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Main

2025.07.15

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Psychic services a booming business in Kazakhstan — corporations among top clients

Svyatoslav Antonov

Yerlan Iskakov

July 14, 2025

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Kazakhstan’s gold reserves still have years to run

Nikolai Marchenko

Zhanbolat Mamyshev

July 14, 2025

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AIFC, the holy grail of Kazakhstan’s stock market, awaits reform

Zhanel Zhazetova

July 14, 2025

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Kazakhstan eases language test requirements for citizenship

Yerlan Iskakov

Zhuman Kiikov

July 14, 2025

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Kazakhstan is set to lift export duty for gallium amid ERG’s ambitions

Zhanbolat Mamyshev

July 14, 2025

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Want to customize your car’s exterior? Tashkent-based detailer shows what not to do

Camilla Aznabakiyeva

July 14, 2025

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Kazakhstan considers investing part of national reserves in crypto

Zhanel Zhazetova

July 14, 2025

News

2025.07.15

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Defeated but unbroken: Kazakhstan falls to Philippines but secures semifinal spot

Nikolai Marchenko

Vladimir Maltsev

June 12, 2025

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AI reimagines Harry Potter characters with Asian cast

Renata Gimatdinova

Yerlan Iskakov

June 12, 2025

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Some Kazakhstanis feel excited about Trump — here’s why, expert says

Kirill Zhdanov

June 12, 2025

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Robbie Williams wants to try fermented mare milk in Kazakhstan

Elina Greenstein

June 12, 2025

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US-China trade talks spotlight Kazakhstan & Ukraine as new rare earth frontiers

Yerlan Iskakov

June 11, 2025

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WB lowers forecast for Kazakhstan, leaves it intact for other Central Asian countries

Farid Veliyev

June 11, 2025

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Kazakh startup teams with Japan’s infrastructure giant for Almaty seismic study

Nikolai Marchenko

June 11, 2025

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Uzbekistan gifts cars to national team members for securing World Cup spot

Vladimir Maltsev

June 11, 2025

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Beyond Belt and Road: Xi Jinping’s Kazakhstan visit reveals growing security agenda

Yerlan Iskakov

June 11, 2025

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Without fear and under reproach: How health workers became predators

Aisha Kutubayeva

Tanat Kozhmanov

June 11, 2025

Cars

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Want to customize your car’s exterior? Tashkent-based detailer shows what not to do

Camilla Aznabakiyeva

July 14, 2025

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Astana Motors plans to produce BYD electric buses in Almaty

Camilla Aznabakiyeva

July 5, 2025

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Kia plans comeback to Russia, reports indicate

Denis Yagovkin

June 27, 2025

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Gray export from Kazakhstan: Russia reports decline in car deliveries

Camilla Aznabakiyeva

June 25, 2025

Investments

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Grand Mobile: RP Life Simulator raises $750,000 in investment

Zhanel Zhazetova

July 3, 2025

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Pros and cons: Differing views emerge on the AIFC’s future in Kazakhstan

Zhanel Zhazetova

June 23, 2025

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Turkish plastics giant Köksan invests $84 million in new Almaty plant

Aqsaule Abitai

June 23, 2025

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KazMunayGas emerges as Kazakhstan’s most valuable company

Farid Veliyev

June 20, 2025

Banks & Finance

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AIFC, the holy grail of Kazakhstan’s stock market, awaits reform

Zhanel Zhazetova

July 14, 2025

Reading time: ~3 min.

Kazakhstan considers investing part of national reserves in crypto

Zhanel Zhazetova

July 14, 2025

Reading time: ~3 min.

Vyacheslav Kim finalizes acquisition of former Jusan Bank

Svyatoslav Antonov

July 11, 2025

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Kazakh president takes personal control of nation’s $60 billion oil fund

Yerlan Iskakov

Zhanel Zhazetova

July 11, 2025

Opinions

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Samruk-Kazyna reports a 7.5% share in the national GDP

Saltanat Satzhan

Managing director for development and privatization at Samruk-Kazyna

June 26, 2025

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Don Quixotes of Kazakh cinema

Karim Kadyrbaev

Film critic

June 26, 2025

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Production technologies create jobs, not eliminate them

Nozimjon Gaybulloev

Entrepreneur, expert in industrial automation

May 21, 2025

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Kazakhstani business digital maturity: Where we stand and what’s next?

Aleksei Belimov

CEO at IT Support Group

May 6, 2025

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Kazakhstanis are desperate looking for employment, reporting high job competition

Saltanat Nam

Director of marketing and PR in Headhunter Kazakhstan

April 24, 2025

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Trump’s Ukraine strategy: More pressure on Kazakhstan if Russia rejects peace deal

Dossym Satpayev

Political Scientist

April 7, 2025