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The government has ordered the fiscal inspection service to withdraw letters accusing businesses of evading taxes.

Kazakhstan is moving through the production cycle, powered by Chinese demand.

Kazakh exporters say China is pushing them aside, interested in a transit corridor but not a supplier.

City governments have money to burn and little accountability.

Government agencies and Kazakh-Chinese companies are using the pandemic to shield themselves from scrutiny.

Iran and Georgia considered as alternatives.

The measure may help herders suffering a massive die-off, but will disrupt supply chains that local farmers have been building for years.

Kazakhs unable to travel abroad are discovering their country is full of nice places to vacation. But what’s good for the local economy is not always good for nature.

The documents focuses on viruses, droughts, water shortages and food deficits as potential crisis flashpoints.

Laborers in the extractive industries are proving more adept at fighting their corner.

Delinquent debtors are being offered a way off bad credit blacklists.

Kazakh officials say the Chinese are breaking their legal commitments.

Despite the COVID crunch, Uzbekistan’s borrowing has blossomed. Tajikistan appears headed for trouble.

Gambling addiction has been a problem for many years in Kazakhstan, but authorities have been largely deaf to the laments of suffering relatives, until recently.