It was around lunchtime on the first day of November when thick plumes of acrid smoke billowed into the sky over Barakholka, Almaty’s sprawling archipelago of wholesale bazaars. A two-story warehouse ...

Shoppers thronged Barakholka bazaar in Kazakhstan’s commercial capital, Almaty, on a recent summer’s afternoon, browsing for bargains in the shipping containers from which traders ply their wares. It ...

For Chinese longing for a taste of home, various pickled vegetables are displayed in a Chinese supermarket at the Yalian Trade Center in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Almaty is the largest city in Kazakhstan ...

The city of Almaty lies to the south of Kazakhstan, a stop off point in years gone by on the Silk Road, the great trading route that linked east and west. Trade and economy are still at the heart of ...

Several cities around the globe have reinvented themselves in recent years, but none more successfully than Almaty. Since the collapse of the USSR, Kazakhstan’s largest city (population 2.2 million ...

ention “Almaty,” and most people envision snow-draped peaks, winding ski trails, and glistening turquoise lakes, the iconic scenery that defines Kazakhstan’s former capital. But not every visit allows ...

For Kazakhstan, don’t listen to the influencers. The ones who’ve travelled there from India tend to be young, penniless students, making the most of the rupee’s advantage over the tenge and India’s ...