#CentralAsia: Could #Kazakh-#Chinese joint venture export drones to #Russia?

Our weekly update on recent developments in Chinese-Russian-Central Asian affairs.

https://eurasianet.org/central-asia-could-kazakh-chinese-joint-venture-export-drones-to-russia

#Kazakh prosecutor warns people against being recruited into #Russian military for #Ukraine war
https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/russia-ukraine-war-news-06-30-23/h_7129cae0df2ad520dca2205e95cb855c

Recent earworms: Жауап Бер (Answer) by Orda #Kazakh #pop #music

A new RFERL investigation:
#Kyrgyz, #Kazakh Companies Send Western Tech To Firms Linked To #Kremlin #War Machine
https://www.rferl.org/a/kyrgyz-kazakh-firms-investigation-western-tech-russia-war-ukraine/32467795.html

#Kazakh Officials Sign Major Investment and Partnership Projects at Astana International Forum.
https://astanatimes.com/2023/06/kazakh-officials-sign-major-investment-and-partnership-projects-at-astana-international-forum/

Two #Kazakh Teams Advance to Finals of World Google #Hackathon.
https://astanatimes.com/2023/05/two-kazakh-teams-advance-to-finals-of-world-google-hackathon/

Down and safe in #Astana #Kazakhstan. Some #Kazakh #LineBrew premium #larger at the #BestWesternHotel

In the years before independence, #Stepnogorsk had become a key node in Moscow’s biological weapons program and uranium industry. Now it is one of many #Kazakh provincial towns framed by its #Soviet legacy.
https://eurasianet.org/kazakhstans-stepnogorsk-portrait-of-a-former-soviet-closed-town

Up to 125,000 tons of #Kazakh oil to be exported via #Turkey in April.
The full-year target to deliver up to 1.5 million tons on this route may be missed, however.
https://eurasianet.org/up-to-125000-tons-of-kazakh-oil-to-be-exported-via-turkey-in-april

The akim of the #Kazakh region of Ulytau, Berik Abdygaliuly, proposed changing the #Soviet names of some regions to historical ones. https://canada.unofficialbird.com/nexta_tv/status/1630892349290172417#m

Warm up, charge your phone, taste national #Kazakh dishes and get to know traditions: "#Yurta_of_Invincibility" was opened in #Lviv

This is already the fourth #Yurt of Invincibility in #Ukraine. Previously, such were opened in #Bucha, #Kyiv and #Kharkiv.

1/3

2023-27-01 #video:

"This is #Kazakhstan, take off your Z sign!"

Huge respect to #Kazakh people on the video for their firm position.

#RussianWarOfAgression
#RussiaIsATerroristState

And do you remember how the opening of the yurt of indomitability in #Bucha drove the entire #Russian honey mash sugar mush to hysterics?

That's right. In #Kyiv, #Kazakh patrons have already opened the second such.

In #Shevchenko_Park, the "yurt of invincibility" is equipped with generators and heaters.

You can come there to warm up, drink tea and taste national dishes.

#Ukraine

Here's a #medley of #Kazakh #tunes played on zhetygen, kobyz and sazsyrnai.
The zhetygen or jetigen is a plucked #zither related to the Khakas and Altai chatkhan, Tuvan chadagan, Mongolian yatg, Chinese guzehng, Korean gayageum, and Japanese koto; though all are regionally distinctive in appearance and playing style. The likely origin of the instrument is with the Turkic peoples of #CentralAsia or #Siberia during #antiquity, and the #SilkRoad facilitated its spread.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=937je0eBnwU

In #Bucha, with the support of the #Kazakh embassy, a Yurt of Invincibility was opened.

#Ukraine

Really enjoying the music of Kazakh group Orda https://music.youtube.com/channel/UCk8YBbsMI3Fah0pBwrHDs5A?feature=share #Kazakh #pop #rock #music

Music streaming can be frustrating. Albums and songs that I've favorited or playlisted can disappear just like that. Kazakh group Orda's Orda Essentials album disappeared and another album with some of the same songs are on a new album. Now I have to go maintain my playlists to get the same songs back. The song didn't go away; the album did. *Grump*

Here's the song that introduced me to Orda:

Қилы Заман (Challenging Times) by Orda https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=E7BpYvqXMp8&feature=share

#Kazakh #pop #rock #music #streaming

A draft law in the #Kazakh legislature by the ruling Amanat Party foresees the cancellation of all privileges, particularly immunity after leaving office, and the status of #elbasy from #Nazarbayev after his status was already removed from the #Constitution in June.

Disppacement by chosen successor - an increasingly common power transition model in #CentralAsia - with possibilities for some openings along the way?

Eyes on Tajikistan 🇹🇯 next.
https://www.rbc.ru/politics/29/12/2022/63ac5a0b9a7947c2e16f98ab

An excellent playlist of Kazakh music featuring China-based Marmer Rayes' multi-instrumental career:

https://www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks/wire-playlist-mamer

From Jake Newby's excellent newsletter about music from China: https://jakenewby.substack.com/

#music #kazakh

But seriously, if I didn't fly away this year to Qazaqstan, I wouldn't know about really big number of local musicians.
And that's what I should be grateful.
So here is an example of great music I found here. This band called 'Steppe Sons'. They play ethno fusion as I would say. But guys told they describe their style more like alt folk.
Here is their relatively old live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQvQwxkldrc&t=9s

#music #top #qazaq #kazakh #fusion #folk