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The Roberts Report on Central Asia and Kazakhstan: The Tengiz Riots: What is at the Heart of the Tension between Turks and Kazakhs?

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Now also available at WWW.ROBERTS-REPORT.COM. Tuesday, October 31, 2006. The Tengiz Riots: What is at the Heart of the Tension between Turks and Kazakhs? Former Turkish President Turgut Ozal, Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev, and Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan. The riots between Kazakhs and Turks that took place in Tengiz a week ago last Friday have generated much discussion and interest around the world. Filipino authorities have expressed concern for their workers in Kazakhstan. If Turk...

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The Roberts Report on Central Asia and Kazakhstan: What would Central Asia be like today if the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 never had took place?

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Now also available at WWW.ROBERTS-REPORT.COM. Monday, September 11, 2006. What would Central Asia be like today if the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 never had took place? As I watch on television the commemorative events taking place in the U.S. in memory of the fifth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, I cannot help but think.what would be different in Central Asia if 9/11 never had happened? The Price of Oil and other minerals. US Military in Central Asia. It's not a ques...

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The Roberts Report on Central Asia and Kazakhstan: Will the murder of Altynbek Sarsenbayev have changed anything in Kazakhstan?

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Now also available at WWW.ROBERTS-REPORT.COM. Wednesday, August 23, 2006. Will the murder of Altynbek Sarsenbayev have changed anything in Kazakhstan? As the court case against the men accused of the murder winds down, however, it seems like that attention is in danger of waning. The accused this week refused to acknowledge their guilt. So, the question is- next week, when the court announces its final decision, what will be the reaction of people in Kazakhstan? Links to this post:. The Oil and the Glory.

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The Roberts Report on Central Asia and Kazakhstan: Is the “Islamic Movement of Turkestan” an Invention of the Uzbekistan SNB?

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Now also available at WWW.ROBERTS-REPORT.COM. Tuesday, October 17, 2006. Is the Islamic Movement of Turkestan an Invention of the Uzbekistan SNB? Tohir Yoldoshev, leader of the. Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan. Islamic Movement of Turkestan. Makhmasaid Jurakulov, the head of the Department to Combat Organized Crime in Tajikistan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs, says just that. At a press conference on Monday in Dushanbe, Mr. Jurakulov noted that the. Islamic Movement of Turkestan. IMT), or the. They also n...

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The Roberts Report on Central Asia and Kazakhstan: Rabiya Kadeer and the Nobel Peace Prize

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Now also available at WWW.ROBERTS-REPORT.COM. Monday, October 16, 2006. Rabiya Kadeer and the Nobel Peace Prize. Rabiya Kadeer with Bill Gates in 1994 (above) and Kofi Annan in 2006 (below). I was very pleased to hear that Rabiya-khonam had been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize this last week. This transpired as her three sons remain detained by Chinese authorities and one of her daughters remains under house arrest in Urumqi. The capitol of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous (sic) Region of China. Ra...

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Eastern Approaches: May 2008

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Another attempt to make some kind of sense of what's going on east of the Dniester. Ukraine, Russia and Kazakhstan come in for special attention. Friday, May 23, 2008. Some of you may be acquainted with Oleh Tiahnybok, leader of the "Svoboda" party of Ukrainian nationalists. Today, he's hosting a concert on the Maidan, in honour of the "Day of Heroes," a day that he seems to have thought up himself and would like to see become a public holiday in Ukraine. The man is out of his tree. Anti-Semitism is not ...

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Eastern Approaches: The ever-creepy Tiahnybok

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Another attempt to make some kind of sense of what's going on east of the Dniester. Ukraine, Russia and Kazakhstan come in for special attention. Monday, June 02, 2008. From an online chat on Tsenzor.net:. Http:/ www.tiahnybok.info/inshi zmi/dokument004134.html. Алекс: Наскільки вдалим виявився ваш слоган "Стольному граду - українську владу"? Може, є сенс змінити його на такий:. Краще кумедний Тягнибок, ніж остогидлий тягни-толкай! Олег Тягнибок: Шановний Апекс! Я тебе вже раз попередив. Stetskiv says it...

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Eastern Approaches: September 2007

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Another attempt to make some kind of sense of what's going on east of the Dniester. Ukraine, Russia and Kazakhstan come in for special attention. Friday, September 28, 2007. Following the events of recent days (arrests of Okruashvili's allies and Okruashvili's toe-curling accusations against Saakashvili,) Okruashvili himself has now been arrested. So what's the deal? At first, I had entertained thoughts about the whole thing being an LDPR-like attempt to play the Russians, suggesting that ". Saakashvili ...

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Eastern Approaches: The usual excellent work from Thomas de Waal

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Another attempt to make some kind of sense of what's going on east of the Dniester. Ukraine, Russia and Kazakhstan come in for special attention. Wednesday, May 14, 2008. The usual excellent work from Thomas de Waal. Wall Street Journal Europe. May 14, 2008. Bullies of the Caucasus. By THOMAS DE WAAL. Mr de Waal is Caucasus editor at the Institute for War and Peace Reporting. If you're deep in the trenches, stop digging. Both Russia and Georgia darkly warned last week. Crackdown on the opposition last No...