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‘You can't run from the truth': Iconic art protests preface Kazakh presidential vote

NAN Tokayev

 Kazakhstan's young, creative class 'wakes up' – will the rest follow?

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Kazakhstan: Press freedom missing from agenda of media talking shop

Show don't tell: Dancers performing at the opening of this year's Eurasian Media Forum. (Photo: Eurasian Media Forum website)

 While media gurus chat, the internet has taken a dive

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Anti-government protests cast a shadow over Kazakhstan's glitzy economic forum

Astana

The Astana Economic Forum addressed all the issues expected of an international summit: inclusivity, sustainability, security, change. But outside the conference hall, cracks seemed to be appearing

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Police in Kazakhstan inadvertently become conceptual artists

A man holding up a blank placard is arrested

Aslan Sagutdinov had a hunch. The authorities in Kazakhstan are so intolerant of dissent, he reasoned, that it does not really matter what protesters write on their placards.

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Kazakh Protesters Detained As Websites Go Dark

Protesters Almaty

Police in Kazakhstan have detained several antigovernment protesters who staged demonstrations during ceremonies to mark the 74th anniversary of the Allied victory against Nazi Germany in World War II.

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On Human Rights in Kazakhstan

Tokayev Kasym

Kazakhstan has long set its sights on joining the world’s elite. Yet there’s a huge gap between their rhetoric and their deeds. 

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Kazakhstan: Government cracks down on supporters of the constitution

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Authorities in Kazakhstan are cracking down on citizens holding public demonstrations in support of the constitution.

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Kazakh Ruling Party Nominates Toqaev For President

Kazakh interim President Qasym-Zhomart Toqaev (left) and former President Nursultan Nazarbaev shake hands at the congress of the ruling Nur Otan ruling party in Nur-Sultan on April 23.

Kazakhstan's ruling Nur Otan party has nominated interim President Qasym-Zhomart Toqaev for the presidency, virtually assuring his victory in a snap election scheduled for June 9.

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The Rocky Road to Replacing Vladimir Putin

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 The transition to Putin’s constitutionally scheduled replacement as president of Russia may be rougher than currently expected.

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Kazakhstan President Nazarbayev resigns amid mounting political crisis

Astana

In a sign of growing social and political turmoil in Central Asia, Kazakhstan’s 78-year-old president, Nursultan Nazarbayev, who has been head of state of the country since its formation out of the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, announced his immediate resignation on Tuesday, March 19.

Experts of the Committee against Torture Commend Kazakhstan for Enhanced Legislation

Experts of the Committee against Torture Commend Kazakhstan for Enhanced Legislation

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Kazakh official: Not the time to resolve differences through war

Kazakh official: Not the time to resolve differences through war

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Oil majors sued by Kazakh government over billions in revenue

Oil majors sued by Kazakh government over billions in revenue

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