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Kazakhstan: People
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Kazakhstan is a democratic state, even though some Western institutions claim its elections have been rigged, with close to 90 percent of the population voting for Nazarbaev and his party. But why wouldn't people prefer Nazarbaev, who has the economy developing at an even quicker rate than China's, to somebody else?
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The official language of Kazakhstan is the Turkic language of Kazakh, although Russian is the most widely spoken. Only about 40 per cent of the people speak Kazakh, while more than three-quarters of the population speak Russian.
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After the Mongol capture of the Karakitai state, Kazakhstan fell under the control of a succession of rulers of the Mongolian Golden Horde, the western branch of the Mongol Empire. (The horde, or zhuz , is the precursor of the present-day clan, which is still an important element of Kazakh society) By the early fifteenth century, the ruling structure had split into several large groups known as khanates, including the Nogai Horde and the Uzbek Khanate. The present-day Kazakhs became a recognizable group in the mid-fifteenth century, when clan leaders broke away from Abul Khayr, leader of the Uzbeks, to seek their own territory in the lands of Semirech'ye, between the Chu and Talas rivers in present-day southeastern Kazakhstan. The first Kazakh leader was Khan Kasym (r. 1511-23), who united the Kazakh tribes into one people. In the sixteenth century, when the Nogai Horde and Siberian khanates broke up, clans from each jurisdiction joined the Kazakhs.
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In addition to the Kazakhstan acquisition, CTC Media, in cooperation with Terra group, a leading independent Uzbek media holding company, has registered a television company in Uzbekistan, which is expected to commence operations in 2008 on Channel 30. CTC Media will own 51 percent of the company. The population of Uzbekistan is more than 27 million people.
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"Our company's long-term commitment to Kazakhstan has been reinforced throughout this legal process," said Robert L. Parker Jr., president and CEO. "We look forward to continuing our successful partnership with the people of Kazakhstan."
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VimpelCom is a leading international provider of mobile telecommunications services in Russia and Kazakhstan, with newly acquired operations in Ukraine. The VimpelCom Group's license portfolio covers approximately 200 million people. Geographically it covers 78 regions in Russia (with 136.5 million people, representing 94% of Russia's population) as well as the entire territory of Kazakhstan and Ukraine. VimpelCom was the first Russian company to list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE"). VimpelCom's ADSs are listed on the NYSE under the symbol "VIP".
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