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The knock on the door. First they came for the bankers.

Nazarbayev's consultant was also briefing US intelligence agencies. But Giffen cannot examine CIA documents.

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	IS RUSSIA STIRRING UNREST IN CENTRAL ASIA? Over the past few months, the Russian FSB and other state organs have been pouring out warnings on the imminence of a military conflict and insurgency in Central Asia. 03 Jul 2009
	Arrested Kazakh Executives Shown In 'Secret' KNB Flats A program on Kazakhstan's state television channel Khabar showed four arrested Kazatomprom executives living in comfortable conditions at secret Kazakh security service (KNB) apartments, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reports. 03 Jul 2009
	CENTRAL ASIA AND CAUCASUS: DARK DAYS FOR DEMOCRATIZATION - REPORT The countries of the Caucasus and Central Asia experienced a decline in their democratic development in 2008, according to a report issued June 30 by the American watchdog group Freedom House. 03 Jul 2009
	Goldman Sachs quits as advisor to BTA Bank Goldman Sachs resigned as a restructuring advisor to BTA Bank, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday. This will likely lead to further slowdown of the restructuring of the bank’s $15 billion of debt on which it defaulted in April. 01 Jul 2009
	The Kazakhstan Oil Rush Last week in Astana the members of the Kazakhstan parliament once again expressed their disappointment with foreign investors, preferring to bring in the republic shirts and aluminium trays with a price tag of several thousand dollars. 30 Jun 2009
	OSCE media freedom representative urges Kazakh Prsident to veto new Internet law The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, criticised as restrictive today amendments to the country's communication law, adopted on 24 June by the Kazakh Parliament, and called on President Nursultan Nazarbayev not to promulgate them. 29 Jun 2009
	US chooses expediency over rights in Central Asia The United States has put stabilizing Afghanistan before human rights in Central Asia by forging transit deals with authoritarian regimes accused of rights abuses, analysts said Wednesday. 26 Jun 2009
	Kazatomprom arrests affecting business climate in Kazakhstan - Cameco boss Kazakhstan’s handling of last month’s dismissal and arrest of the head of the state uranium company Kazatomprom has hurt the country’s business climate, the CEO of Canadian miner Cameco said on Wednesday at a mining conference in Almaty. 25 Jun 2009
	The English debut of Mukhtar Ablyazov This week two events happened, and they seem to be totally unrelated, however, there is a quite natural connection between them. 24 Jun 2009
	The knock on the door First they came for the bankers 19 Jun 2009
	Nazarbayev's consultant was also briefing US intelligence agencies But Giffen cannot examine CIA documents 19 Jun 2009
	Kazakhstan Temir Zholy, Kaztemirtans, KEGOC on CreditWatch with negative outlook Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said it has placed on CreditWatch with negative implications Kazakhstan Temir Zholy, Kaztemirtrans, KEGOC on state support concerns. 18 Jun 2009
	Kazakh oil group seeks acquisitions KazMunaigas Exploration and Production, the listed arm of Kazakhstan’s national oil company, has $4bn of cash available for acquisitions and hopes to agree deals before the end of the year, its new chief executive has told the Financial Times. 18 Jun 2009
	“There is no respect for property rights and legal due process in the country” Former BTA boss warns of Kazakhstan investor risks 15 Jun 2009
	Azergate: All Presidents do it! Aliyev Bribery Scheme Hatched in Deputy’s Office, Witness Says 14 Jun 2009
	KAZAKHSTAN: BUSINESS CLIMATE GROWS GLOOMY AMID ARBITRARY ARREST CONTROVERSY Foreign investors and Kazakhstan’s business elite have been shaken by the arrest of one of the country’s most respected and successful entrepreneurs. As investors look on nervously and some of the country’s top executives protest openly, a probe of all state companies has been ordered. So great has been the controversy stirred by the arrest of Mukhtar Dzhakishev, former head of the state nuclear agency, that President Nursultan Nazarbayev felt compelled to intervene. 12 Jun 2009

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