Nursultan Nazarbayev

Here is another article from BBC world news.

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Giant tent to be built in Astana

(written by Natalie Antelava)

Kazakhstan has unveiled a new architectural project for its capital Astana - a giant transparent tent that will contain an indoor city.
The 150m-high (500ft) dome, designed by UK architect Norman Foster, will be built in just over a year.
The tent is being made from special material that absorbs sunlight to create the effect of summer inside.
Astana lies in the very heart of the Central Asian steppe. Temperatures there often drop to -30C in the winter.

'Difficult project'

The final shape of the world's biggest tent was revealed in a 3D model by Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev. Underneath, in an area larger than 10 football stadiums, will be a city with squares and cobbled streets, canals, shopping centres and golf courses.
The idea is to recreate summer, so that when the outside temperature is -30C, the residents of the Kazakh capital can play outdoor tennis, take boat rides or sip coffee on the pavement cafes.
Called Khan Shatyry, the project is designed by Lord Foster, who has recently built a giant glass pyramid in Astana.

Nothing of the sort has been done before, and from the engineering point of view it's an extremely difficult project," says Fettah Tamince, the head of Turkey's development company Sembol that is building the tent.
Mr Tamince is nevertheless confident the company can complete the construction in just 12 months.

'Huge risk'
It is a hugely ambitious undertaking, but so is Astana itself.
It was just over 10 years ago that President Nazarbayev decided to move the capital from Almaty to the very heart of Kazakhstan.
Since then the government says it has spent $15bn (£7.7bn) on construction, although some believe the figure is actually much higher.

For this oil rich state, which is an increasingly important global energy player, cash is not a problem.

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Obviously the part in both bold and italics like this are my emphasis.

I am sure that the Kazakhs who live in the steppe away from either Almaty or Astana would love to know that Kazakhstan has no cash problem! Not to mention most of the "normal" population would love to just even take a boat ride and play golf any season of the year ONCE in their life!!!!
At least when Nursultan NAzarbayev started Astana out of nothing to make a new capital city he had the excuse that a large earthquake was predicted in Almaty, but this project is just too much.
Instead of posting photos of the "extremely difficult project" let me show you totally normal villagers. Do they look like a golf players to you?

Nursultan Nazarbayev is using Kazahstan as is own cash cow. He is raping the country so that he and his friends can live the so called good life of discusting excess.