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In Kazakhstan, participants of peaceful protests fear prosecution and crackdown, while experts predict tightened censorship. (more…)
The protests in Kazakhstan are going on for the fourth day in a row. On January 2, residents of Zhanaozen and Aktau went out to protest against the double rise in the price of liquefied petroleum gas to 120 tenge (0.27 dollars) per litre. The protesters demanded to decrease the price to the previous one. (more…)
Kazakhstan is planning to adopt amendments to the law “On personal data and protection” before the end of 2021. (more…)
“After 30 years of independent life, we can say that there has not been strong energy security framework thought by the Central Asia states” – states Dr. Luca Anceschi, energy specialist, professor of Eurasian Studies at the University of Glasgow in an interview with CABAR.asia analytical platform.
In the global arena, modern Kazakhstan positions itself as a state that harmoniously supports interethnic and interreligious relations and social stability. However, the authorities deny ethnic conflicts and clashes. And what’s most important – they don’t learn from past mistakes, experts say. (more…)
The authorities of Kazakhstan are using communication technologies to secretly monitor the population. Baurzhan Rakhmetov, Assistant Professor of the University of KazGUU named after M.S. Narikbayeva, a member of the CABAR.asia school of analytics, believes that civil society needs to understand the scale of the problem and learn how to resist digital spyware. (more…)
Vaccination has been recognised by the world as the only efficient way to fight the pandemic. It’s only immunisation that can produce herd immunity and get people back to the pre-Covid pace of life. According to scholars and doctors, the vaccinated people are less frequently infected with coronavirus, and even in this case the disease has less severe course and no lethal outcomes. (more…)
he Central Asian region is the most vulnerable to climate change impacts. The common problems of all five countries will be melting glaciers and decreasing surface water runoff, that is, rivers’ water that flows over the soil surface into the lakes, says Andrey Podrezov, Head of the Department of Meteorology, Ecology and Environmental Protection at the Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University. (more…)
Construction of nuclear power plants can solve the problem of future shortage of power in southern Kazakhstan. However, this issue must be taken thoroughly; otherwise risks can exceed advantages, according to experts.