1,202 Kazakhstan citizens naturalized in the U.S. in 2012: 664 of them are close relatives of U.S. citizens, 247 received residence via the Green Card lottery and 129 received the refugee status.
Should we take into account China’s intention to enter Nursultan and Abay offshore oil projects, the share of China may exceed 50%: an expert with the Institute for Political Solutions.
The reasons behind the decision are excessive backlog of petrol at Kazakhstan-based oil refineries and the need to channel more crude to Kazakhstan-based refineries rather than to Russia.