Akezhan Kazhegeldin very precisely and vividly (and self-critically in some ways) matched that big officials go to opposition from political Olympus by only one reason: they’ve been out from a feeding through. Naturally, quantity of pushed from through is more than those who came into oppositional side. You need to have definite level of ambitions and fightiness to go to opposition side. ...

In period of economical crisis, following by unemployment growth and impoverishment of large layers of people, the essentialness of information about real social attitude in corridors of power must grow high. Yet when there is no functional back link system with people, instruments from manual control sphere can be utilized....

But what about other types of prejudgment? In accordance with raising way of internet web by “do it yourself” principle, when people are ordering their own flights, publishing their own pictures and selling their own used goods, users must take the responsibility to make their own facts control by themselves. ...

The association between Dzhakishev and Ablyazov brings a third player in Kazakhstan’s Shakespearian business drama to mind. Prosecutors are reportedly looking into the sum of $670,000 which at one point disappeared from BTA’s accounts only to pop up at the local account of KazAtomProm’s Vienna office. ...

What is pleasant, that more and more oppositionists are starting to realize that and moving into filed, in which they can be more useful than in oppositional thrash. For instance, Oraz Dzhandosov has gone from the politics; some say that he is engaged in scientific researches. Asylbek Kozhakhmetov has returned to educational business....

Our law-enforcement and supervisor agencies deserve a special chapter. All of these – Defense Ministry, CNS, MIA, prosecutor offices, Financial Police (oh, this FinPol…), courts, correctional facilities – are making people suffer no less than from other structures. We wouldn’t give any examples as they will take too much place. ...

Today, when colossal opportunities for transport infrastructure development and international transit have lost already, all efforts must be made on saving the present structure at least. Recipe is shocking for its novelty and originality: corruption struggle and professionalism at all complex of transport spheres. ...

According to the data from Agency of Statistics of the Republic of Kazakhstan, there are 10 336 kilograms of fine gold were produced in 2009, which is 26% more than in 2008. Overall production of crude and semi-finished gold, or gold in form of powder in 2009 resulted 22525 kg (8% growth). ...

Despite the anonymity, the mass of oligarchs is hardly similar. There are also its elder and younger, from the most poor to the most rich inclusively. Some of oligarchs are allowed to parasite on state budget, the others are not. Some are allowed to oil pipelines as one of the most desirable pieces of Kazakhstani business, the others were rejected with this. ...

US are losing its grounds in Eurasia. The only question is that would it be implemented by organized columns with long delays on earlier reached borders, or it will be unorganized runaway? In ideological terms their guard dogs would bark even more violently nevertheless. So then it will add some work to Sergey Duvanov and people as him apparently. ...

State authorities and civil services are able only at situational response without strategic planning. It looks like wanderer that plods his unknown way, eats and drinks, as well as sleeps where the Lord will provide, and he has no any idea whether he’d better stay or go on his way. And if he’d better go on, then where?...

Thus, Kazakhstan for Europe, Central Asia and Russia for OSCE could be a lottery winning ticket, a link between the East and the West. It is very good that the first attended on it is Kazakhstan, not Russia, where international stability model has not yet sorted out; followed by the skinheads problems....