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Kazakhstan is the ninth-largest nation in the world and reaches the size of the whole Western Europe. Located south of Russia and west of China, Kazakhstan is a land of vast open terrains, spectacular mountains and modern cities.
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Thirdly, the objection to Kazakhstan's bid to chair OSCE seems to be full of double standards, similar those Israel has contended with in the world political arena for years. Breaking them will create a favorable precedent.
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Kazakhstan has substantial oil reserves (estimated at 40bn barrels, second only to those of Russia in the FSU) and has the capacity to produce up to 5% of world oil supplies by 2020. Gas reserves are ... sizeable, estimated at 80 trillion cubic feet. The new Kashagan oil field is at least 8-9 times the size of the Brent field and needs $20bn to develop. Oil and gas exports currently account for 59% of total exports.
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Kazakhstan has hydrocarbon reserves estimated at 110 billion barrels of oil and 5 trillion cubic metres of gas. By 2015, these reserves (including the Kashagan deposit -- which is the 2nd largest in the world) will make Kazakhstan an important oil producer. Although the oil and gas industry is the most dynamic sector of its economy, Kazakhstan is actively promoting corporate governance, increased transparency, social reforms, decentralisation, the further development of small and medium businesses, accession to the WTO and agriculture.
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Kazakhstan has developed itself as a formidable sports-force on the world arena in the following fields: boxing, chess, kickboxing, skiing, gymnastics, water-polo, cycling, martial arts, heavy-athletics, horse-riding, tri-athlon, track-hurdles, sambo, greco-roman wrestling, billiards. The following are all well-known Kazakhstani athletes and world-championship medalists: Bekzat Sattarhanov, Vassili Zhirov, Alexander Vinokourov, Bulat Zhumadilov, Mukhtarkhan Dildabekov, Olga Shishigina, Andrey Kashechkin, Aliya Yusuppova, Dmitriy Karpov, Darmen Sadvakassov, Yeldos Ikhsangaliyev, Aidar Kabimollayev, Yermakhan Ibraimov, Vladimir Smirnov, among others.
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Kazakhstan is rich with commercial minerals. In terms of chromium, vanadium, bismuth and fluorine reserves Kazakhstan knows no second in the world while in resources of iron, chromite, lead, zink, tungsten, molybdenum, phosphorite, copper, potassium and cadmium the country holds one of the leading places.
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