In Seoul, I turned out to be an unwilling witness to the riots related to impeachment to the country’s president, Ms. Pak Kun Hyo.
I noticed one detail. During the clashes between the demonstrators and the police, many people in police uniforms filmed each incident, each scuffle, on the cameras. It was unusual to see this. …
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I could never understand people who don’t perceive criticism.
They resenting at any comments in their address; zealously watch, so that no one will allow himself a caustic cue in their back; on any unflattering statement are ready to pounce with fists or maliciously fend off: “Look at yourself.”
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Once in Italy I talked to one local guy. He complained that he was given a small car at a service station for replacement.
“What does it mean to replace,” I ask.
– Well, I gave them my BMW X5 for repairs, and they give me a sedan 316 instead. Can you imagine? …
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Several years ago I went to a meeting with the akim of one of the regions.
So, I counted four (!) cordons on the way to him.
The first post was waiting for me at the entrance to the akimat building (by the way, people enter the akimat through the side …
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My friend’s son studies at one of the Czech universities.
Recently she went to visit him. She decided to lavish her son’s classmates, mostly Czechs, with Kazakh national dishes, and served a dinner in the dormitory. Before the feast, the son suddenly said to his mother: …
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Genocide is an act committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, any national, ethnic, racial, religious or other historically formed cultural and ethnic group.
I believe that at the beginning of the last century, against the Kazakhs and Ukrainians, the leadership of the Soviet Union did not use genocide. I did not see a single document that …
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May 30 in Kazakhstan is a Day of Remembrance of Victims of Political Repressions and Mass Hunger of the 1930s.
I bow my head to the innocently lost and injured our compatriots.
This day is important for rethinking our history.
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I am ready to believe and follow that political force, of which leaders do not hate their opponents, do not try to destroy them or remove them from the political scene, do not block the channels of broadcasting, do not remove them from friends in social networks, do not erase their comments, take criticism with dignity, without …
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I have noticed one thing: among the participants of the movement “Democratic Choice of Kazakhstan” many people are fanatically devoted to its leader, Mr. Ablyazov. They admire him, swear allegiance, ready to give his life for him. And this is when he has not yet become the leader of the country, but is just an oppositionist in exile. What will …
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They say that the retinue makes a king.
In fact, before this, the king makes a retinue (except, when the subordinates were imposed on him).
Therefore, each subordinate is a reflection of some traits or qualities of his boss. In addition, every boss deserves his subordinate.
I thought about this recently, when …
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