The proposal protects Nazarbaev from any prosecution for criminal wrongdoing

Kyrgyzstan's interim government said Tuesday it had launched a criminal inquiry into firms supplying fuel to the U.S. air base in the Central Asian nation, which prosecutors say belong to the family of its ousted leader.

Bakiyev said Russia is anger over his decision to keep open U.S. air base

Nazarbayev has not identified any potential successors and this issue is the biggest long-term risk

When President Nursultan Nazarbayev proposed drawing up a doctrine to promote national unity, he probably did not expect that he would lift the lid on inter-ethnic tension in Kazakhstan. But that is exactly what happened.

As Kazakhstan's annual Eurasian Media Forum opened in Almaty on April 27, officials seemed keen to showcase the Central Asian nation's qualifications for chairman of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). But civil society activists ended up seizing on the occasion to publicize alleged violations of free speech.

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD), Chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (U.S. Helsinki Commission) and Co-Chairman Congressman Alcee L. Hastings (D-FL) today expressed their shock and dismay that Kazakhstan's Supreme Court has declined to reconsider last year's verdict against human rights activist Yevgeny Zhovtis.

(SRI) - ING will advise KazMunaiGas (KMG) on the Kazakhstan Caspian Transportation System (KCTS), an oil transportation project between Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan, according to industry sources.

(SRI) - The Karachaganak Petroleum Operating (KPO) joint venture is facing claims of at least $2.5 billion by the Kazakh government, Bloomberg reported on Friday citing sources with knowledge of the matter.