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Members of an electoral commission wait for voters near a destroyed residential building on the third day of a referendum on the joining of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) to Russia, in Mariupol, Ukraine September 25, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko

Kazakhstan Says It Won't Recognise Referendums in Eastern Ukraine

Kazakhstan, one of Russia's close ex-Soviet partners, will not recognise the possible annexation of Ukraine's eastern regions by Russia through referendums held there, the Central Asian nation's…

26, Sep 2022

Kassym-Jomart Tokayev speaking during his appeal to the people of Kazakhstan on 7 January 2022. Credit: Kazakh President Press Service Handout/EPA

Is There Room in ‘New Kazakhstan’ For New Political Parties?

In March, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev laid out his vision for a “New Kazakhstan” and the June 5 constitutional referendum saw many of his proposed reforms confirmed. One initiative…

Catherine Putz 18, Jun 2022

Kazakhstan’s “Bloody January” and its Aftermath

Kazakhstan has just weathered a major crisis sparked by skyrocketing fuel prices. Dissent is rare in Kazakhstan as a result of the fact that it is one of the least free countries in Central Asia run…

Maia Otarashvili 04, Feb 2022

A New Chapter for Kazakhstan?

On March 19th, Kazakhstan’s president, Nursultan Nazarbayev, resigned after having spent almost 30 years as the country’s leader. Under the Soviet rule, he first served as the chairman of the…

Maia Otarashvili 10, Apr 2019

Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev (R) attend the 15th Forum of Interregional Cooperation of Russia and Kazakhstan on November 9, 2018 in Petropavlovsk, Kazakhstan. (Getty)

Motives Behind Nazarbayev’s Resignation

Baku- On March 19, Kazakhstani President Nursultan Nazarbayev said he had taken the decision to resign as president while affirming that he would remain head of the Security Council and of the ruling…

Ahmed Taher 06, Apr 2019

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