Finally!
Kazakhstan joined the WTO.
And now, as always, after the fait accompli, let’s weigh everything and consider whether we need it or not.
First of all, what is the World Trade Organization?
In simple terms, it is an international …
Read more
Two drivers quarreled in the center of the city. Most likely, one of them cut off the second one. The drivers get out of the cars and begin to figure out the relationship on the fists. One beats the second and leaves contented. The second remains to lie on the asphalt.
A …
Read more
With fear I am waiting for the moment when young people begin to annoy me, when their music seems to be stupid, outfits are tasteless, mores are loose; when I catch myself thinking that earlier the grass was greener, and the water was wetter.
Some of my peers have already started to express such suspicions. However, it has not touched …
Read more
Strange metamorphosis occurs with some words.
For example, here is the harmless scientific word “Negro”. It always denoted the people of the Negroid race. This is not an insult or a compliment. Just a statement of fact. But some people thought that this word contains hidden discrimination, and …
Read more
The fate of the negotiator is unenviable.
Your people will always say that you are too soft and yielding.
Strangers will always say that you are too hard and inconsistent.…
Read more
Often, in conversations about the need to learn Kazakh language, I hear a hackneyed phrase: there are no good textbooks in Kazakhstan, there are no methodologies, there are no training centers, no teachers.
I never listened to such arguments, because I was sure that whoever is looking for – will always find it.
But …
Read more
Every time I go to Alma-Ata, I find more and more distinctions between the Alma-Ata and the Astana residents.
A lot of civil servants and employees of state companies live in Astana. This leaves an imprint on the general atmosphere in public places. Even on vacation (in restaurants, shopping centers, in the …
Read more
In sport, as in any extreme situation, the human essence is revealed. If you want to find out what a person is, look at him on the football field or on the hockey court.
If he surreptitiously puts the bandwagon, does not admit his violation of the rules, argues with the judge for a long time, accuses …
Read more
Not long ago I remembered my time in the army, when I was young.
I served in the outback of Russia in the Soviet (back then) Army (spring 1986 – spring 1988).
Hazing and communities based on the areas were very common at that time.
In my military unit there were two squadrons. In one commander was a seasoned captain, …
Read more
I’m an atheist.
I do not believe in supernatural power. I believe in the laws of physics, chemistry, biology, sociology, and others.
But that’s not the point.
How did it happen that in our society to own up to being an …
Read more