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Atop the Naryn Sand Wave

Atop the Naryn Sand Wave

Saturday morning, right on cue, was sunny, warm and windless. Inspired by the spirit of adventures I was up in arms, when I arrived to “KvadroDrive – Atyrau” base, the company which organizes regional tours on ATVs for those who want to travel to the reaches of the native soil. Together with the group of tourists who are anxious to experience the feeling of drive, I started to get prepared for a trip to Naryn sand dunes. November 8 2012, 16:40 4 159 просмотрs

Iraq official: Exxon Mobil wants out of big field

Iraq official: Exxon Mobil wants out of big field

U.S. oil giant Exxon Mobil Corp. has expressed an interest in pulling out of a major oil field development project in the country's south, a senior Iraqi oil ministry official said Wednesday. November 8 2012, 15:27 1 790 просмотрs

Argentina 'freezes Chevron assets' over Ecuador damage

Argentina 'freezes Chevron assets' over Ecuador damage

A judge has ordered $19bn (£11.9bn) of assets held by oil company Chevron to be frozen in Argentina over an environmental damages claim in Ecuador, lawyers in the case say. November 8 2012, 15:20 1 846 просмотрs

From Hu to Xi: How China elects its new leader

From Hu to Xi: How China elects its new leader

Chinese leadership is meeting in Beijing to install fifth generation of Leadership. More than 2,000 delegates are expected to meet for the Congress over a period of two weeks (8 November-14 November) to bring about once-in-a-decade leadership change. November 8 2012, 14:58 2 015 просмотрs

Kenneth Fairfax, US Ambassador: I don’t know how many of us are here in Kazakhstan

Kenneth Fairfax, US Ambassador: I don’t know how many of us are here in Kazakhstan

The Ambassador of the United States of America to Kazakhstan Kenneth FAIRFAX spent a few days in Atyrau. We happily responded to the proposal of the US Embassy to meet him for an interview. November 8 2012, 14:43 2 773 просмотрs

KZT 17mln worth IPO sold out in Atyrau in a day

KZT 17mln worth IPO sold out in Atyrau in a day

Total cost of the applications to buy shares within the People’s IPO made 17mln tenge on the first day (November 6), according to Altynai SAMIYEVA, the head of financial services of Atyrau oblast branch of KazPost JSC. November 7 2012, 17:40 2 380 просмотрs

Obama wins election

Obama wins election

A sharply divided America worried about the nation’s economy gave President Barack Obama a second term Tuesday, choosing him over Republican Mitt Romney. November 7 2012, 10:09 1 805 просмотрs

Kazakhstan population nears 17mln

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Kazakhstan population nears 17mln

As of October 1, 2012, population of Kazakhstan counts 16,865,600 -- the country has seen a growth of 1.1% year to date, reports the RoK Statistics Agency. November 7 2012, 09:47 2 459 просмотрs

English Court of Appeal upholds judgment sentencing Ablyazov to prison

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English Court of Appeal upholds judgment sentencing Ablyazov to prison

Former BTA Bank Chairman Mukhtar Ablyazov lost his appeal against two major High Court decisions. One sentenced him to 22 month of imprisonment terms for contempt of court. The other required him to turn himself in to the relevant authorities and make proper disclosure of his assets or forfeit the right to defend eight of the claims against him brought by BTA Bank, with a combined value of over $6 billion. This victory will help expedite the recovery of assets misappropriated from the Bank by Ablyazov. November 7 2012, 09:52 1 684 просмотрs

Migration Police Officer arrested

Migration Police Officer arrested

Atyrau city court # 2 sanctioned the arrest of the Head of Division over Migration Control of Migration Police Department - a certain Mr. I. He is suspected of committing a crime , the provided by the Article 311, part 2 of RoK Criminal Code(“Receiving Bribes”). November 6 2012, 17:58 3 040 просмотрs

Version: Arkankergen faced assault, five detained

Kazakhstan News

Version: Arkankergen faced assault, five detained

"Mayday.. mayday. Arkan on the line... Taking fire! Need assistance!" shouted one of the frontier guards over the radio warning the others of an assault by unknown forces. Kazakh police tapped the message. The neighbors in China learnt of the attack on Kazakh frontier post as well. Operational group rushed to there and captured five of the attackers only to soon release them after unexpected interference of side forces. November 6 2012, 17:41 2 495 просмотрs

Baby Bringing Stork is All Sick

Baby Bringing Stork is All Sick

At the beginning of the year Atyrau was in the center of the scandal – public prosecutor's audit revealed high mortality rate among babies in maternity hospitals (see AkZhaik # 8 dd. 23.02.2012, “Mortality Increased Together with Standards”). Prosecutors promised then to identify the reasons. But after a while this story was all forgotten. November 6 2012, 12:02 1 982 просмотрs

