However, Kazakhstani opposition in its mass declined to meet Aliev even on virtual ground (where you actually don’t meet anybody, but sitting in a chair, drinking coffee and typing captious questions), seemingly because of fear of Astana displeasure and corridor slanders: something like “oh, they met this prick once again, dirt You-Know-Who altogether”. ... (Continue reading)
Acumen of leader is matter of huge importance. Those who fatally deficient with it, are staying as prisoners of their own ideology language which they never can translate to patriotism. They are doomed to constantly being on political train station waiting for train that never comes. ... (Continue reading)
Rakhat Aliev decided that image change could influence the situation. Consider only price of his appearance on K+ television channel. Non-styled and a bit oily hair, the fringe, falling as near as half-the-face, sown-home jacket… saying “look at me, I am the same as everyone, I’m good guy, I’m poor and unhappy”.... (Continue reading)
And that’s the reason why Europe recently started to show keen interest in Central Asian region, and in the first place – to Kazakhstan, reach with natural resources. It is no secret that EU is looking on Kazakhstan as the potential source of energy to get rid of Russian dependency ... (Continue reading)
Switzerland authorities demonstrated it when arrested Polanski. Austrian police also put Rakhat Aliev in irons when he arrived to Vienna in 2007 year. However, they thought soon that Rakhat could be useful dummy in big game as former intelligence agency’s head, because he took suitcases with top secret information as he personally said. ... (Continue reading)
He took her to Almaty, where he settled her on special love joy flat, where she was imprisoned for a long time. Captives of harems were living in such conditions in medieval time. Modern democrat Aliev, by all appearances, was complimented to feel himself like a sheikh, who owns an exotic concubine. ... (Continue reading)
Settling accounts at gunpoint is something communities in the former Soviet domain have all but got used to during the roaring 1990s. Chicago-style business life may be over its peak, but still seems to be rampant in the former USSR. Observers tend to think that in Russia, the worst times are over now. ... (Continue reading)
Rakhat Aliev but publicized records of his talks with the president, and also wrote little overview of the president’s private life. However, it can be mentioned that wiretapping of phone talks without official permission, its publication, and more of that, publication of any intelligence about personal life of the president – it is obviously the crime. ... (Continue reading)
Any state has something to hold back from the others: that’s why the presence of intelligence services is excused. But if person reveals this information, he is not only an outlaw, he is a traitor. Even if he decide the trait purposely to give trouble to the same sort of people, like he is. ... (Continue reading)
It is obvious that Aliev, as the former vice-chairman of KNB, and more of that, as the vice-chairman of wiretapping service, couldn’t manage to know nothing about wiretaps, which was surrounding him and his father-in-law. ... (Continue reading)