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Written by Bruce Pannier

Published: 16 June 2020

Three days after winning some 71 percent of the vote in a snap presidential election in which "significant irregularities" were noted by a leading international election monitor, Qasym-Zhomart Toqaev was sworn in as Kazakhstan's second president on June 12, 2019.

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Written by Paul Goble

Published: 10 June 2020

Hundreds of Kazakhs came into the streets of the two capitals and all other major cities of that country to demand a credit amnesty, a reversal of privatization into the hands of foreigners, and the liberation of political prisoners, the broadest such wave of protests in years and one that reflects the impact of the pandemic there.

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Written by The Economist

Published: 28 February 2020

 But the riot police seem to have arrived first

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Written by Chris Rickleton

Published: 22 November 2019

The squabbling is good news for a regime that relentlessly tries to divide and conquer the opposition. 

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Written by HRW

Published: 05 November 2019

Allow Protests; Stop Persecuting Critics

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Written by Catherine Putz

Published: 04 November 2019

If it walks like a president, talks like a president, and has powers on par with a president…

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Written by Ron Synovitz

Published: 31 October 2019

Pensioner Ernazar Perneev had just arrived at Nauryz Square in Kazakhstan's southern city of Shymkent on October 26 when he was confronted by a representative from the mayor's office.

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Written by Joanna Lillis

Published: 28 October 2019

The consensus among Kazakhstan watchers is that the former president is trying to contain his successor.

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Written by RFE/RL's Kazakh Service

Published: 13 October 2019

Former Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev used an extended interview on state television on October 11 to downplay his continuing influence and defer to his successor, condemn "traitors" abroad for allegedly trying to stoke unrest, and generally praise his 29-year rule that ended earlier this year.