Kazakhstan Election Centers on Oil Riches
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As this Central Asian oil-producing nation prepares for critical parliamentary elections Sunday, both the government and opposition are trying to play the oil card to their own advantage.
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The man nominated to lead the state's flagship university is an oilman, not an academic. In a sea of Ph.Ds, he has only a bachelor's degree. But he does offer this: A reputation as a formidable fundraiser.
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Treading a fine line between US strategic goals and his drive for global democratization, President George W. Bush Friday hosts Nursultan Nazarbayev, president of oil-rich, Muslim-majority Kazakhstan.
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ConocoPhillipsâs nearly $2 billion strategic investment in Russia may have been marked by an American flag flying over the headquarters of Lukoil, the countryâs second largest oil producer.
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The group developing a big Kazakhstan field may be reaching an accord with the irate state.
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Both major candidates for president want the country to be less dependent on foreign oil. But whoever is elected will face many of the same challenges that defeated
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ASTANA, Kazakhstan -- President Nursultan Nazarbayev's party took an early lead in elections for parliament yesterday and his daughter's new party was running second.
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Environmentalists in Russia are finding an unlikely ally in the Kremlin as it works to stall projects by oil companies on an island unfathomably rich with oil and gas.
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The Kazakh state could seize oil fields and mineral deposits from private investors, Prime Minister Karim Masimov said Thursday, following a series of high-profile business disputes involving top foreign energy majors.
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Elections, at home and abroad, are topping Russia s political agenda lately. While President Vladimir Putin is phasing out elections for governor and redesigning elections to parliament, Russia s political ...
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Gazprom is about to become the world's largest energy company but is controlled by the Russian government, and therein lies the potential and risks for investors.
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Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev is opening the official leg of a U.S. visit which is likely to include broad discussions of the country's growing importance as an oil supplier and its shortcomings in protecting human rights.
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Only one candidate has what it takes to battle the petroleum profiteers.
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President Nursultan Nazarbayev's party claimed victory in parliamentary elections in the central Asian state of Kazakhstan, the party's deputy chairman said.
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Russia is trouncing the West in the race to gain access to its neighbors enormous oil and gas reserves.
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MOSCOW The stakes are high in the much-publicized feud between the Kremlin and the Russian oil giant Yukos - so high that the outcome of that battle will shape how the country&#39;s energy industry grows in 2005 and beyond.
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Baku, buoyed by oil revenues in recent years, plans to bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics.