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Officials say they want to help worthy charities, but often they just get in the way.

The region is newly strategic as Russia’s war shifts attention to the so-called Middle Corridor.

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The head of the licensee blames customs troubles for their inability to get supplies.

Putin's spokesman has denied the proposal is being used to advance political objectives.

Casting himself as a whistleblower, the businessman, who died in October, never comes clean about whether his hands ever got dirty.

Astana accepts that it cannot force China to use less water upstream. But the BRI may help it reduce its own water waste, a new paper argues.

A joint venture with China has edged Kazatomprom, the world’s largest producer of uranium, into the nuclear fuel production cycle.

The Middle Corridor – an alternative route from China to Europe that skirts Russia – has seen a massive increase in freight this year.

Subsidized loans are helping some families become homeowners, while driving property prices out of reach for others.

Authorities have been pushed into action by growing public criticism over the accident.

Critics will argue that Baitak is just an exercise in political astroturfing.

President Tokayev had ordered exports be slashed to meet domestic demand.

The accident in Ekibastuz came as temperatures plunged to -30 Celsius.

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A peaceful protest degenerated into violence as a result of what the authorities claim was a plot directed from outside the country.

Despite freedom of information laws, Kazakh officials often refuse to discuss what Chinese investors are doing. That breeds suspicion.

It is not the energy sector that employs most foreign specialists but construction.

There is a gaping inconsistency between the president’s promises and how police treat activists.

The factory is said to be controlled by the sons of a politician close to the former president.

The PM says implementation of a railway expansion project will generate $9 billion in revenues over 20 years.

Early results show the incumbent getting 81.3 percent of the vote against a field of no-name rivals.

Moscow’s mobilization order exposed the absence of safety nets for students and other renters in Central Asia.

The EU’s foreign policy chief is the latest high-level Western official to visit Central Asia.

The steel giant is on the hook for a multi-million dollar fine as officials ramp up grumbling about the company.