RECENT HEADLINES
Caspian Basin: No Way to Halt Sturgeon Poaching
Momentum is building among Caspian Basin governments for a moratorium on sturgeon fishing, in order to protect the lucrative caviar trade. Informal discussions with fishermen, however, suggest that an official ban would be unlikely to halt the dangerous depletion of sturgeon stocks.
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ALMANAC FACTS
Area: 2,716,998 sq km (1,049,039 sq mi)
Population: 15,143,704
Capital: Astana 270,400
President: Nursultan Äbishuly Nazarbayev
Religion: Muslim 47%, Russian Orthodox 44%, Protestant 2%, other 7%
Life Expectancy: 66.07 years
GDP per capita: $6,300
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Soros Foundation - Kazakhstan
ul. Furmanova, 117-20
Almaty, 480091
Kazakhstan
Phone: (7 3272) 503 811, 588 983
Fax: (7 3272) 503 814
Email: sfk@soros.kz
Executive Director: Mr. Dariusz Zietek
Website: http://www.soros.kz/
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