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Die Hard Soldier    Society

Die Hard Soldier

It wasn’t easy for me to get hold of the Grandad for taking an interview. He was “hardly accessible”. His schedule was very tight: 90-year old veteran of war and oil industry and, since recently, newlywed Kourmanbai Dosymbetuly (or Kurmanbai-ata) is either staying out or, on the contrary, giving party in his house. I arrived to Akzhar village on Friday afternoon. I opened the door of the small tidy house and was immediately enveiled with clouds of “beshbarmak” - meat a la Kazakh. Just as I thought, Grandad again was entertaining guests in his house!   May 9 2013, 06:18 3 283 views
Annual state budget stolen in Atyrau Oblast. What was financial police doing then? Crime

Annual state budget stolen in Atyrau Oblast. What was financial police doing then?

The financial police finished investigation into the most high-profile criminal case of recent years – the corruption case in Atyrau. Seems like affairs in the oil rich region were put on a continuous line. Among the accused were almost the whole top of local power and business elite, headed by the former governor Bergei Ryskaliyev, now called the criminal elite. Vmeste.com.kz shares its point of view on this scandalous case. April 26 2013, 18:31 3 468 views
Babies of  Big Beluga Ecology

Babies of Big Beluga

Last Sunday the big beluga fish caught at the beginning of this month by fishermen of Amangeldy fishing cooperative began having labour contractions (see “The Day of Big Beluga Fish”. WKT #15, 11. 04. 2013). Unfortunately, the personnel of the Kourilkin sturgeon-breeding plant from the very beginning forecasted that the labour for 300 kg weighing beluga would be unpromising. In addition, the fish received several traumas during transportation and they couldn’t save its life.  April 25 2013, 18:02 10 298 views
Ecology agencies see subsoil users as money bags - Chevron adviser Society

Ecology agencies see subsoil users as money bags - Chevron adviser

The annual 11th International Atyrau Legal Conference (KPLA) was held on April 19 in Atyrau in TCO office building. It was titled “Topical issues and analysis of practice of application of the legislation in oil and gas industry in Kazakhstan”. The lawyers representing the interests of different oil companies are, most of all, concerned by imperfection of Kazakhstan legislative and even political systems allowing, in their opinion, to violate the rights of subsoil users. April 23 2013, 16:55 3 293 views