In Uralsk more than 30 students poisoned with unknown gas

In Uralsk more than 30 students poisoned with unknown gas

More than 30 students sought medical help on Tuesday night after poisoning with unknown gas in a hostel in the West Kazakhstan Humanitarina University named after Makhambet Otemis. Ten students were hospitalized, the press service of the RoK Ministry Of Emergency Situations (MES) reported on Tuesday. November 6 2012, 10:14 2 316 просмотрs

Russia, Arabs agree on need to move forward on Syria

Russia, Arabs agree on need to move forward on Syria

CAIRO: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met in Cairo on Sunday with Arab League chief Nabil al-Arabi for talks about the Syrian conflict, agreeing on the need to move forward but finding little common ground. November 6 2012, 09:57 1 671 просмотрs

People's IPO kicks off tomorrow

People's IPO kicks off tomorrow

Kazakhstan residents will be able to submit the applications for participation in the People’s IPO starting from November 6, chairman of Samruk-Kazyna National Welfare Fund Umirzak Shukeyev said at a recent meeting of Kazakhstan Government. November 6 2012, 09:56 3 017 просмотрs

Ecologists check Atyrau Refinery

Ecologists check Atyrau Refinery

Atyrau Refinery is facing a complex environmental audit, as reported by Yerbol Kuanov, the head of Atyrau Environment Department. In an interview to Ak Zhaik reporter Mr Kuanov said environmental audit of the refinery has started a week before the sinister night of October 31, when Atyrau got fully caught in a cloud of intolerable smell of oil products. November 5 2012, 14:57 3 720 просмотрs

Kazakhstan to agree with Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan over disputed lands

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan to agree with Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan over disputed lands

Kazakhstan will resolve the issue of disputed territory with Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, reports a tengrinews.kz reporter citing Kadirkhan Otarov, chairman of Kazakhstan agency for land resources management. November 5 2012, 14:30 5 174 просмотрs

US election: Obama and Romney deadlocked for final push

US election: Obama and Romney deadlocked for final push

The US presidential candidates are in the thick of the final two days of campaigning, with the outcome still too close to call. November 5 2012, 11:13 2 033 просмотрs

Syrian rebels capture oil field

Syrian rebels capture oil field

Syrian rebels firing mortars and rocket-propelled grenades captured an oilfield in the country's east on Sunday after three days of fierce fighting with government troops protecting the facility, activists said. November 5 2012, 10:59 1 866 просмотрs

Billionairess Goga Ashkenazi has fallen into the 'Lapo of Luxury' finding love with Fiat heir

Billionairess Goga Ashkenazi has fallen into the 'Lapo of Luxury' finding love with Fiat heir

Billionairess Goga Ashkenazi has found love again with Fiat heir Lapo Elkann. Kazakh-born Goga, left, who is a close friend of Prince Andrew, had been in a five-year on-off relationship with oil tycoon Timur Kulibayev, the son-in-law of the president of Kazakhstan. November 5 2012, 10:33 9 290 просмотрs

Kazakhstan’s Vinokurov accused of bribing the 2010 cycle race

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Kazakhstan’s Vinokurov accused of bribing the 2010 cycle race

Alexander Vinokurov is accused of paying for the victory in 2010 Liège-Bastogne-Liège race, Sovetskii sport Newspaper reports. November 5 2012, 09:31 1 643 просмотрs

Russian Nationalists March in Moscow

Russian Nationalists March in Moscow

MOSCOW, November 4, RIA Novosti - Thousands of Russian nationalists and ultra-conservative Orthodox activists marched along a central Moscow embankment on Sunday to protest mass immigration and demand tougher internal travel restrictions on people from the country’s mainly Muslim North Caucasus. November 4 2012, 23:31 4 163 просмотрs

What has Mussin agreed with Akorda?

Kazakhstan News

What has Mussin agreed with Akorda?

We, the public of Atyrau, well know that Mussin never believed that Kazakh press or public opinion, in general, was worth taking seriously. Mussin’s non-publicity is more than just a chosen tactics of behavior, but a feature of his personality, that fully matches the feature of the closed political system in the country... November 4 2012, 13:11 2 132 просмотрs

Aslan Mussin: “I was and will I remain a loyal ally of the Great Man”

Kazakhstan News

Aslan Mussin: “I was and will I remain a loyal ally of the Great Man”

The website www.guljan.org published the interview with the former Head of the Presidential Administration of the Republic of Kazakhstan, currently the Chair of the Audit Committee for the Republic’s Budget - Aslan MUSSIN: November 4 2012, 01:13 3 552 просмотрs

Imangali Tasmagambetov met Albert II, Prince of Monaco

Kazakhstan News

Imangali Tasmagambetov met Albert II, Prince of Monaco

Mayor of Astana, Imangali Tasmagambetov met the Prince of Monaco, Albert the 2nd, today in Astana, reports the official website of astana.kz. November 3 2012, 21:36 2 180 просмотрs