Kazakhstan

  • Jan 27, 2012
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Kazakhstan's regime acts to isolate dissatisfaction

The state of emergency in Zhanaozen will end by January 31, President Nursultan Nazarbayev said...

Kazakhstan
  • Jan 18, 2012
  • 6 min read

Kazakh risks arise from succession, not elections

Voters handed President Nursultan Nazarbayev's Nur Otan party a resounding 80% victory in...

Kazakhstan
  • Jan 16, 2012
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Elections reaffirm state authority in Kazakhstan

President Nursultan Nazarbayev's Nur Otan party won a resounding 80.7% victory in yesterday's...

Kazakhstan
  • Jan 10, 2012
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Vote will not ease tensions in western Kazakhstan

President Nursultan Nazarbayev today overturned a Constitutional Council ruling that the western...

Kazakhstan
  • Jan 4, 2012
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Emergency status extended through Kazakh elections

Nazarbayev today extended a state of emergency in Zhanaozen that has been in place since...

Kazakhstan
  • Jan 3, 2012
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Default fears re-emerge for Kazakhstan's BTA Bank

Today is the deadline for Kazakhstan's third-largest lender, BTA, to make coupon payments on a...

Kazakhstan
  • Dec 23, 2011
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Street violence prompts elite shake-up in Kazakhstan

Nazarbayev yesterday dismissed Kulibayev, in effect making him the most prominent 'fall guy' for...

Kazakhstan
  • Dec 19, 2011
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Anger grows against crackdown on rioters in Kazakhstan

Protests in Aktau against the crackdown in Zhanaozen swelled today, according to an AFP...

Kazakhstan