by David | Nov 5, 2009 | Blogging, Conspiracy Theories, Online Video, Politics & New Media
Under the guise of “protecting citizens from terrorists and porn,†the government in Kazakhstan is eliminating freedom of speech and of the press via a particularly toxic cocktail of Old Stalinist School beatings, jailings and intimidation – and cutting-edge...
by David | Nov 4, 2009 | Uncategorized
Beatings, midnight phone calls and a culture of fear This is the transcript of my interview with an independent journalist in Kazakhstan. He was commiserating with me about my hospital stay, and mentioned that he too, had suffered because of his political beliefs. ...
by David | Oct 16, 2009 | Vastness
I got a real lesson in why the Huns, Tatars & Golden Horde were both nomads & ferocious warriors today. The plane flight from Astana the Gleaming to Almaty the Ancient took me over an incredible stretch of flat, brown steppe. I looked down on this from the...