Olga Dosybieva
Recent Stories
27 Jan 07
Illegal immigrants are being rounded up only weeks after a controversial campaign offering them work permits.
28 Jul 06
While health officials try to track down the cause of 15 HIV cases affecting young children, parents are staying away from hospital.
12 Feb 06
An official alleges senior officials were involved in an embezzlement scheme, but no important figure has yet been charged.
3 Dec 05
Nazarbaev promised freedom of speech in run-up to presidential election, but his pledge is sounding very empty.
14 Nov 05
The closure of the Uzbek border with Kazakstan has spawned a thriving new trade.
25 Aug 05
Kazak society is split on the contentious practice of bride abduction, a long-standing tradition for young men looking to marry.
21 Feb 05
Unexploded shells on a former Soviet army base claim lives of local villagers scavenging area for scrap metal.
21 Feb 05
In spite of ban on unauthorised drug sales, Kazaks continue to buy potions from market traders - sometimes with deadly results.
21 Feb 05
Activists say many non-Kazak members of returnee families are being denied citizenship.
