against Anatolie and Gabriel Stati. This ally is the U.S. investment company Outrider Management. We have decided to learn more about the situation...
Perhaps no one in Kazakhstan has any doubts about the fact that Nur Otan is going to win the upcoming parliamentary elections. For this reason, those who are interested in domestic policy are mainly discussing two crucial issues – how many parties will make it to the Parliament and how one may…
Continuing our musings on the subject of Astana LRT and the affect this über-high-profile case has had on Kazakhstan’s local political developments, we would like to call the readers’ attention to the person who is now sitting at the defendant’s bench, entrepreneur Darren Abdykhamitov...
Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan look quite differently not just in the news but on the maps of the political values and priorities as well. However, the data show how quickly the outlook may change. Just like it did in the Soviet Union of the 1980s...
On August 22, 2020, prominent Russian periodical Expert published Andrey Aleksandrov’s article titled “Axiology* of the State. Pacta Sunt Servanda**. The article was written in the aftermath of the recent events in Russia where the Constitution of the country had been changed in a…
It looks like, after Timur Kuanyshev’s family has left Tengri Bank, the financial institute has got a chance to survive. However, the incident once again draws our attention to two other small banks experiencing similar problems. Why don’t the regulators touch them?