Eurasianet (Free subscription) | 10/14/2008
BY JOANNA LILLIS When Kazakhstan’s president, Nursultan Nazarbayev, moved to destroy the political ambitions of his then son-in-law, he aimed to promote stability by bringing an end to political clan infighting and snuff out speculation about presidential succession. However, a year and a half later, the Rakhat Aliyev case refuses to go away, and political maneuvering remains rife in Astana.
IntelliBriefs (Free subscription) | yesterday
Source : Asia Times Online By M K Bhadrakumar On Sunday, en route to Astana, Kazakhstan, after a "very nice trip to India", US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told reporters accompanying her, "I just wish I could have stayed longer in India". New Delhi must be one of a handful of capitals where officials from the George W Bush administration receive an expectant welcome, and the doomsday warnings...
Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 10/12/2008
ASTANA, Kazakhstan, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- The son of a U.S. astronaut blasted off Sunday from Kazakhstan as a tourist aboard a Russian rocket headed for the International Space Station. British-born Richard Garriott, 47, joined U.S. astronaut Mike Fincke and Russian cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov aboard the Soyez craft on the 18th space station expedition, RIA Novosti reported. Garriott, who paid $30 million...
FIBA (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
KUWAIT (FIBA Asia Stankovic Cup): Anton Ponomarev. The name that sends a shiver among the toughest of the opposition coaches in this part of the basketball world. The Astana Tigers power forward is a good three weeks short of his 20th birthday, but is already a superstar in the former Soviet Republic. And deservingly so! Ever since his maiden ...
CaughtOffside (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Kazakhstan has a population of 15 million people, the capital is called Astana and their Prime Minister is called Karim Masimov. However, it's fair to say that most people associate the country with Borat, the fictional character invented by Sacha Baron-Cohen. Like Sepp Blatter, Borat is renowned for making controversial ...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev said Wednesday that his country would like to use Hungary's infrastructure to enlarge material and energy exports to Europe, said news reports from Astana, the Kazakh capital. Nazarbayev said Hungary is a potential partner of Kazakhstan in East Europe and hoped to transport material and energy to Europe using Hungary's infrastructure, the Kazakh news agency reported....
Podium Cafe (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
CN is featuring an end-of-season interview with America's top stage racer (for now), Levi Leipheimer. [Part one / part two ] The author seems to conclude that Leipheimer is happy at Astana, notwithstanding the obvious questions about whether he could be a grand tour leader on another team, the agitated comments of his captain, and Lance Armstrong rearing his head over Astana airspace. Here's the money...
kazakhstan.neweurasia.net (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
(This is a continuation of my previous post on my trip to Astana, capital city of Kazakhstan.) We took a cab from the sparkling new city across the river to the Right Bank, where most of the city lies. Before the beginning of the current remont Tselinograd was a fairly standard Kazakh/Soviet city. From all the pictures/materials that [...]
Eurasianet (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
BY ARIEL COHEN The geopolitical competition between the United States and Russia in the Caspian Basin seems to be shifting away from Georgia and focusing on Kazakhstan. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, in Astana on October 5, sought to downplay the notion that Washington is vying with Moscow for the loyalty of President Nursultan Nazarbayev’s administration. Experts and officials inside Moscow’s...
Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
ASTANA (Agencies): The United States is not trying to poach Russia’s allies in Central Asia, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Sunday during a visit to oil-rich Kazakhstan. Moscow is sens...
Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 10/05/2008
ASTANA, Kazakhstan, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Sunday the United States is not attempting to poach Kazakhstan away from Russia. After meeting with Kazakhstan Foreign Minister Marat Tazhin, Rice dismissed accusations that the U.S. government has begun targeting Russian allies for diplomatic relations. Rice said while Kazakhstan may be a Russian ally, the country is...
Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 10/05/2008
ASTANA, Kazakhstan (AP) U.S. efforts to build closer ties to this energy-rich former Soviet republic are not meant to undermine Russian influence in Central Asia, Secretary of State Condoleez...
TexasFreds (Free subscription) | 10/05/2008
Rice says US not trying to undermine Russia ASTANA, Kazakhstan (AP) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Sunday rejected any suggestion that U.S. efforts to build closer ties to this former Soviet republic are meant to undermine Russian influence in Central Asia. “This is not a zero-sum game,” she told reporters flying with her to [...]
New York Newsday (Free subscription) | 10/05/2008
ASTANA, Kazakhstan (AP) _ U.S. efforts to build closer ties to this energy-rich former Soviet republic are not meant to undermine Russian influence in Central Asia, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Sunday.
Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 10/05/2008
ASTANA, Kazakhstan - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Sunday rejected any suggestion that U.S. efforts to build closer ties to this former Soviet republic are meant to undermine Russian influenc...
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gumir | 04/09/2008
The Kazakh government is spending 242.5 billion tenge ($2 billion) to prop up the construction industry, which is suffering from a shortage of financing amid the global credit crunch. The credit situation in the country’s two biggest cities, Almaty and Astana, is the “most complicated,” Economy Minister Bakhyt Sultanov said Monday in an e-mailed report on the status of the government’s investment
gumir | 04/04/2008
Imangali Tasmagambetov, who has been Almaty akim untill now, was appointed akim (kazakh mayor) of Astana . Head of the State Nursultan Nazarbayev has made it public today while introducing a new head of the capital, Kazinform correspondent reports. “I would like to announce that in accordance with the decision of the maslikhat I have appointed Imangali Tasmagambetov akim of Astana. He knows the city
