At a summit of the Eurasian Economic Union in Kazakhstan, the visiting heads of state were awarded with medals and inducted into the "Order of The First President of The Republic of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev." Or all but one of them were, anyway.
Eurasianet
Eurasianet
Kazakhstan's pretend presidential election contest would not have been complete without a pretend debate among the pretend candidates.
Latin American Herald Tribune
Amirzhan Kosanov, the lone opposition candidate in Kazakhstan’s June 9 presidential election, took the opportunity of Wednesday’s televised debate to demand democratic reforms in the Central Asian nation.
Chris Rickleton
Kazakhstan's young, creative class 'wakes up' – will the rest follow?
Wojciech Górecki
With Wojciech Górecki about the Russian-Chinese game, Moscow’s strategy and about preventing burano talks Małgorzata Schwarzgruber.
New Europe Newsroom
The area around the Lubyanka, the headquarters of Russia's intelligence services - the FSB - in Moscow.
Joanna Lillis
While media gurus chat, the internet has taken a dive