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Government Intelligence 20/06/2022

The Intelligence Gazette: EU counter-espionage, Lebanese intelligence and drug trafficking, new KNB vice director

Appointments, reforms and key issues: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets of news, big and small, from the global intelligence community. This week we hone in on Beirut, Beijing, Nur-Sultan and Brussels. [...]

Corporate Intelligence 15/06/2022

Nicholas Pomeroy guides mining and oil companies through Kazakh Steppes Free

Western energy companies are turning their attention from Russia to Central Asia with the help of British specialist Nicholas Pomeroy. [...]

Corporate Intelligence 01/06/2022

Greenberg Traurig spearheads Kazakhstan's US rapprochement efforts

In the wake of US sanctions against Russia, Kazakhstan is going all out to boost its economic relations with the US, with the help of the Washington firm Greenberg Traurig, a strong ally of the Kazakh ambassy. [...]

Government Intelligence 31/05/2022

Tokayev adds final touches to domestic intelligence overhaul after spymaster ouster

Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. © Twitter @TokayevKZ

Corporate Intelligence 31/05/2022

Moldova's Statis change lawyers in case against Kazakh government

In a fresh twist in their long legal wrangle with the Kazakh government, Moldovan oligarchs Anatol and Gabriel Stati have changed their usual lawyers, opting for an investigation veteran. [...]

International Dealmaking 23/05/2022

The helmsmen of Germany's energy pivot to Central Asia

Oliver Hermes, former president of the German Eastern Business Association and Michael Harms, its current director. © Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters/Bernd von Jutrczenka/dpa/Alamy Live News

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Government Intelligence 23/05/2022

The Intelligence Gazette: criticism in the Sinai, drones in French skies, Astana nears Baku

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community from Paris to Baku via Cairo. [...]

International Dealmaking 20/05/2022

Turkey construction magnates sponsor Kazakh-Turkish defence relationship

Kazakh President Tokayev, who is keen to acquire Turkish drones, is making use of business networks established by his predecessor's son-in-law. Turkish construction magnates have thus facilitated the renewal of partnerships between Turkish and Kazakh defence industrialists. [...]

International Dealmaking 03/05/2022

How the Chinese industry establishes a foothold in Kazakh security apparatus

In Nur-Sultan on the first leg of his Central Asian tour recently, Chinese defence minister Wei Fenghe promoted the growing activity of Chinese companies, which compete in Kazakhstan with Russia, Turkey and the UAE. [...]

President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev receives Minister of Defense of China Wei Fenghe, on 25 April 2022. © Official website of the president of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Corporate Intelligence 20/04/2022

Chevron appoints David Merkel, defender of Kazakhstan's jailed ex-spymaster Massimov

A former State Department official who was close to the Nazarbayev administration, David Merkel has been campaigning for the release of Karim Massimov, who was Chevron's key contact in Kazakhstan. [...]

Corporate Intelligence 15/04/2022

ENRC trio and KNB win against US oil company

Kazakhstan's recent victory over Big Sky Energy at the ICSID has brought to an end years of investigation involving both the founders of ENRC and the country's intelligence service. [...]

Government Intelligence 13/04/2022

Kazakhstan's security council drafts new military doctrine

The Kazakh government's desire to strengthen its grip on the security apparatus has prompted it to launch an ambitious project to reform it, which is being carried out by recently appointed officials. [...]

International Dealmaking 31/03/2022

US oil industry moves to protect its interests in the Caspian sea

The disruptions caused by sanctions to the oil and gas industry are being closely monitored by Chevron's Central Asian networks. In order to keep the Trans-Caspian gas pipeline operational, the US oil major has to, more or less willingly, cooperate with Lukoil group and the Russian state. [...]

Corporate Intelligence 30/03/2022

Nazarbayev-era big shots secure French Riviera boltholes

As the hunt for the former Kazakh president's inner circle ramps up, Kazakh oligarchs have been paying particular attention to their French properties and French-speaking associates. Nursultan Nazarbayev's former confident Bulat Utemuratov and the owners of mining conglomerate ERG are still comfortably settled in the Côte d'Azur. [...]

Kazakh businessman, Bulat Utemuratov. © Bulat Utemuratov/LinkedIn

Government Intelligence 28/03/2022

Intelligence gazette: Israeli anti-missile system, Turkish-Kazakh cooperation, Macron decorates special forces

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community from London to Paris via Nur-Sultan. [...]

International Dealmaking 24/03/2022

Kazakhtelecom symbolises Nazarbayev clan sleaze

The recent arrest of ex-president Nursultan Nazarbayev's nephew has put the spotlight on the former ruling family's hold over Kazakhstan's telecommunications sector. [...]

International Dealmaking 16/03/2022

Singapore's PSA opens up virtual steppes to the New Silk Road

To help it to realise its projects along the strategic trade corridor between China and Europe, PSA International has mobilised its representatives in Central Asia and its partners in Kazakhstan, among them Digital Silk Way founder Doszhan Zhussupov. [...]

