Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan’s Tokayev sticking with Nazarbayev’s economic priorities says Fitch
New leader whose June arrival in office was shaken by big protests is raising social spending, targeting close-to-balanced budget and resisting further bank rescues.
#bneTech: Kazakhstan attempts to spy on citizens’ web use via encryption-busting Qaznet Trust Certificate
This "is about surveillance, not security" says IT executive, urging browser-makers such as Mozilla and Google to intervene. Move comes following big anti-regime protests during election.
Kazakhstan hikes car output
Neighbouring Uzbekistan produced six times more cars than Kazakhstan in 2018 — but that could change with the launch of a new $1.1bn Chinese-Kazakh joint venture.
Central, Eastern and Southeast European sovereigns to return to debt markets on large scale in 2020, Raiffeisen says
Governments of Central and Southeast Europe have already secured most of the funding they need for this year, but with more obligations maturing in 2020 they are expected to return to the markets on a large scale next year
Kazakhstan sign agreements with Total and Eni on offshore Abay block and Dunga oil field
Thanks to gradual economic recovery in 2017-2018, foreign investor interest in Kazakhstan has been on the rise.