In January 2022, we reported on the uprising in Kazakhstan due to rising energy prices, just under a month after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The President of the Presidential Republic – with one-party government – Kassym Jomart Tokayev he had fired the government and imposed a curfew. According to several international analysts, one of … Read more
Rome, 13 October 2022 – In January 2022 we talked about the revolt in Kazakhstan due to rising energy prices, just under a month after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The president of the presidential republic – with one-party government – Kassym Jomart Tokayev he had fired the government and imposed a curfew. According to … Read more
In this article, Antonio Navarro, Diocesan Delegate for Ecumenism and for Interreligious Dialogue, analyzes some of the keys to understanding this 38th Apostolic Journey of Pope Francis By Antonio Navarro, Diocesan Delegate for Ecumenism and for Interreligious Dialogue Kazakhstan, a plural and open nation As a modern and independent country, Kazakhstan is very recent. It … Read more
The Pope’s Journey Francis in Kazakhstan forced the daily The cross to lean on the figure of Mgr Schneider, “a bishop from Kazakhstan popular in traditionalist circles”. We even read about Jeanne Smiths and the abbot from Tanouarn. And in fact, the character is not uninteresting, when we look at his career: Born in 1961 … Read more
Pope Francis made an urgent call on Tuesday in Nur-Sultan, the capital of Kazakhstan, to demand peace in Ukraine and an immediate end to a conflict he called “tragic and senseless war.” On his 38th pontifical trip, Francis raised his voice alongside the country’s president and said: “I have come to echo the request of … Read more
Kazakhstan, in the heart of Central Asia, is a mosaic of peoples: of ethnic groups, languages and religions. A cultural maelstrom that has managed to preserve and promote concord through a history forged on the shores of the Silk Road, of nomadic tribes and the reception of deportees during the Soviet regime. Kazakhstan, after its … Read more
As if Russia wasn’t isolated enough already. Or hadn’t damaged his reputation as a reliable player in hydrocarbons enough. After interrupting gas deliveries last week to several European countries including France, under technical pretexts, Moscow cut Monday morning the transit of Kazakh oil exports via the CPC terminal of its port of Novorossisk, on the … Read more