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European Parliament Votes to Give Georgia Visa-Free Access The Conway Bulletin. Feb. 3 2017 QUALITY INDEPENDENT NEWS REPORTING FROM CENTRAL ASIA & THE SOUTH CAUCASUS SINCE 2010 Issue no. 315 Uzbek president Mirziyoyev Business News: Korea’s Person in the news: wants to redevelop the Aral Kookmin Bank to sell stake in Nazarbayev sacks Sea region – p.3 CenterCredit Bank – p.9 Tasmagambetov European Parliament votes to give Georgia visa-free access >>Visas for Georgians will be dropped later this month after suspension mechanism is agreed TBILISI -- As expected, the European Parliament voted 553 to 66 in favour of allowing Georgians and Ukrainians visa-free travel to the Schengen Zone, a major victory for Georgia’s pro West foreign policy (Feb. 2). Once the European Parliament and European Council have worked out a mechanism that allows them to quickly suspend visa-free access if needed, Georgians will be able to start travelling to the 26-country Schengen zone and stay for 90 days without applying for a visa. This is expected by the end of February. For Georgia, this is a major >>The former parliament building in central Tbilisi Pic: The Bulletin victory towards greater integration European Union brings tangible “The reality is that this [Georgian with the West. results for every Georgian citizen.” EU accession] is not on the agenda Georgian PM Giorgi Kvirikashvili But, although it is clearly a major for the EU,” he said. “Given the inter- was in Strasbourg for the European achievement for Georgia, it is unlikely nal challenges the EU faces - populist Parliament vote. to bring their ultimate ambition of movements, the Brexit negotiations, “Today is a day of historical sig- joining the European Union any the Greek debt crisis to name just nificance for Georgia,” he said in a closer. three - and the conflict in Ukraine, statement after the vote. “Indeed, Alex Nice, a Central Asia and the last thing the EU needs is to be today marks Georgia’s great success! South Caucasus analyst at the Econ- drawn into is a contentious accession Today’s decision will prove that Geor- omist Intelligence Unit (EIU), process with a country with an unre- gia’s policy on drawing closer to the explained. solved territorial dispute with Russia.” Nazarbayev fires vice-PM Tasmagambetov ALMATY -- In a surprise move, The shift from central govern- Tasmagambetov is popular with ordi- Kazakh president Nursultan ment to the diplomatic corps is a nary Kazakhs and had been touted by Nazarbayev sacked his longtime ally humiliating end to Mr Tamagambe- analysts as a potential successor to Imangali Tasmagambetov as deputy tov’s political career. Mr Nazarbayev as president. PM and sent him to Moscow to be He had been a PM, mayor of both Mr Nazarbayev gave no reason Kazakhstan’s ambassador to Russia Almaty and Astana and also been the for Mr Tasmagambetov’s demotion. (Feb. 3). minister of defence. The 60-year-old >>See The Briefing on page 8 for more THE BRIEFING: P8 >> Tasmagambetov sacked as Kazakhstan’s deputy PM >> The Conway Bulletin, 1 St Colme Street, Edinburgh, EH3 6AA; +44 (0)131 220 8286 Cross Fell ltd, Copyright © 2017 The Conway Bulletin. | Feb. 3 2017 | page 9 Person in the news Inside this week’s Bulletin Tasmagambetov sent to KAZAKHSTAN page 7 The Kazakh government admits that Moscow hackers attacked 21 government >>Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev has sent his ally Imangali websites. Tasmagambetov into political exile in Moscow. James Kilner looks at KYRGYZSTAN page 6 Tasmagambetov and why he was once considered a future president. Prosecutors are investigating reports that Until last Friday, Imangali Tasmagabtov had a sparkling CV. He was rescue workers looted a crash site where a considered the consummate Kazakh insider and the man with a hotline to cargo plane ploughed into a village. the president. If Nursultan Nazarbayev, Kazakh president since TAJIKISTAN page 6 independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, wanted something done, he turned to Tasmagabetov, his trusted lieutenant. Russian president Vladimir Putin is to The urbane Tasmagambetov had been the Kazakh PM between 2002 and visit Dushanbe, setting off rumours that 2003; mayor of Almaty between 2004 and 2008; mayor of Astana between Tajikistan is to join the Eurasian 2008 and 2014; defence minister from 2014 until 2016 and then a deputy PM Economic Union. until Feb. 3 2017. In each one of these sensitive positions, Nazarbayev TURKMENISTAN page 4 personally appointed Tasmagambetov. In Kazakhstan's myopic politics, Tasmagambetov had even been talked Turkmenistan positions new surface-to- of as a president-in-waiting and, if he had been given the top job, this would air missiles on its Caspian Sea patrol have come as no major surprise as his career has closely tracked that of boats. Nazarbayev. Now, followers