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Kazakhstan is a constitutional republic with a strong presidency. It is divided into 14 oblasts and the two municipal districts of Almaty and Astana. Each is headed by an akim (provincial governor) appointed by the president. Municipal akims are appointed by oblast akims. The Government of Kazakhstan transferred its capital from Almaty to Astana on June 10, 1998.
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The Association of Jewish Communities of Kazakhstan, a Chabad Lubavitch organization... plays an active role in Kazakhstan’s Jewish community and is a member of the Federation of Jewish Communities of the CIS. Chabad Lubavitch operates a Jewish center called Beis Menachem (“the House of Menachem”) and conducts services at synagogues in Almaty, Astana, and Chimkent. Synagogues in Kzyl-Orda and Pavlodar hold services, and JDC-trained religious program coordinators also work with communities throughout Kazakhstan.
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According to the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, Danial Akhmetov, Kazakhstan and Russia are studying the creation of a small "space missile" launching system Ishim using a supersonic Mig-31st jet fighter. Having detached from the carrier aircraft, the small missile reaches a higher altitude and puts a small 160-kilogram-heavy space vehicle into low earth orbit.
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The UK recognised Kazakhstan on 31 December 1991 immediately after the dissolution of the USSR. Diplomatic relations between the two countries were established on 19 January 1992 during the visit to Kazakhstan by Douglas Hurd, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs at the time. The British Embassy was opened in Almaty in October 1992. The British Embassy has since further expanded its presence in Kazakhstan. In September 2003 HRH Duke of York opened a Trade and Investment office in Atyrau. In December 2006 the Embassy moved to Astana, though it retains a presence in Almaty; where there is a British Embassy Office and consular and visa work for Kazakhstan is centred there.
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The PLA is of interest to Kazakhstan’s MoD in as much as China has strengthened its own Special Forces, which are so essential for antiterrorist operations. Kazakhstan hopes to tap into this expertise and learn how the PLA plan, train and utilizes such forces. These units are beginning to work together, as seen in the potential which arose from Tien-Shan 2006, when Kazakhstan and China held bilateral antiterrorist exercises. Moreover, during the SCO antiterrorist exercises ‘Peace Mission 2007’, the participation of elements of Kazakhstan’s airmobile forces, based in Kapshagai, from which its peacekeeping units are drawn (KAZBAT, which is being expanded to KAZBRIG through assistance from the U.S. and NATO), alongside their counterparts in the PLA, raised more interest in Sino-Kazakhstan security cooperation.
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Air Astana, a venture between the Kazakh government and BAE Systems, agreed to buy nine Airbus and Boeing jetliners to help meet surging travel demand in Kazakhstan. The six Airbus A320s and three Boeing 787-8s have a combined catalog price of $950 million, Air Astana said in an e-mailed statement. Deliveries will start in 2012, it said.
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