Can Kazakhstan’s oil boom survive Putin’s War? | FT Film

Oil helped transform Kazakhstan into Central Asia’s largest economy. But much of its oil wealth depends on an export pipeline that crosses Russia – and that pipeline has come under attack from Ukrainian forces. Can shipping, manufacturing and critical minerals offer the country a future beyond oil?

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00:00 – Intro
01:22 – The chokepoint
03:16 – The attack
04:32 – The divide
08:42 – The unrest
11:54 – The economy
14:09 – The escape route
18:03 – The environment
20:00 – The new oil
23:15 – The future

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