Timur Kulibayev was born into power in 1966, the son of a Communist Party boss in the former Soviet Union. Raised in a western Kazakh oil city, he studied economics at one of Russia’s most prestigious ...
Thomas Rowley is a journalist and editor specialising in Eastern Europe, Central Asia and South Caucasus. Between 2015 and 2024, he was lead editor for the post-Soviet space at openDemocracy. Be the ...
The Caspian Cabals investigation reveals how Western oil companies — including Chevron Corp., ExxonMobil Corp., Shell PLC, and Italy’s Eni S.p.A. — ignored bribery risks and massive cost overruns to ...
Peter Stone has been an investigative reporter in Washington, D.C., for over three decades covering legal, lobbying and campaign finance issues. His work has appeared in National Journal, The Guardian ...