Chapter 5 RUSSIA AND THE POST-SOVIET STATES

Kazakhstan's President to Meet with George W. Bush

After watching the Kazakhstan's President to Meet with George W. Bush video, consider the questions below. Then "submit" your response.

1. Martha Brill Olcott of the Carnegie Endowment for Peace criticizes Kazakhstan for

Treatment of non-governmental organizations

Treatment of the media

Failure to meet standards for free and fair elections

All of the above

2. The president of Kazakhstan reports creating a national commission that will

Study economic development

Build an oil pipeline

Consist of all political forces in the country

Reinstate Communism

3. A member of the Democratic Choice of Kazakhstan Party wants to

Reduce the power of Parliament and increase that of the president

Reduce the power of the president and increase that of Parliament

Establish a supreme court

Found three new political parties

4. The president is named in a corruption suit filed in

Russia

China

The United States

Saudi Arabia

5. According to Martha Brill Olcott, all fortunes in post-Soviet countries were made by

Kleptocracy

The stock market

Real estate

Professional occupations