Monthly Archive

2011

Welcome to our Archives page. On this page you will find a total of 185 of our articles broken down into Months and Years.
Events and opinions
2787
2 min read

Burial of democracy in Kazakhstan. Police seize pro-democracy protesters.

Pro-democracy protesters have been seized in Kazakhstan, as a campaign to keep Nursultan Nazarbayev, the president, in power for another decade without elections claimed the support of more than half ... read more..

Events and opinions
2800
2 min read

Kazakh president likely to back call to scrap election and stay in power

Kazakhstan's president is preparing to back a move to cancel elections in the oil-rich former Soviet Republic until 2020, his chief spokesperson said on Tuesday, confirming that the self-styled citize... read more..

Events and opinions
3000
3 min read

Kazakhstan's benevolent father: Long live the khan!

THE workings of Kazakhstan's political machine are regrettably now rather familiar. An obscure group of concerned citizens gathers in a distant corner of the country and there, for the good of the nat... read more..

Events and opinions
2786
2 min read

U.S. says Kazakh referendum is setback for democracy

ALMATY (Reuters) - The United States on Tuesday condemned Kazakhstan's move to extend the rule of veteran leader Nursultan Nazarbayev to 2020, bypassing a 2012 election, and said this would be a blow ... read more..

Events and opinions
2932
3 min read

Kazakh parliament backs president ruling to 2020

ASTANA — The Kazakh parliament Wednesday backed a controversial plan for a referendum to extend the mandate of strongman President Nursultan Nazarbayev to 2020 and skip two presidential elections. ... read more..

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