The Prisoner of Kazakhstan

It's the new Eldorado. And though its riches may prove just as illusory for the modern hydrocarbon conquistadors, it's is almost as hard to get to. Still, foreigners love Kazakhstan, or rather they love the oil under its shores. Like many of the successor states of the USSR, Kazakhstan did not grow into independence. It was thrust into it, and its leaders cling to the old Soviet ways to feel comfortable. But they still avail themselves of the best the modern world offers, like offshore bank