Kazakhstan
The Situation in the West Kazakhstan Is Still Tense
December 19, 2011By Diana Ungureanu/ Chisinau/ Moldova.ORG/ -- The situation in the petroleum region in Western Kazakhstan, where on 16-17 December took place mass revolts, remains tense. The riots that have burned the city Janaozen, on 16 December, passed on ...
December 17, 2011By Diana Ungureanu/ Chisinau / Moldova.ORG/ -- At this time the city Janaozen of Kazakhstan burn in flames, and the estimated victims would be breathable (50 dead and 500 injured, according to data provided by HR and respublika rutube.-kaz.livejournal...
Russia’s Putin Proposes a “Eurasian Union” — But it’s all about Gas
October 07, 2011By Alina Inayeh/ BUCHAREST -- In an article published on Tuesday in the Russian newspaper Izvestia, Russia’s prime minister and presidential hopeful Vladimir Putin announced his major foreign policy goal: the creation of a “Eurasian Union...
70 years ago today: 13-14 June 1941, 300,000 were deported from Bessarabia
June 15, 2011Deportations of people from historic Moldova were first put in practice under czarist rule. Under Soviet rule, several waves of deportations of Moldova's native population were carried out: the first one just months before the outbreak of World War II...
Kazakhstan President Nazarbayev wins re-election
April 04, 2011Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev has won an crushing election victory, saying he now has "carte blanche" to continue national reform. The country's Central Election Commission said he had won 95.5% of votes, based on partial results...
Ukraine to chair the OSCE in 2013
November 24, 2010Ukraine will hold the OSCE Chairmanship in 2013, foreign ministers from the 56 OSCE participating States decided today. The decision was taken by the required consensus in a silence procedure. Kazakhstan chairs the OSCE in 2010, and Lithuania will...
Moscow prepares OSCE “reform” proposals for the summit in Kazakhstan
August 05, 2010By Vladimir Socor Ahead of the OSCE summit under Kazakhstan’s chairmanship, Russian officials are resurrecting the agenda of “OSCE reforms” to reconfigure the organization in line with Russian foreign policy objectives. The reform proposals...
Kazakhstan building a legacy in its chairmanship of the OSCE
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July 30, 2010By Vladimir Socor Kazakhstan’s OSCE chairmanship has passed its mid-point and is working against the clock to prepare the summit in Astana, which will exceptionally be held well before the year’s end. The issue of Kazakhstan’s legacy...
After 35 years Helsinki Final Act has not lost relevance
July 29, 2010The Helsinki Final Act remains as relevant today as it was when it was signed 35 years ago, the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Kazakhstan's Foreign Minister and Secretary of State Kanat Saudabayev, said today ahead of the 1 August anniversary. "For...
Gorbachev warns of explosive problems with Medvedev’s “modernization”
July 27, 2010by Pavel K. Baev Russian President, Dmitry Medvedev, concentrated on the European direction of his modernization-focused foreign policy last week, making working visits to Finland and Italy. Both countries are Russia’s close partners and the trips...