Archive for August 3rd, 2009
Kazakhstan Daily News Roundup - August 3, 2009
HEADLINES:
Kazakhstan considering merging functions of central bank and financial regulator
(SRI) - Kazakhstan could combine the National Bank of Kazakhstan and the Financial Supervision Agency (FSA) into one ueber-regulator as part of planned post-crisis reforms.
Kazakhstan’s uranium boss ill in detention - wife
(Reuters) - Kazakhstan’s most prominent uranium industry figure, whose arrest has alarmed foreign investors in Central Asia’s biggest economy, is in poor health and requires urgent medical attention, his wife said.
ENERGY:
ONGC gets nod to partner L.N. Mittal for Satpayev stake buy
(Economic Times) - The government has given a green signal to ONGC’s foreign arm, ONGC Videsh Ltd to pick up 25% stake in highly prospective Satpayev Block in Kazakhstan through ONGC-Mittal Energy Ltd.
Obama administration adding oil (and Caspian) balance to energy team (The Oil and the Glory)
Nabucco and Trans-Caspian: Times change, pipeline politics goes on (The Oil and the Glory)
MINERAL RESOURCES:
ENRC withdraws from $910-million china rail project (Bloomberg)
BUSINESS AND ECONOMY:
Kazakhstan considering merging functions of central bank and financial regulator (SRI)
Development Bank of Kazakhstan secures a $5-billion loan facility from Export-Import Bank of China (Interfax)
Foreign currency exchange rates by National Bank - August 1 - 3, 2009 (Kazakhstan Today)
Indicators - July 31, 2009 (Reuters)
SOCIETY:
Kazakhstan’s uranium boss ill in detention - wife (Reuters)
Kazakh activists call for investigation of suspicious car accident (RFE/RL)
Kazakh rights activist jailed again (RFE/RL)
REGIONAL:
Medvedev in Central Asia to bolster Russian clout (AFP)
Ex-Soviet states meet for ‘Russian NATO’ summit (AFP)
Kazakhstan Mineral Resources Roundup - August 3, 2009
ENRC withdraws from $910-million china rail project (Bloomberg)
Kazakhstan Energy Roundup - August 3, 2009
ONGC gets nod to partner L.N. Mittal for Satpayev stake buy (Economic Times)
Obama administration adding oil (and Caspian) balance to energy team (The Oil and the Glory)
Nabucco and Trans-Caspian: Times change, pipeline politics goes on (The Oil and the Glory)
Kazakhstan Business and Economy Roundup - August 3, 2009
Kazakhstan considering merging functions of central bank and financial regulator (SRI)
Development Bank of Kazakhstan secures a $5-billion loan facility from Export-Import Bank of China (Interfax)
Foreign currency exchange rates by National Bank - August 1 - 3, 2009 (Kazakhstan Today)
Indicators - July 31, 2009 (Reuters)
Kazakhstan Society Roundup - August 3, 2009
Kazakhstan’s uranium boss ill in detention - wife (Reuters)
Kazakh activists call for investigation of suspicious car accident (RFE/RL)
Kazakh rights activist jailed again (RFE/RL)
Kazakhstan Regional News Roundup - August 3, 2009
Medvedev in Central Asia to bolster Russian clout (AFP)
Ex-Soviet states meet for ‘Russian NATO’ summit (AFP)
Medvedev in Central Asia to bolster Russian clout
(AFP) - President Dmitry Medvedev Friday opened a major Russian-owned hydroelectric plant in Tajikistan and headed to a regional summit as Moscow seeks to firm its influence in the region.
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Ex-Soviet states meet for ‘Russian NATO’ summit
(AFP) - The presidents of seven ex-Soviet states were to meet Friday for a summit of a security grouping led by Russia and touted as an eastern counterweight to NATO.
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Russia signs deal to open second base in Kyrgyzstan
(AP) - Russia clinched a tentative deal Saturday allowing it to establish a second military base in Kyrgyzstan, where the United States also has an important air base.
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Kyrgyz president inaugurated for second term
(AP) - Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev was inaugurated for his second term Sunday after winning an election that the opposition has dismissed as fraudulent.
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