News Digest
CHECHEN LEADER ANNOUNCES TALKS WITH UNNAMED RESISTANCE REPRESENTATIVES
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Pro-Moscow Chechen administration head Alu Alkhanov told journalists in Grozny on 29 November he plans to meet \"soon\" in Brussels with unnamed representatives of the Chechen regime formerly headed by President Aslan Maskhadov. Alkhanov affirmed that \"the policy of reconciliation will be continued, and we are open [for talks with] those who want peace.\" But he ruled out including in the Brussels talks Akhmed Zakaev, whom he denounced as \"a criminal.AZERBAIJANI OIL WORKERS LAUNCH NEW STRIKE
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Azerbaijani employees of McDermott Caspian Contractors Inc. (MCCI) launched a second strike on 28 November to protest the company management\'s rejection of their demand for higher wages. Some 2,000 Azerbaijani employees of MCCI staged a one-day stoppage last week to demand the same wages as foreign workers with the same qualifications.KAZAKH ELECTORAL OFFICIAL PLEDGES GREATER VOTING TRANSPARENCY
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Kazakh Central Electoral Commission Chairman Onalsyn Zhumabekov vowed on 28 November to ensure greater voting transparency in the country\'s upcoming presidential election, Interfax reported. In a meeting in Astana with U.S.KAZAKH OPPOSITION CANDIDATE OUTLINES CAMPAIGN PLATFORM
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The leader of the For a Just Kazakhstan opposition bloc, Zharmakhan Tuyakbai, outlined his presidential campaign platform in a 28 November televised speech, Kazakh Television reported. Speaking in a 15-minute address featuring video images of impoverished Kazakh families, Tuyakbai vowed to fight poverty, corruption, and injustice. He concluded by warning that \"we are turning into a country of sharp contrasts where a social division might lead to an explosion in the future and opposition,\" with closing video footage showing Kazakh officials on a golf course, riding in expensive foreign cars, and at luxury hotels.Visit also
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Oped S. Frederick Starr, Russia Needs Its Own Charles de Gaulle, Foreign Policy, July 21, 2022.
Silk Road Paper S. Frederick Starr, Rethinking Greater Central Asia: American and Western Stakes in the Region and How to Advance Them, June 2022
Oped Svante E. Cornell & Albert Barro, With referendum, Kazakh President pushes for reforms, Euractiv, June 3, 2022.
Oped Svante E. Cornell Russia's Southern Neighbors Take a Stand, The Hill, May 6, 2022.
Silk Road Paper Johan Engvall, Between Bandits and Bureaucrats: 30 Years of Parliamentary Development in Kyrgyzstan, January 2022.
Oped Svante E. Cornell, No, The War in Ukraine is not about NATO, The Hill, March 9, 2022.
Analysis Svante E. Cornell, Kazakhstan’s Crisis Calls for a Central Asia Policy Reboot, The National Interest, January 34, 2022.
Book S. Frederick Starr and Svante E. Cornell, Strong and Unique: Three Decades of U.S.-Kazakhstan Partnership, Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, December 2021.
Silk Road Paper Svante E. Cornell, S. Frederick Starr & Albert Barro, Political and Economic Reforms in Kazakhstan Under President Tokayev, November 2021.