International Dealmaking 15/03/2022

Turkish defence group Aselsan pursues partnership with Nur-Sultan

Taking advantage of Kazakhstan's desire to upgrade its military equipment and Turkey's "drone diplomacy", the defence group Aselsan is swinging into action to strengthen its partnership with Nur-Sultan. [...]

International Dealmaking 10/03/2022

New generation of oligarchs shift attentions to Chinese space

The economic effects of the war in Ukraine are already rippling out to Kazakhstan, but Shukhrat Ibragimov, Airbus's local partner, is already one step ahead as he pursues closer business relations with the Chinese space sector. [...]

Kazakh businessman Shukhrat Ibragimov. © Shukhrat Ibragimov/LinkedIn

Government Intelligence 08/03/2022

In view of Ukraine, Kazakhstan is ramping up its defence agreements and contracts

While the majority of Central Asian countries remain cautiously neutral on the war in Ukraine, Kazakhstan appears to have become the key focal point in the region for European and Asian countries. While maintaining a measured impartiality, Nur-Sultan has continued to reorganise and modernise its internal security and defence apparatus. [...]

Corporate Intelligence 01/03/2022

Recent turmoil worries Nur-Sultan's New York adviser Marcia Favale-Tarter

President Tokayev's response to January's protest has been to attempt to diminish the influence of his predecessor's allies, which includes a reshuffle at the Development Bank of Kazakhstan. US consultant Marcia Favale-Tarter, who advised the former president and spymaster Karim Massimov, sits on the institution's board. [...]

US investment consultant Marcia Favale-Tarter. © MFT

Government Intelligence 28/02/2022

The Intelligence Gazette: SNRP, Kazakh security service, SGDSN, DNI report on Chinese ports

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community from London to Paris via Nur-Sultan. [...]

Spymaster Government Intelligence 25/02/2022

Tokayev puts faith in Ermek Sagimbayev to restructure Kazakh intelligence

The intelligence officer, who is as close to President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev as his predecessor was to Nursultan Nazarbayev, is starting his role as the new interior intelligence chief with the hefty task of staffing the country's security services with agents closer to the current executive. [...]

Ermek Sagimbaïev © Gouvernement du Kazakhstan

Corporate Intelligence 25/02/2022

Former Kazakh KGB operatives to provide security for EU delegation in Nur-Sultan

Former Kazakh armed forces and intelligence service veterans, now working for private sector security operator Grupp Chetyre, are to provide protection for the EU delegation in Kazakhstan. [...]

Corporate Intelligence 24/02/2022

Kazakhstan recruits US and Kazakh advisers in Stati legal battle

The Kazakh government remains embroiled in a lengthy legal wrangle with Moldovan businessmen Anatol and Gabriel Stati, with recent hearings in the US involving an army of advisers from New York and Nur Sultan. [...]

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ALL ARTICLES - KAZAKHSTAN

The Intelligence Gazette: EU counter-espionage, Lebanese intelligence and drug trafficking, new KNB vice director

Nicholas Pomeroy guides mining and oil companies through Kazakh Steppes Free

Greenberg Traurig spearheads Kazakhstan's US rapprochement efforts

Tokayev adds final touches to domestic intelligence overhaul after spymaster ouster

Moldova's Statis change lawyers in case against Kazakh government

The helmsmen of Germany's energy pivot to Central Asia

The Intelligence Gazette: criticism in the Sinai, drones in French skies, Astana nears Baku

Turkey construction magnates sponsor Kazakh-Turkish defence relationship

How the Chinese industry establishes a foothold in Kazakh security apparatus

Chevron appoints David Merkel, defender of Kazakhstan's jailed ex-spymaster Massimov

ENRC trio and KNB win against US oil company

Kazakhstan's security council drafts new military doctrine

US oil industry moves to protect its interests in the Caspian sea

Nazarbayev-era big shots secure French Riviera boltholes

Intelligence gazette: Israeli anti-missile system, Turkish-Kazakh cooperation, Macron decorates special forces

Kazakhtelecom symbolises Nazarbayev clan sleaze

Singapore's PSA opens up virtual steppes to the New Silk Road

Turkish defence group Aselsan pursues partnership with Nur-Sultan

New generation of oligarchs shift attentions to Chinese space

In view of Ukraine, Kazakhstan is ramping up its defence agreements and contracts

Recent turmoil worries Nur-Sultan's New York adviser Marcia Favale-Tarter

The Intelligence Gazette: SNRP, Kazakh security service, SGDSN, DNI report on Chinese ports

Tokayev puts faith in Ermek Sagimbayev to restructure Kazakh intelligence

Former Kazakh KGB operatives to provide security for EU delegation in Nur-Sultan

Kazakhstan recruits US and Kazakh advisers in Stati legal battle

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