Comments on: Celebrate Kazakhstan!

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:45:21 +0000

How about the unveiling of the Nazarbayev statue in Kazakh Eli Square in Astana? Kazakhbashi, anyone?

By: AJK

AJK — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 03:21:52 +0000

It’s interesting that Turkish-language Zaman didn’t pick up nearly as much with the Kazakhstan story. I wonder why they didn’t find it as relevant for the locals, and rather use it for the Businessman’s Zaman

Also, this was a fun piece to read as a Jackie Harvey Hollywood piece from The Onion.

By: Michael Hancock

Michael Hancock — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:42:52 +0000

Right, I knew there were two… I thought I had them separated correctly. Thanks for the correction – I’ll make sure it shows up on the blog. It does these men no good for me to fail to keep them straight.

By: James

James — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:40:55 +0000

Thanks for these great links…

One thing I think should be noted is that Yevgeny Zhovtis is not the journalist that you are referring to – that’s Ramazan Yesergepov.

Both men, however, are political prisoners of the dictatorship of Nazarbayev.