Archive for August 27th, 2009
British court orders freeze on BTA ex-chairman’s assets
(SRI) - The English High Court has granted a worldwide injunction to freeze the assets of former BTA Bank chairman Mukhtar Ablyazov and other former top managers, according a BTA press release.
Kazakhstan Daily News Roundup - August 27, 2009
HEADLINES:
BTA may sell Temirbank to Samruk-Kazyna as part of restructuring deal
(SRI) - BTA Bank may sell assets including its retail subsidiary Temirbank to Samruk-Kazyna, as part of its $12-billion debt restructuring.
Alfa-Bank places $4 million bond issue on KASE
(SRI) - The Kazakh subsidiary of Russian Alfa-Bank placed KZT600 million ($4 million) of bonds on the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) last week.
Financial police confirm arrest of Alliance Bank ex-CEO
(SRI) - Kazakhstan’s financial police confirmed the arrest of Zhomart Yertayev, ex-CEO of Alliance Bank and Eurasian Bank.
ENERGY:
Illegal oil trading schemes amount to $1 billion so far in 2009 - financial police (SRI)
Caspian oilfield is Big Oil’s new energy frontier (Reuters)
Key facts about Kashagan oilfield (Reuters - Forbes)
Kazakh PM and U.S. Special Envoy discuss energy cooperation (Interfax)
MINERAL RESOURCES:
Yorkville Advisors completes £5 million equity facility with Frontier Mining (Newswire Today)
Libertas Capital sees upside potential in Frontier Mining (Proactive Investors)
BUSINESS AND ECONOMY:
BTA trial postponed (SRI)
National Bank of Kazakhstan: Exchange rates August, 27, 2009 (Kazinform)
POLITICS:
New Presidential chief of protocol appointed (Kazakhstan Today)
SOCIETY:
Accident investigation politicized - human rights activist
(SRI) - Lawyers for human rights activist Yevgeniy Zhovtis, who had been accused of manslaughter in connection with a traffic accident that resulted in the death of a pedestrian, said the official investigation included multiple violations.
REGIONAL:
Russia renews call for recognition of Georgia regions (Reuters)
Kazakhstan Society Roundup - August 27, 2009
Accident investigation politicized - human rights activist (SRI)
Kazakhstan Politics Roundup - August 27, 2009
New Presidential chief of protocol appointed (Kazakhstan Today)
Kazakhstan Energy Roundup - August 27, 2009
Illegal oil trading schemes amount to $1 billion so far in 2009 - financial police (SRI)
Caspian oilfield is Big Oil’s new energy frontier (Reuters)
Key facts about Kashagan oilfield (Reuters - Forbes)
Kazakh PM and U.S. Special Envoy discuss energy cooperation (Interfax)
Kazakhstan Mineral Resources Roundup - August 27, 2009
Yorkville Advisors completes £5 million equity facility with Frontier Mining (Newswire Today)
Libertas Capital sees upside potential in Frontier Mining (Proactive Investors)
Kazakhstan Business and Economy Roundup - August 27, 2009
BTA may sell Temirbank to Samruk-Kazyna as part of restructuring deal (SRI)
Alfa-Bank places $4 million bond issue on KASE (SRI)
Financial police confirm arrest of Alliance Bank ex-CEO (SRI)
BTA trial postponed (SRI)
National Bank of Kazakhstan: Exchange rates August, 27, 2009 (Kazinform)
Kazakhstan Regional News Roundup - Augsut 27, 2009
Russia renews call for recognition of Georgia regions (Reuters)
Russia renews call for recognition of Georgia regions
(Reuters) - Russia called on Tuesday for international recognition of the breakaway Georgian regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia a year after its own recognition prompted Georgia to accuse it of a land grab.
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Uighur exile airs report on Xinjiang prison killings
(AFP) - Rebiya Kadeer, the leader of China’s Uighur minority in exile, has highlighted a report that nearly 200 inmates were “tortured” to death in prison.
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