The Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) is a Russian-run structure, loosely modelled on the European Union.

An emerging young, urban population has begun to challenge the lasting legacies of the Soviet era. 

Kazakhstan’s former president, Nursultan Nazarbayev, who resigned in March after nearly 30 years in power, was a great admirer of the Singaporean leader Lee Kuan Yew. 

 “Man-in-the-middle observation can be benevolent”

The US capital has turned into a revolving door for those in need of reputation laundering - a rather shameful condition for the self-styled leader of the free world. 

Mukhtar Dzhakishev’s passionate speech about the flaws of Kazakhstan’s justice system echoed beyond the courtroom in Semey where he awaited a decision on his plea for parole.