Kazakh leader evokes Ukraine as land protests spread

Almaty | Reuters –– Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, facing a growing wave of protests against planned changes to land ownership, evoked the image of war-torn Ukraine on Sunday as he called for national unity. Speaking at an event in Almaty to mark the annual May 1 Unity Day celebrations, Nazarbayev highlighted Ukraine, where street protests […] Read more



Kazakhstan’s Deputy Prime Minister Bakytzhan Sagintayev met April 14 with EU agriculture commissioner Phil Hogan. Government officials quoted Hogan as noting “wide prospects of co-operation in the agricultural sector.” (Government.kz)

Kazakhs stage rare protest over farmland privatization

Almaty | Reuters –– Hundreds of people held a rare public protest in the Kazakh oil industry hub Atyrau on Sunday against new regulations which they fear will allow foreigners to buy local farmland, although the government has said this would not happen. The central Asian nation, whose area is roughly the same size as […] Read more

Shokhan Mussabalin and his son, Dualet Ualikhanov.

An international Hereford tour in Saskatchewan

Peace to Canada, says Shokhan Mussabalin in Kazakh. “My father says he likes how people treat their work here, living with their families on the farms and organizing programs like Agribition to help beef. He means peace to Canada so people can continue to work as they do,” interprets Daulet Ualikhanov. The family from Almaty, […] Read more