Kazakhstan

  • Jan 12, 2022
  • 2 min read

Kazakh leader adopts populism by attacking the past

President Tokayev says the super-wealthy who emerged thanks to his predecessor must now pay their way

Kazakhstan
  • Jan 10, 2022
  • 2 min read

Kazakh leader firms up 'foreign terrorist' line

President Tokayev has told fellow post-Soviet leaders that Kazakhstan was targeted by an orchestrated coup plot

Kazakhstan
  • Jan 7, 2022
  • 2 min read

Kazakh protesters unlikely to sustain momentum

President Tokayev says public order is being restored although more gunfire has been heard in Almaty

Kazakhstan
  • Jan 6, 2022
  • 2 min read

Russian deployment deals blow to Kazakh sovereignty

Russian troops have been invited into Kazakhstan to contain violent protests

Kazakhstan
  • Jan 5, 2022
  • 2 min read

Tokayev will be stronger if he manages Kazakh protests

President Tokayev has sacked the prime minister for gas price 'mismanagement' but probably wanted him out anyway

Kazakhstan
  • Jan 4, 2022
  • 2 min read

Kazakh leaders will try to defuse, not crush protests

President Tokayev has sent a commission to look into grievances in Zhanaozen as protests spread elsewhere

Kazakhstan
  • Dec 31, 2021
  • 7 min read

Kazakh president hemmed in by his predecessor

Former President Nazarbayev's formal roles and personal networks hamper the current leader's policymaking

Kazakhstan
  • Nov 11, 2021
  • 2 min read

Kazakhstan weighs crypto-mining's costs and benefits

Kazakhstan is having to buy electricity from Russia due to surging demand attributed to cryptocurrency mining

Kazakhstan