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Nurali Aliyev, 35, was born into a family that has ruled Kazakhstan, an oil-rich former Soviet republic in Central Asia, with an iron fist for three decades.  His grandfather is Nursultan Na read more..

Millions of pounds extorted by a former Kazakh police chief via “old school post-Soviet raids involving murder” were used to buy three London homes, a court was told yesterday.   The pr read more..

 But the riot police seem to have arrived first The president of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, likes to bang on about political reform. The oil-rich Central Asian country’s rubber-stamp read more..

Hobbled by the impeachment trial, the U.S. secretary of state faces the tricky task of explaining a Trump administration policy that has often looked two-faced. Shadowed by an impeachment trial t read more..

A trade and investment partnership between China and Kazakhstan, seen as key to Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in Central Asia, is creaking as flagship projects run into trouble and Kazakh read more..

 Russia’s invitation for India to link up with Eurasian Economic Union recalls the SCO expansion saga. At the end of last year, Russian envoy Nikolai Kudashev said that Moscow is hopeful abo read more..

New Ipso chief Lord Faulks worked at commercial court under former authoritarian leader Nursultan Nazarbayev The new head of the UK’s independent press regulator has been criticised for pro read more..

Ivanka Trump and Donald Jr. knew they were lying when they were trying to sell off condos at their family's SoHo building back in the late 2000s, dramatically increasing sale figures in a bid to lur read more..