Vlast is now in English too
Vlast provides brave and incisive reporting from the ground, covering major issues in the country, reporting on underexplored topics, and untangling complex matters, now in English too
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The Week in Kazakhstan: Over and Under
2 days ago · Police in Almaty arrested Temirlan Yensebek, the creator of QazNews24, a satirical news site, on the evening of January 17, sparking protests from media and civil society activists. The following day, the court placed Yensebek in pre-trial detention for two months, saying he is under suspicion of “inciting ethnic hatred.” Five activists who separately came out in Yensebek’s support were ...
The Week in Kazakhstan: Spillover - Аналитический интернет …
Jan 17, 2025 · Timur Suleimenov, the Central Bank’s chairman, told the press on January 17 that the regulator plans to sell the proceeds from gold sales in the currency market. Since 2011, the Central Bank has been buying all the gold in the country to replenish Kazakhstan’s gold and foreign exchange reserves. It then sells some of this gold on foreign markets and redirects the US dollars it earns to ...
The Week in Kazakhstan: Two Years
Around three dozen people gathered in Almaty’s Republic Square on January 5 to mourn the victims of Qandy Qantar (Kazakh for ‘Bloody January’, the violent repression of countrywide protests in 2022). At least 238 people were killed in the clashes with the security forces. Their relatives held a banner with the names of the victims and asked for justice.
The Week in Kazakhstan: Worst of the Worst
After a long-standing rejection for the accreditation of 36 of its journalists, Radio Azattyk, the local branch of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty filed a lawsuit against the ministry of foreign affairs (MFA) on January 30. As a foreign media organization, Azattyk’s work in Kazakhstan is dependent on an invitation from the MFA. Senate speaker Maulen Ashimbayev said on …
The Week in Kazakhstan: Threats, Lies, and Data Leaks
A joint investigation by OCCRP, Buro Media, and Verstka found that sanctioned high-tech goods from Europe have continued to reach Russia, despite sanctions, via companies registered in Kazakhstan, using storage facilities in Belarus. The investigation, in which Vlast also participated, was published on February 21. It highlighted that lax …
The Week in Kazakhstan: On the Lookout
Dozens of people gathered in Almaty on January 5 to commemorate the third anniversary of Qandy Qantar (Kazakh for ‘Bloody January’). In January 2022, protests over increased fuel prices in the west of the country spread out to major cities as people lamented their socio-economic conditions. The protests were violently quashed, resulting in at least 238 killed.
The Week in Kazakhstan: Next in Line
On November 23, at a Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) meeting of heads of state in Minsk, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said the military alliance should focus on the fight against terrorism and extremism. From January 1, Kazakhstan will take over the rotating chairmanship of the CSTO for one year. Armenia, a CSTO member, did …
The Week in Kazakhstan: Plus Seven
Nov 17, 2023 · Kazakhstan’s population reached a total of 20 million people on November 14, according to official sources. Below, we collected some of the other key events of the last few weeks in the country. In a round of local elections on November 5, three small cities, Kurchatov, Priozersk, and Rudnyi ...