I witnessed an amazing era of development in Kazakhstan when I moved to Almaty in 1994 as a legal … Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.fcpablog.com

Chinese overtures to thinly populated but vast Central Asian countries, part of its “One Belt, One Road” initiative, raise deep Russian insecurities over its traditional grip on the region. Nowhere is this more evident than in Kazakhstan. Sourced through Scoop.it…

Kazakhstan didn’t propose to dissolve the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and didn’t send any documents with such proposals to member countries of the CIS Sourced through Scoop.it from: en.trend.az

City links: Ski slope housing in Kazakhstan, abandoned palaces in Tunisia, flooding in Miami and Vietnam’s cycling capital feature in this week’s best city stories Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.theguardian.com

The embassies of the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation located in the Republic of Poland have noted with considerable… Sourced through Scoop.it from: poland.mid.ru

Baikonur Cosmodrome. Located literally in the middle of nowhere in Central Asia. Hardly an attractive or easy place to travel to. Yet on the bucketlist of most of my spacegeek-friends on social media. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.travelsinorbit.com

Links: Podcast on the reality of the Eurasian Economic Union and an overly optimistic view on the region by 2050. Sourced through Scoop.it from: thediplomat.com

Googles messaging app Hangouts seems all set for a change pretty soon. A new rumor suggests that the Search Engine giant will apparently kill SMS and MMS Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.gizbot.com

Google might once again be rethinking its instant messaging strategy as a new rumour has indicated that the company is testing a new build of Hangouts without SMS support. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.neowin.net

The Patent Act unambiguously defines patents as property rights directly analogous to personal property, Defending property can’t make an owner a bully.  Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.ipwatchdog.com