“Una piccola scuola nella steppa kazaka”, Gianluca Chiarenza racconta la sua più grande passione: i Kazaki.
“Bella gente, i Kazaki, orgogliosa, onesta, non un briciolo di malizia, forti lavoratori dai duri lineamenti molto marcati a causa del difficile lavoro da svolgere in un clima insopportabile (+40°C in estate e -40°C in inverno). Ho trascorso un lungo periodo di lavoro con colleghi del luogo, gomito a gomito, 12 ore al giorno per molti giorni.”
“E’ facile strappare loro un sorriso, basta aprirsi e sorridere per primo, cercare di rendere l’argomento più positivo possibile, abituare a dire a chi ti è di fronte la parola “DA” che in russo significa “SI”; ecco che il sorriso affiora da quei volti induriti dall’aria calda e secca dell’estate e quella fredda e pungente dell’inverno..”
Per acquistare una copia del libro, con il ricavato che sarà devoluto al finanziamento di borse di studio per studenti kazaki, cliccate su : http://www.aksaicultura.net/sidebar/Cap_I_Kazakhstan_2012.pdf
Alexandr Vinokurov: medaglia d’oro nel ciclismo alle Olimpiadi Londra 2012
Un giorno atteso per un’intera carriera. Alexandre Vinokurov ha conquistato la medaglia d’oro nella corsa in linea del ciclismo, beffando in volata il colombianoRigoberto Uran, compagno di squadra di Mark Cavendish. Medaglia di bronzo per il norvegeseHristov che regola il gruppo degli inseguitori con i nostri Nibali e Paolini.
Decisivo lo scatto bruciante del kazako a cinque chilometri della fine con a ruota il passista colombiano. I Cambi regolari tra i due attaccanti hanno consentito al tandem di mantenere un distacco confortante dal gruppo degli inseguitori tradito dalla Spagna di Valverde e Castroneves.
Vinokourov conclude la sua attività agonistica con la vittoria più importante della sua carriera. Grande delusione per Mark Cavendish che regola in volata il plotone. Da segnalare le rovinose cadute di Fabian Cancellara e Tom Boonen a 10 km dal traguardo.
London 2012 Olympic Games : Yeleussinov makes light work of Herring
The 21-year-old Yeleussinov, one member of a strong Kazakh team, punched Herring around the ring and fully deserved his 19-9 victory.
Herring was magnanimous in defeat, admitting the better man won and adding: ‘I’m disappointed to have lost but as captain of the US team it’s my duty to stay around and cheer them on. If I am down then my team is down.’
Cuba’s former world champion Roniel Iglesias Sotolongo also looked strong in the 64kg category, easing past Cesar Villarraga Aldana of Colombia 19-9, and Iran’s Mendi Toloutibandpi looked strong dispatching Spain’s Jonathan Alonso 16-12.
Another Cuban, Yosbany Veitia Soto, dazzled in the light-flyweight division, scoring the biggest win of the competition so far with a 26-4 triumph over Billy Ward of Australia.
La Camera di Commercio Italia Uzbekistan organizza un’importante missione in Ottobre a Tashkent
La Camera di Commercio Italia Uzbekistan in collaborazione con Aice, organizza, dal 16 al 19 ottobre 2012 una missione imprenditoriale in Uzbekistan (circolare e modulo di adesione :
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La missione si prefigge di stabilire rapporti commerciali tra le aziende italiane e quelle uzbeke. L’Uzbekistan è in fase di grande sviluppo, con un tasso di incremento del PIL che, dal 2008, è superiore all’8% annuo e offre importanti prospettive per la vendita di prodotti italiani, con particolare riferimento a macchine ed impianti. Le Pmi lombarde che partecipano all’evento potranno beneficiare di un abbattimento dei costi di partecipazione, grazie ai contributi che verranno messi a disposizione dal Bando Internazionalizzazione 2012 di Regione Lombardia del valore di € 2.300,00. I settori in maggiore crescita sono quello automobilistico, quello energetico ed il tessile. La missione è multi-settoriale, con particolare attenzione ai settori dell’industria automobilistica, energetica, tessile, del mobile e dell’arredamento.
KazTransGas increases volume of gas transportation in 1st half of year
The volume of gas transportation of KazMunaiGas subsidiary — KazTransGas (www.kaztransgas.kz)- through mains amounted to 56.4 billion cubic meters during the first half of 2012, compared to 54.3 billion cubic meters in the same period last year, the company said on Tuesday.
“Thus, the volume of transportation through the mains of Intergas Central Asia amounted to .1 billion cubic meters (50.8 billion cubic meters in the first half of 2011), of which the volume of international transit — 39.7 billion cubic meters, the volume of gas to domestic transportation — 5.5 billion cubic meters, the volume of transporting gas for export amounted to 5.9 billion cubic meters,” the company said.
The volume of transportation through the mains of Kazakhstan-China Asian Pipeline amounted to 5.3 billion cubic meters (3.5 billion cubic meters in the first half of 2011).
Rompetrol starts drilling first exploration well overseas
Rompetrol’s ‘Upstream’ division (E & P) (a Kazmunaigaz’s owned company) begins drilling the first exploration well on Focsani block in Romania, the Kazakh national oil company KMG said on Tuesday.
‘The company has had the rights to explore the block since 2005’, KMG said. ‘The KAZ 1 exploration well is located in the north-west of the block near the Fitioneshti settlement with a planned depth of 4200 metres. However, the company plans to implement a 2D-seismic survey (not less than 200 km) in the south-west section (Prunen structure) to further explore the potential of the block’.
According to the report, this action will open a new chapter in the history of the Kazakh oil and gas industry and that of the National Company KazMunayGas and Rompetrol Group.
Living wage in Kazakhstan hits 113 USD in July
Amount of a living wage hit 16,979 tenge (about $113) in Kazakhstan in July 2012, Kazakh Statistics Agency said on Wednesday.
“Amount of living wage in Kazakhstan, on average, per capita, calculated based on minimum norms of consumption of basic foodstuffs, decreased by 1.2 percent in July 2012, compared to the previous month,” the Agency said.
Compared to July 2011, living wage rate rose by 2.2 percent.
In the structure of living wage, share of costs for meat and fish hit 23 percent, milk, butter and fat products and eggs – 15.3 percent, fruit and vegetables – 12.1 percent, bread and cereal products – 7.4 percent, sugar, tea and spice – 2.2 percent.
Kazakhstan wins third gold at London Olympics
Kazakh athlete Maya Maneza won a gold medal in weightlifting in the weight to 63 kg. Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev has sent a telegram to the Kazakh athlete, congratulating her on her victory and establishing a new Olympic record in London, Kazakh Presidential press service reported.
“Congratulations on a brilliant and very convincing victory in the competition in weightlifting at the XXX Olympic Games in London. Winning a gold medal, you have once again proved to everyone that you are one of the best athletes in the world. With your skill, purposefulness and the will to win, you deserved great respect of opponents, admiration and support of millions of fans. I wish you further gladden Kazakhs with your vivid sports achievements,” the congratulatory telegram says. Maneza lifted 245 kg (100 135 kg) in sum in the clean and jerk combination, setting an Olympic record. This is the third gold medal of Kazakhstan at the London Olympics. Earlier, racing cyclist Alexander Vinokourov and weightlifter Zulfiya Chinshanlo won gold.