of Kazakhstan’s politics will have to think again. UZBEKISTAN page 3 Tasmagambetov will not be the next Kazakh president. That was made clear on Friday. Kazakh president Shavkat Mirziyoyev says that he wants to invest $2.6b in Instead, he will move to Moscow as the Kazakh ambassador to Russia, a redeveloping the Aral Sea area. diplomatic exile that will undermine his powerbase and take him away from the cauldron of Kazakhstan’s Astana-based politics. AZERBAIJAN page 9 It is a manoeuvre that has served Nazarbayev well. He has dispatched other powerful figures to embassies where they have been forced to watch Pres. Aliyev says that he wants the main action from the sidelines. Azerbaijan to boost its exports of wine. Perhaps Tasmagambetov’s error was to become too powerful and too popular. The 60-year-old had a high profile, bigger GEORGIA page 5 than almost all other Kazakh politicians because of Hundreds of soldiers who lost their jobs in his tenureship of both the Almaty and Astana a round of cost cutting marched through mayoral positions. He was also considered by Tbilisi. ordinary people in Kazakhstan to be one of the most “Kazakh” of the elite, a major advantage in a ARMENIA page 6 country grappling with its newfound nationalism. He was popular and Armenia says its wants to develop closer considered a man who got stuff done. ties with its neighbour Iran, especially on Kazakh politics will move on without military matters. Tasmagambetov. For now. But he is an ambitious man, born into a humble BUSINESS NEWS page 9 household in western Kazakhstan who Nine years after buying it, Korea’s Kookmin still retains a sizable support-base. Don’t Bank confirms that it will sell its stake in write off a comeback for the new Kazakh Kazakhstan’s CenterCredit Bank to a ambassador to Moscow. consortium of Kazakh investors. The Conway Bulletin. — Independence, integrity, brevity” Editor – James Kilner Reporting coverage in Central Asia and the South Caucasus: The Bulletin has correspondents on retainers in Almaty, Bishkek, Dushanbe and Tbilisi and part-time correspondent in Yerevan. For Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, The Bulletin employs local reporters now based outside their home country to help with coverage. Cross Fell ltd owns The Conway Bulletin. It is registered in England and Wales as company no. 0755115. Our ISSN is 2397-6624. The Conway Bulletin, 1 St Colme Street, Edinburgh, EH3 6AA; +44 (0)131 220 8286 Cross Fell ltd, Copyright © 2017 The Conway Bulletin. | Feb. 3 2017 | page 3 Mirziyoyev pledges to invest $2.6b developing the Aral Sea region >> Investment aimed at regenerating region blighted by Soviet environmental disaster Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev ordered his government to spend $2.6b developing the area around the Aral Sea, a major investment in a region that was decimated by one of the Soviet Union’s most notorious economic development policies (Jan. 31). Reporting on the decree, RFE/RL said that that the investment would create new jobs and homes as well as improve sanitation and medical serv- ice. The Aral Sea was once the world’s fourth largest inland water but in the 1960s, the Soviets diverted water >>Moynaq used to be known for its fishing industry but now lies 60km from the sea Pic: wiki from the great Syr Darya and Amu damaged relations with neighbours used to house various industries, Darya rivers that flow from the Pamir and also boosted domestic invest- including a plant that canned fish for mountains into the Aral Sea, to irri- ment. export across the Soviet Union. That gate their cotton fields. The Aral Sea Although light on detail, the plan plant and the rest of the town now was, literally starved of water. Since will give Karakalpakstan, the most lies rotting and rusting having been then the Aral Sea has lost 90% of its western and poorest region in abandoned in the 1980s. water and become a watchword for Uzbekistan, a boost. Eeking out a living in Moynaq is man-made environmental disasters. And it needs it. Karakalpakstan’s difficult. One of its main revenue The eye-catching initiative to main city is Nukus, a former secret earners now is from tourists travel- regenerate the region comes at a time city built by the Soviets to house ling from Nukus to walk around and when Mr Mirziyoyev is trying to set workers for their chemical weapons photograph the rusting fishing fleet himself apart from his predecessor, plants. Moynaq, 120km north now marooned 60km from the Aral Islam Karimov, who died in Septem- through the desert, was the main city Sea. It is described as a ships’ grave- ber. He has ordered officials to repair on the Uzbek side of the Aral Sea. It yard. Freedom House says rights in Central Asia and the South Caucasus worsened in 2016 In its annual report mapping out the region, with a “Partly Free” status.
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