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Kazakhstan corruption
May 30, 2017
Kazakhstan’s Dirty Laundry: Money Laundering and New York Real Estate
By Catherine Putz
Kazakh politics plays out far from the steppe -- in New York lofts and courts.
May 02, 2017
Kazakhstan's Renewable Energy Quest
By Eric Wheeler
Astana will face a number of practical and political issues in promoting renewable energy sources.
April 07, 2017
How Trump Is Connected to a Kazakh Corruption Scandal
By Casey Michel
The city of Almaty says former mayor Viktor Khrapunov stole millions and invested via shell companies in U.S. real estate.
February 27, 2017
Kazakhstan's Anti-Corruption Drive Turns Against Opposition
By Paolo Sorbello
Kazakhstan's renewed efforts against corruption might mask a strategy aimed to silence opposition figures and activists.
January 19, 2017
Engines and Oil: Rolls-Royce Paid Bribes to Bring Its Business to Kazakhstan
By Catherine Putz
This week Rolls-Royce agreed to pay $800 million to settle corruption investigations in the U.S., UK, and Brazil.
January 03, 2017
Football Leaks: The Kazakh Connection
By Paolo Sorbello
A Kazakh family is at the center of a scandal that unveiled murky deals in the global world of football.
November 17, 2016
Bribes, Bad MPs, and Whistleblowers: Analyzing Public Perceptions of Corruption in Eurasia
By Catherine Putz
A new report details public perceptions and experiences with corruption.
October 20, 2016
From Almaty to Soho: Did a Kazakh Oligarch Launder Money Through a Trump Property?
By Catherine Putz
A Financial Times investigation picks through the murky path from the former mayor of Almaty to Trump Soho.
September 14, 2016
Steppe Shuffles: Kazakhstan’s Government Rearranged
By Catherine Putz
Same faces in slightly different places: decoding Astana's new government.
July 14, 2016
Exiled Kazakh Banker Ablyazov Linked to Serbian Investments
By Casey Michel
Ablyazov, claiming political persecution, is fighting extradition from France to Russia.
May 06, 2016
Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, and the ‘Bribe-Factory’
By Casey Michel
The “biggest leak of confidential files in the history of the oil industry" exposed Unaoil's slippery backroom machinations.
February 18, 2016
Can Kazakhstan’s Privatization Plan Succeed?
By Michael Desai and Eric Wheeler
Kazakhstan’s plan to privatize its state industries is ambitious, but it faces some major barriers.