20.08.2010
The Customs Union between Kazakhstan, Russia and Belarus formally came into force on July 1. However, the occasion produced no cause for celebration among the union's members. 2087
Kazakhstan has agreed to take over Russian wheat exports to AzerbaijanWASHINGTON, DC - Wednesday, August 18, 2010 - The great Eurasian drought and crops shortfall of 2010 took a dramatic twist this week with reports that Kazakhstan would replace Russia as the main supplier of wheat to Azerbaijan. 2898
Eighty-nine percent of Kazakhs approve of the way President Nursultan Nazarbayev is leading the country, according to a new poll. That’s up from 85 percent in February, when Kazakhstan’s economy was just beginning to bounce back from a two-year downturn that led to meager 1.4 percent growth in 2009. 2592
A standoff is developing in Osh, the scene of ethnic violence in June. The mayor, Melisbek Myrzakmatov, is said to be putting up spirited opposition to provisional President Roza Otunbayeva’s efforts to remove him from office. On August 19, Myrzakmatov was reportedly in Bishkek holding talks with provisional leaders about his fate, while back in Osh hundreds of his supporters rallied at City Hall. 2576
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