Multimedia / Kazakhstan

“I have always wanted to see Aral first-hand. Back in the school days, in the USA, we were told during classes how the Aral dried up. The rivers that flew into the sea were used to irrigate fields,” Carolina Solomon, an American student, said. She managed to see Aral when she volunteered in the environmental campaign to restore the Aral ecosystem “Syr korgany sekseyil” (translated from Kazakh as ‘Haloxylon – the support of Syrdarya’). (more…)

CABAR.asia 11.03.24

The meaning of religion for residents of Kazakhstan is changing: there are more people with religious views. This is evidenced by the World Values Survey programme, which was used for two surveys in Kazakhstan – in 2011 and 2018. (more…)

CABAR.asia 07.03.24

Women have become leading lights in the field of environmental activism across Central Asia, despite facing public resistance and gender discrimination – and the fact that there are almost no women political decision-makers across the region. (more…)

Zulfiya Raissova 06.03.24

In 2023, according to the UNHCR, 37,257 people are stateless in Central Asia.

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Polina Viktorova 01.03.24

Individuals in Kazakhstan may apply for bankruptcy since March 2023. This is a new way for the country to bring a person back to a healthy financial life. (more…)

21.02.24

In 2021, an underground room was found during the restoration of the Holy Kazan cathedral, the oldest church of Almaty. According to priests, orthodox Christians used to pray there secretly during Stalin’s repressions, when all religions were prohibited. The premise was restored and now it is the only cave temple in Kazakhstan.
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Google and Yandex are the most popular search engines in Kazakhstan. Kazakhstanis use them every day for different purposes, but often forget (or are unaware of) that these engines actively store and then use personal data of users. Let’s see what search engines already know about you and what to do if you no longer want to share your data with them. (more…)

Elena Kuznetsova 16.01.24

Fate of the first city stone mosque founded in the 18th century has long been discussed in Petropavlovsk. An auto repair shop, a hotel, a café and a sauna are now located in the territory of the cult facility. The Muslim community feels indignant about it: how can one take a bath and barbecue at a place that was used for praying before? According to the owner of the land plot, he purchased the land plot legally, and the building is of no architectural merit. CABAR.asia interviewed both parties. (more…)

CABAR.asia 29.12.23

What does child poverty look like in “rich” Kazakhstan

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CABAR.asia 22.12.23

The Central Asian leaders do not necessarily have to amend the Constitution frequently to stay in power, while the sequence of presidents does not mean that the state is a democratic one. (more…)