Kazakhstan / Central Asia

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Eurasianet.org

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One of the few high-quality English-language sources of information on Kazakhstan and Central Asia is Eurasianet, which you can read here:

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http://www.eurasianet.org/resource/kazakhstan, especially reporting by Joanna Lillis.

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Reporters Without Borders

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More low-down on Kazakhstan and Almaty can be found here:

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https://rsf.org/en/kazakhstan

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Corruption Rating

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Not a pretty picture, as you can see here:

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https://www.transparency.org/en/countries/kazakhstan

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For further fiction reading on the region, I have written a list of my favourite spy books set in Asia for BookDNA. 

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Read the full list here:

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https://bookdna.com/best-books/spy-books-set-in-asia

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