Stories about Kazakhstan from April, 2006
Central Asia: Beer
Registan.net discusses the rapid rise in beer consumption in Central Asia.
Latvia: Dangerous for Russians
All About Latvia writes that, according to one survey, “53 percent of [Russian] respondents named Georgia as the most dangerous country to Russians, while Latvia came second with 29 percent.” Belarus and Kazakhstan are considered the safest.
Voices from Central Asia and the Caucasus
Zhenkov Cathedral, Almaty, Kazakhstan Welcome to the latest roundup from the Central Asian and Caucasian blogosphere, brought to you (almost) bi-weekly by neweurasia's Ben, James, Peter and Luke. As usual, we take you through the countries alphabetically. Unfortunately, the Azeri blogosphere is still underrepresented in our roundup – so if...
Kazakhstan: Terrorist Bust
James looks at the winners and losers in the recent announcement of the breakup of a terrorist ring by Kazakh authorities.
Central Asia: Corruption in Education
The Golden Road to Samarqand covers corruption in education in Central Asia, describing how corruption works in the Kyrgyz educational system and efforts to combat it in a few countries in the region.
Kazakhstan: Iran Policy
Ben Paarmann reports on Kazakhstan's Iran policy.
Kazakhstan: Currency Appreciation
Ben Paarmann describes how Kazakhstan carefully manages its currency to avoid appreciation as oil prices rise.
Kazakhstan: A Triumph for Russia
Vilhelm Konnander says that the deal that Kazakhstan recently signed to increase oil exports to Russia is a tremendous geopolitical triumph for Moscow.
Kazakhstan: EU Relations
James of neweurasia writes on Kazakhstan and the EU forging closer ties and says that the West should not ignore Kazakhstan's shortcomings. More importantly though, it should be careful not to do anything that hurt's Kazakhstan's opportunity to create rapid economic growth.
Voices from Central Asia and the Caucasus
(c) Christopher Herwig – Impressions from Turkmenistan – reproduced with permission Welcome to the latest roundup of the Central Asian and Caucasian blogosphere, brought to you bi-weekly by neweurasia. As usual, we take you through the countries alphabetically. Armenia: Onnik Krikorian has the latest from the Armenian blogosphere on Oneworld....
Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan: State Visits
neweurasia covers important diplomatic visits between Turkmenistan and China and Kazakhstan and Russia.
