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KAZAKHSTAN 21/06/2017

Utemuratov, Nazarbayev's trustee, risks exposure

Investigating suspicions of money-laundering connected with a series of financial transfers with Kazakhstan, the Dutch prosecution service is taking an [...]

UNITED KINGDOM KAZAKHSTAN 07/06/2017

Dick Evans a discreet passenger in Air Astana IPO

A decision by Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev in late May [...]

UNITED KINGDOM KAZAKHSTAN 08/02/2017

Woolf brings UK-style arbitration to Astana

According to our sources, an eminent British judge, Harry Woolf, is going to succeed in becoming the first president of [...]

KAZAKHSTAN 21/12/2016

The KNB

The KNB is due to get extended powers when the [...]

KAZAKHSTAN 07/12/2016

Kazakh mining oligarchs slug it out

Targeted by a number of law suits and numerous private investigations, the three shareholders in the mining giant ERNC are starting to fall out. [...]

FRANCE KAZAKHSTAN 16/11/2016

Episode 3 - Kazakhstan : Paid to track down the president’s enemies

At the end of 2013, Bernard Squarcini joined the American business intelligence company Arcanum Global Intelligence (IOL 690), which put [...]

KAZAKHSTAN 31/08/2016

The KNB

The KNB, the Kazakh intelligence service, has arrested a number [...]

KAZAKHSTAN 13/07/2016

Kaztec grows into major offset player

In the ongoing reform of the Kazakh defence industry, Kazakhstan Technology (Kaztec) is making hay while Kazakhstan Engineering (KazEngineering) is [...]

Spotlight KAZAKHSTAN 15/06/2016

Western companies seek key to Kazakhstan

One of the few export markets that has held up despite the global oil crisis, Kazakhstan remains an attractive proposition, if a little complicated, for defence companies. However agents, consultants, corporate intelligence firms and even government intelligence services are grappling [...]

KAZAKHSTAN 13/04/2016

US, British advisors for military exercises

The next military exercises to demonstrate the deployment of the [...]

UKRAINE KAZAKHSTAN 04/11/2015

Poroshenko’s surprising proposition

Short as it is of military equipment, the Ukrainian government is looking for help wherever it can get it. [...]

KAZAKHSTAN 08/07/2015

A new border guard for the KNB

Colonel Dilmanov Darkhan Aytkalievych has been appointed the new number [...]

UNITED STATES KAZAKHSTAN 08/07/2015

PsyberSolutions, Astana’s disinformation tool

Investigators hired by the Hourani brothers have tracked down the firm that launched a destabilisation campaign against them on the Kazakh government’s orders. [...]

UNITED STATES KAZAKHSTAN 27/05/2015

Hacking: Astana targets Ketebayev Free

Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle, the law firm representing Kazakhstan in its ongoing New York law suit against hackers who [...]

KAZAKHSTAN 13/05/2015

Hourani cases tension rising

As it battles to attack Mukhtar Ablyazov and Victor Khrapunov, Astana has also decided to bring down the Hourani brothers. [...]

KAZAKHSTAN UNITED STATES 25/03/2015

Astana launches hunt for hackers

Nursultan Nazarbayev’s regime is determined to ensure that the perpetrators of a major attack on government officials’ e-mails are caught and brought to justice. [...]

SWITZERLAND KAZAKHSTAN 25/02/2015

Arcanum caught up in Kazakh intrigues

Hacked e-mails anonymously posted online (see here), shed light on a deal between private investigation firm Arcanum and the Kazakh government. [...]

KAZAKHSTAN 25/02/2015

Kazimpex or KazEngineering

A growing number of Western companies are looking to partner with the state-run conglomerate Kazimpex in the local joint-ventures that [...]

KAZAKHSTAN 11/02/2015

KNB focuses on south

The border control division of Kazakhstan's KGB equivalent, the KNB, [...]

UNITED KINGDOM KAZAKHSTAN 24/12/2014

Lilley leads Kazakhstan to Brussels

Conservative MP Peter Lilley, who served as trade minister in the government of Margaret Thatcher, is keen to bring Kazakhstan [...]

KAZAKHSTAN FRANCE 10/12/2014

CIFAL gets inside KazEngineering

The French consulting firm CIFAL is in negotiations to advise the huge Kazakh conglomerate KazEngineering, a setup that may open doors for French defence companies. [...]

KAZAKHSTAN 26/11/2014

The KNB

The KNB, the Kazakh intelligence service led by the redoubtable [...]

KAZAKHSTAN ASIA 12/11/2014

Spy conclave against Islamism

Former USSR nation spymasters met in Astana on November 5 to discuss concerns including the rise of Islamism in Central Asia. [...]

KAZAKHSTAN 12/11/2014

Areva could rekindle relationship with Sarkissian

Areva may once again turn to Armenia’s former PM Armen Sarkissian, as it did in 2009, to restore its relationship with the Kazakh government. [...]

KAZAKHSTAN 29/10/2014

Dick Evans

Dick Evans, the former chairman of BAE Systems, has begun [...]

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Utemuratov, Nazarbayev's trustee, risks exposure

Dick Evans a discreet passenger in Air Astana IPO

Woolf brings UK-style arbitration to Astana

The KNB

Kazakh mining oligarchs slug it out

Episode 3 - Kazakhstan : Paid to track down the president’s enemies

The KNB

Kaztec grows into major offset player

Western companies seek key to Kazakhstan

US, British advisors for military exercises

Poroshenko’s surprising proposition

A new border guard for the KNB

PsyberSolutions, Astana’s disinformation tool

Hacking: Astana targets Ketebayev Free

Hourani cases tension rising

Astana launches hunt for hackers

Arcanum caught up in Kazakh intrigues

Kazimpex or KazEngineering

KNB focuses on south

Lilley leads Kazakhstan to Brussels

CIFAL gets inside KazEngineering

The KNB

Spy conclave against Islamism

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Dick Evans

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Business moghul Ambani is key partner for defence contracts between France and India

Thiel is Trump's intelligence guru

Ivor Ichikowitz, the worldwide connections of the South African arms magnate

Norman Lamont, pillar of the British-Iranian business community

High-level battle to operate air surveillance over Sahel and Near East

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Utemuratov, Nazarbayev's trustee, risks exposure

Dick Evans a discreet passenger in Air Astana IPO

Woolf brings UK-style arbitration to Astana

The KNB

Kazakh mining oligarchs slug it out

Episode 3 - Kazakhstan : Paid to track down the president’s enemies

The KNB

Kaztec grows into major offset player

Western companies seek key to Kazakhstan

US, British advisors for military exercises

Poroshenko’s surprising proposition

A new border guard for the KNB

PsyberSolutions, Astana’s disinformation tool

Hacking: Astana targets Ketebayev Free

Hourani cases tension rising

Astana launches hunt for hackers

Arcanum caught up in Kazakh intrigues

Kazimpex or KazEngineering

KNB focuses on south

Lilley leads Kazakhstan to Brussels

CIFAL gets inside KazEngineering

The KNB

Spy conclave against Islamism

Areva could rekindle relationship with Sarkissian

Dick Evans

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