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Openness

           Last night, walking along the busy embankment, I heard Chinese, Turkish, English, French, Arabic speech.

            It pleased me.

            A large number of foreigners in our country attests to our openness and attractiveness. So it is safe, interesting and finally, profitable in our country.…

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On the dangers of ad hoc assignments.

       In accordance with the Decree of the President of the Republic of 2009 “About the system of state planning” all activities of state bodies of the Republic of Kazakhstan are carried out according to their strategic plans, which determine the directions, goals, objectives, target indicators, activities and performance indicators. It is these indicators that are used to …

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In the place of scoundrels.

      It seems to me that together with those who, having swept into power, use it in their own interests – make decisions in favor of their private companies, arrange for relatives’ posts, drive around in company cars on private business, make criticizing journalists shut up – not less scary are the people who, looking at all this, …

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Proximity to the source

         In childhood, when I was dragging water from a well for my grandmother, I noticed one phenomenon: the grass along the path along which people carried water was always greener and juicier than around. It’s just because water, sprinkled from buckets, and abundantly watered the grass along the path. And in this, the grass that was …

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Motorcade of akim of Astana.

     I do not understand why the akim of Astana must travel around the city accompanied by policemen. Why should they make way for him, stop the movement?

     They say that he has many important things to do and he needs to be there on time.

     But don’t hundreds of managers of private companies and …

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Democracy and populism.

     They say that when the President of the United States gives food to the homeless, when he takes part in social videos or visits areas suffering from disasters, he engages in cheap publicity.

     And I want to ask people who say so, “How should the head of a democratic state behave? As a king, as a …

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Private traffic policemen.

     Some time ago I talked to a Moscow taxi driver. First we discussed Moscow traffic jams (well, this is an obligatory topic of any conversation in Moscow). Then I asked how they put things in order with parking cars on the roadside. So, he told me that the City Hall has signed a contract with private companies that …

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Freedom of speech and the prosecutor.

     In one remote country, Kolkhozstan (well, as far, actually, not so far away) there lived a prosecutor named Prosecutor.

     Yes, it happened, so that he was really called the Prosecutor.

     The fact is that his father was a prosecutor, his uncle was a prosecutor, and in general, many in the family were prosecutors, so …

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Air Astana

             I remember that just a few years ago we blindly bowed to all foreign things. It seemed that only the foreign thing can be qualitative, good and at a high level.

             I remember how with a pounding heart, I stepped on the board of the first foreign airline …

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Legal regulation of social networks.

     Social networks have recently entered our life, but have already become an integral part of it. Like any social phenomenon, they require legal regulation.

     I would like to share with some of my thoughts on that.

     As you know, since 2012, Internet resources in Kazakhstan are considered to be equal to the mass media …

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