The protests in Kazakhstan have had an impact on the energy sector, which has seen heads roll among those close to ex-president Nursultan Nazarbayev. Russia's SVR is keeping a close watch on proceedings. [...]
Parisian consultancy Avisa Partners followed the Kazakh protests with concern until Kassym-Jomart Tokayev announced on 10 January that order had been restored. The news was a relief to the firm that works for the new Kazakh consulate in Strasbourg. [...]
The unrest in early January could push Kassym-Jomart Tokayev's government to tighten its surveillance of foreign networks in Kazakhstan. The Biden administration has its own watch in the country, run in large part through NGOs and dissidents close to the fallen oligarch Mukhtar Ablyazov. [...]
Modelling himself on both ex-Kazakh president Nursultan Nazarbayev and his father, the former spymaster turned opponent Rakhat Aliyev, rising business mogul Nurali Aliyev has spun an impressive network over the course of his political and financial career, ranging from Nursultan to London, and from Elon Musk to the Al-Nahyans. [...]
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