4966>by Rafis Abazov In a televised message on the eve of 2000, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev told his country, “We have demonstrated to the whole world the endurance and stability of our economy.” He was indeed relieved that the worst problems of the year were behind him. For the president and his closest associates, 1999 had been a very difficult […]
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