Views Of The Kazakh Capital And Retail Operations Amid Economic Downturn

Sunlight reflects off the Ministry of Transport and Communications of Kazakhstan skyscraper building, left, as the headquarters of the state-owned oil and gas company KazMunaiGaz, center, stands beyond in Astana, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2016. Kazakhstan's central bank is planning to review bank assets by the end of next year to help boost financial stability and spur lending that's needed to lift the economy of the former Soviet Union's second-biggest energy producer after its worst year since 1998. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images