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Educational Offshore: How Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Higher Education is Selling Out the Future
Critique of Sayasat Nurbek’s 2026 Reforms: Facts and Real Problems of Education in Kazakhstan.
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Oksana Grinchuk Resurfaces: "I Realized I Wouldn’t Be Allowed Out of Aktau Alive"
An escape through a window by rope, switched-off phones, and 2,000 km across the steppes. Oksana Grinchuk has surfaced to share how an overheard conversation about a "fatal car accident" forced her to flee Aktau.
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SPK Amanat Lawyer Goes Missing After Meeting with KNB in Aktau
Human rights lawyer Oksana Grinchuk has vanished in Aktau following a meeting with KNB officers. With packed bags left in an empty apartment and non-functional CCTV, the SPK "Amanat" trade union fears the disappearance is linked to high-stakes litigation against KazMunayGas.
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Kazakh Workers Reportedly Face Deployment to Special Military Operation Following Mass Brawl in Leningrad Region
Mass brawl in Ust-Luga: Kazakh workers reportedly faced pressure to join the SMO after a clash with Gazprom contractor's security. OMON intervened following a violent riot, with witnesses claiming the most active detainees were targeted for military deployment.
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How Law and Riot Police Work Against Elorda Eco System Workers
Astana: Why are workers being jailed for demanding fair pay? The Elorda Eco System strike: 11-hour shifts, a 10x cut in bonuses, and mass arrests. How the updated Constitution has become a loophole for state repression. Full list of detainees inside.
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How Burger King Kazakhstan Profits from People with Special Needs
Alibek Karatay is a world-renowned artist, but to Burger King, he was just a 'used coupon.' This is how state subsidies turn social support into an exploitation machine, forcing a mother to send her son abroad to escape corporate bullying.
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The Almaty Boycott: 30% Turnout and the Failure of the New Constitution in Kazakhstan
Why did Almaty ignore the referendum? An analysis of the low 30% turnout, criticism of Article 6 on resources, and the KIBHR report on detained activists.
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Kazakhstan Pensions 2026: Why It Will Take 400 Years to Save Up
We analyze why, under a modal salary of 120,000 tenge, saving for retirement becomes a biological death sentence, and why "informal" income remains the only rational survival strategy against a failing systemic model.
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President Tokayev Greets Women on March 8: Why This Speech is an Insult
While the Akorda praises "female wisdom," we see a mandate for exploitation. A leftist critique of President Tokayev’s March 8th address and the myth of "resilient" unpaid labor.