On February 28, 2021, the Kazakh opposition held one unauthorised (in Uralsk) and several unauthorised rallies. Because the number of the participants was small (not more than 200 people across the country), these rallies did not look particularly impressive especially against the backdrop of the…
On February 25, 2021, President of Kazakhstan Kossym-Jomart Tokayev delivered a big speech at the fifth National Council of Public Trust (NCPT) meeting. The text of the speech has been published on Akorda’s website and reprinted by a number of media-resources. For our purposes, …
On February 25, 2021, Kossym-Jomart Tokayev appointed his aide Murat Nurtley (Мұрат Нұртілеу) the Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration. This decision seems to be out of character for the Elbasy’s successor since, according to our insiders, Murat Nurtley is the President’s…
On February 12, 2021, the Anti-Corruption Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan reported on the implementation of the 2020-2024 anti-corruption strategic plan. We believe this report to be so impressive that we’ve found it in our hearts to make some comments on it...
On February 16, 2021, the National Statistics Bureau of the Agency for Strategic Planning and Reforms, published a monthly press-release showing that the Kazakh economy had rather successfully lived through the blows that shaken up the developed countries...
According to the press-release, …
In our article ‘Should We Expect Reforms from Kelimbetov?”, we’ve prophesied a bright future for the Chairman of the Agency for Strategic Planning and Reforms (ASPAR) regarding his service of Akorda and a complete failure regarding his service of the people. The only thing that we cannot predict at this point is when those in Akorda would comprehend it...