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Two People Were Killed in Western Kazakhstan Oblast as the Result of Poisoning by an Unknown Substance
Kazakhstan Today Uralsk, Kazakhstan February 27, 2007 Two guards from the “Bek Security” firm, working at the Karachaganak Field in Western Kazakhstan Oblast, died as …
The Public Commission’s Conclusions on the Public Environmental Assessment of the Environmental Protection Activities of Karachaganak Petroleum Operating B.V.
Internet Newspaper “ZONAKZ” Kazakhstan February 6, 2007 A public commission, including deputies from the Senate, Mazhilis and the Public Chamber of the Republic of Kazakhstan’s …
International Committee in Defense of Andrey Zatoka
Andrey Zatoka, environmentalist and member of the Council of the International Socio-Ecological Union, was detained on December 17, 2006 in the city of Tashauz (Turkmenistan) …
Democracy in Turkmenistan Needs U.S. Push
From the Baltimore Sun By Robert Arsenault January 18, 2007 NEW YORK CITY — Three of the world’s most notorious dictators – Chile’s Augusto Pinochet, …
Andrey Zatoka’s Family Appeals to the US Department of State for Help
Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice Department of State United States of America January 12, 2007 Dear Madam Secretary Rice: On December 17, 2006, Andrei Lvovich …
Renowned Environmentalist Still Imprisoned in Turkmenistan
Andrey Zatoka, an internationally renowned environmental activist from Turkmenistan, has been imprisoned without access to legal counsel or his family since he was detained in …
KPO Listens and Corrupts the Air
Lukpan Akhmediarov Uralsk Weekly June 1, 2006 Corruption and cynicism—these were the characteristics used to describe KPO, B.V. and the government administration during a public …
Head of the Environmental Protection Department Advocates for Relocation of the Villagers of Berezovka from the Karachaganak Field’s Zone
Information Agency Interfax-Kazakhstan May 17, 2006 Kazakhstan’s Minister of Environmental Protection, Nurlan Iskakov, thinks that the residents of the village of Berezovka in Western Kazakhstan …
Karachaganak’s Sanitary Protection Zone Must Be Expanded
By Lukpan Akhmediarov Uralsk Weekly April 6, 2006 The reduction of the radius of the Sanitary Protection Zone around the Karachaganak Field from five to …