Elections for Kazakhstan’s lower house of parliament will be held on January 10, the same day Kyrgyzstan will have a presidential election and a referendum to decide on a presidential or parliamentary …
Less Jet Lag, Less Vodka: How Curtis Won a $1.9 Billion Oil Settlement for Kazakhstan
(l-r) Eric Gilioli, Geoffroy Lyonnet, and Peter Wolrich, partners at Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle / Courtesy photos Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle has won a $1.9 billion settlement for …
Kazakhstan Starts Production of Russian Sputnik V Vaccine
NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan began production on Monday of the Russian COVID-19 vaccine, Sputnik V, with which it plans to begin a national vaccination campaign in February, the Kazakh government has …
Kazakhstan: The Biggest Surprise In 2020 Frontier Financial Markets
From bonds that yield half a percent due to outrageous demand, to new stock listings at Astana International Financial Center, Kazakhstan ends 2020 on a high note despite pandemic.
Payday Problems: Village Teachers In Kazakhstan Struggle With Late, Unpaid Wages
Tazhbekeeva, a native of southern Kazakhstan, relocated to Bulaqsai in Aqmola Province in 2012 to receive financial incentives from the government that encourage young university graduates to move to …
Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Mozilla unite to ban Kazakhstan’s citizen-tracking certificate
The certificate targeted citizens living in Kazakhstan’s capital city of Nur-Sultan, who were unable to access foreign websites like Google, Twitter, Instagram, and Netflix, unless they had the …
Apple and Other Browser Makers Ban Kazakhstan HTTPS Certificate Used to Surveil Citizens
Apple has teamed up with Google, Microsoft, and Mozilla to block a web browser root certificate that was being used by the Kazakhstan government …
Apple, other browser makers block certificate used for surveillance in Kazakhstan
A number of browser makers, including Apple, have banned a root certificate that was being used by the Kazakhstan government to spy on its citizens.
Tech giants will block Kazakhstan’s web surveillance efforts again
Kazakhstan is trying yet again to force its citizens to install a “national security certificate” on every internet-capable device in the country. As a response to the country’s latest attempt to spy …
Kazakhstan adds 690 COVID-19 cases
(Xinhua) — Kazakhstan reported 690 new COVID-19 cases over the past day, taking its total caseload to 145,213, the country’s health ministry said Friday. So far, the country’s total death toll has …