As firms flee Russia for Kazakhstan and Middle Corridor trade increases, the country’s strategic location and commitment to global engagement will soon be highlighted at...
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Emerging Europe’s Andrew Wrobel visits Kazakhstan on presidential election day and discovers a country that continues to value stability over competition. Sunday...
You can read all of our coverage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, including explainers and articles offering context and background information here...
Kazakhstan holds a presidential election on November 20, the most diverse in its history, writes the country’s ambassador to the UK, Magzhan Ilyassov. Kazakhstan...
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan have all maintained close political and economic ties to Russia since their independence from the Soviet...
New legal analysis reveals several serious breaches of the constitution of Kazakhstan by the authorities during the tragic events of January 2022. Article 34.1 of the...
Central Europe Poland’s finance minister Tadeusz Kościński has resigned following a backlash over how the government has implemented a flagship package of tax reforms...
Central Europe State-owned PKN Orlen, Poland’s largest oil refiner and petrol retailer, this week agreed to sell a number of assets belonging to fellow Polish refiner...
The Moscow-led Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) has been given a boost by its role in putting down protests in Kazakhstan. A state of emergency and curfew...
When a plane carrying CSTO forces arrived in Kazakhstan late on January 5, it was the first time that the alliance had deployed forces to intervene in a conflict in a...
Protests against high LPG prices throughout Kazakhstan have become increasingly political, prompting a violent government crackdown. Russian forces – under the...
Once sold as a way to promote economic growth and reverse social inequalities, microcredit in Central Asia increasingly looks more like a way to rebrand marginalised...