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Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan’s Coronavirus Payments: The Quest for 42,500 Tenge
By Anastassiya Fershtey
The process of receiving financial aid from the Kazakh government turned into a “quest” for Kazakhs.

Technology and Policing a Pandemic in Central Asia
By Catherine Putz
Regional governments are retooling surveillance systems in their “smart” cities to fight the pandemic, heightening existing concerns of rights and privacy.

Kazakhstan Begins Easing Some COVID-19 Restrictions
By Catherine Putz
Kazakhstan isn't quite out of the woods, but the government has ended the state of emergency and outlined plans for a staged re-opening.

Kazakhstan’s Richest Sell Almaty Airport
By Paolo Sorbello
TAV, a Turkish holding, completed the purchase of Almaty International Airport, Kazakhstan's most active airport.

Dariga Nazarbayeva Dismissed From Top Senate Seat
By Catherine Putz
First President Nursultan Nazarbayev’s eldest daughter was just dismissed from her post as chair of the Senate. Is it a sign of a power struggle?

Have Press Freedoms Improved in Central Asia?
By Colleen Wood
What does a new global press freedom index really say about Central Asia?

Kazakhstan Wins One Small Legal Battle in the Long War With Stati
By Paolo Sorbello
A landmark High Court decision in London agreed with Kazakhstan's Central Bank, dealing a blow to a Moldovan investor in a long-lasting legal war.

Human Rights Beyond the Time of Coronavirus
By Catherine Putz
Central Asia has seldom been a haven of respect for human rights and the coronavirus pandemic opens new opportunities for abuse.

Luca Anceschi on Kazakhstan’s ‘Neo-Eurasianism’
By Catherine Putz
Eurasianism, as developed in Kazakhstan, became an official vehicle for the foreign policy vision of Nursultan Nazarbayev.

How Attractive are Markets in Central Asia and the South Caucasus?
By Stanislav Pritchin
Investment attractiveness can be earned. How successful have the former Soviet states been in that regard?

More Arrests Linked to February Ethnic Violence in Kazakhstan
By Catherine Putz
Kazakh authorities say 25 have been arrested in connection to deadly violence targeting the Dungan community in February.

COVID-19 Arrives in Central Asia
By Catherine Putz
It was only a matter of time.