Archive for July 6th, 2009
Financial regulator orders dismissal of Eurasian Bank CEO
(SRI) - Kazakhstan’s Financial Supervision Agency (FSA) ordered the dismissal of Eurasian Bank’s chief executive Zhomart Yertayev and deputy chief executive Alexey Ageyev in connection with their activities as former top managers of Alliance Bank.
Kazakhstan Daily News Roundup - July 6, 2009
HEADLINES:
Financial regulator orders dismissal of Eurasian Bank CEO
(SRI) - Kazakhstan’s Financial Supervision Agency (FSA) ordered the dismissal of Eurasian Bank’s chief executive Zhomart Yertayev and deputy chief executive Alexey Ageyev in connection with their activities as former top managers of Alliance Bank.
Key Nabucco gas pipeline deal to be signed July 13
(AFP) - EU nations and Turkey said Friday they will sign a key intergovernmental agreement in Ankara on July 13 on Europe’s flagship Nabucco gas pipeline project, but key issues still need to be resolved.
Consortium to cut Kashagan initial phase budget by $1 billion
(SRI) - The consortium of oil companies developing the Kashagan oil field will lower the budget for the development of the project by at least $1 billion as global economic downturn drives down prices for equipment and material.
ENERGY:
KMG stake in Caspian Transportation System 50 percent - Idenov
(SRI) - KazMunaiGas has a 50-percent stake in the planned Kazakhstan Caspian Transportation System (KCTS) with Azerbaijani SOCAR holding the other half, Maksat Idenov, the first vice president of the Kazakh national oil company said.
Kazakhstan projected to produce 1.49 million bpd in 2009 - OPEC
(SRI) - Kazakhstan’s crude oil production is projected to increase by 80,000 barrels per day compared to the previous year to average 1.49 million (bpd) in 2009, the OPEC said in its Monthly Oil Market Report.
Roxi director sells 36 million warrants to Arawak (SRI)
Kazakhstan resolves issues with ONGC Videsh (Economic Times)
MINERAL RESOURCES:
ENRC launches $110-million chrome ore pelletizer
(SRI) - Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC) has completed the construction of a second chrome ore pelletizer at its Donskoy GOK chrome ore mine complex, the mining group said in a statement.
BUSINESS AND ECONOMY:
Producer Price Index up 9.2 percent in June (SRI)
Turkish company completes construction of Kazakh stadium (Turkish Weekly)
Nazarbayev opens GE locomotive assembly factory in Astana (Kazakhstan Today)
National Bank of Kazakhstan: Exchange rates July 4-7, 2009 (Kazinform)
POLITICS:
New Kazakh Ambassador to France appointed (Kazakhstan Today)
SOCIETY:
New law to restrict online expression as Kazakhstan prepares for OSCE presidency
(bne) - Kazakhstan’s online community and human rights organisations are appealing to members of the country’s upper house of parliament to reject a controversial new law on internet use. Opponents of the law say it will tighten state control of online media and restrict freedom of expression.
Confronting classroom violence in Kazakhstan (IWPR)
REGIONAL:
Nabucco not at risk from Russia-Azerbaijan gas deal - Turkey (AFP)
Turkmen ‘Eiffel Tower’ planned: official (AFP)
Analysis: Russia plays checkbook diplomacy (AP)
Russia to allow US arms shipments to Afghanistan (AP)
How much did Russia know about Manas negotiations? (Global Post)
Germany’s gas war? Nabucco vs. South Stream — and Schroeder vs. Fischer (RFE/RL)
Kazakhstan Society Roundup - July 6, 2009
New law to restrict online expression as Kazakhstan prepares for OSCE presidency (bne)
Kazakhstan Politics Roundup - July 6, 2009
New Kazakh Ambassador to France appointed (Kazakhstan Today)
Kazakhstan Regional News Roundup - June 6, 2009
Nabucco not at risk from Russia-Azerbaijan gas deal - Turkey (AFP)
Turkmen ‘Eiffel Tower’ planned: official (AFP)
Analysis: Russia plays checkbook diplomacy (AP)
Russia to allow US arms shipments to Afghanistan (AP)
How much did Russia know about Manas negotiations? (Global Post)
Germany’s gas war? Nabucco vs. South Stream — and Schroeder vs. Fischer (RFE/RL)
Turkmen ‘Eiffel Tower’ planned: official
(AFP) - Turkmenistan is planning to build the reclusive gas-rich state’s answer to the Eiffel Tower or the Statue of Liberty, the chief architect of the capital Ashgabat said on Saturday.
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Analysis: Russia plays checkbook diplomacy
(AP) - Russia is using its energy wealth to shore up influence abroad, pouring billions of dollars in loans and grants into former Soviet states and long-standing allies — even as it faces its own severe economic downturn.
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Russia to allow US arms shipments to Afghanistan
(AP) - Russia said Friday it will allow the United States to ship weapons across its territory to Afghanistan, a long-sought move that bolsters U.S. military operations but potentially gives the Kremlin leverage over critical American supplies.
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Nabucco not at risk from Russia-Azerbaijan gas deal - Turkey
(AFP) - Russian Gazprom’s recent deal to buy natural gas from Azerbaijan will not endanger Europe’s flagship pipeline project Nabucco, Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said here Friday.
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