Kazakhstan
Another Nazarbayev head rolls as Kazakhstan’s Tokayev steps up purge after mass unrest
Central Election Commission Berik Imashev replaced. At sovereign wealth fund, officials announce lie-detector tests will be used in crackdown on corruption.
All eyes fall on Nazarbayev clan’s extraordinary wealth as Kazakhstan’s Tokayev asserts authority by targeting super rich
Across three decades fabulous riches were secured at home and offshore in oil, gas, metals, banking and luxury property.
Kazakhstan's Nazarbayev appears for first time since unrest
Former president denies in video address that there is conflict among the country’s elite.
Kazakh officials decline to confirm or deny death of Nursultan Nazarbayev
Not a word has been heard from ex-president since country was plunged into turmoil by unrest.
Perspectives | Why Uzbekistan does not fear a ‘Kazakh Winter’
Uzbek insiders think they can avoid Kazakh-style unrest, but they’re not taking any chances.
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INTERVIEW: Kazakhstan in crisis
With Kazakhstan experiencing its worst unrest in three decades of independence, Abakhon Sultonnazarov, Central Asia director of the Institute for War & Peace Reporting (IWPR), assesses latest developments and wider implications of the crisis.
Kazakh and Belarusian CSTO peacekeepers spotted wearing blue UN peacekeeping helmets
Kazakh state media caused a stir after it published photographs of state security forces wearing blue UN helmets at a checkpoint in Almaty on January 9.
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Kazakhstan’s Tokayev slates ‘Nazarbayev’ oligarchs in populist attempt to turn page on country’s unrest
Announcing new ‘For the People’ fund, autocrat slams Kazakhstan’s financial system as dominated by large business groups "based on the principle 'everything for friends, and laws for everyone else'".
PPF still has the deal-making mojo after death of founder Petr Kellner
New CEO Ladislav Bartonicek is reported to be selling Home Credit Russia as part of the investment group's shift to more mature markets.
Man portrayed as ‘foreign terrorist’ by Kazakh officials turns out to be visiting Kyrgyz musician
Case adds to pressure on Central Asian country to prove unrest was very much work of groups abroad.
Kremlin-led bloc will crush any attempts at ‘colour revolutions’ says Putin in wake of Kazakhstan unrest
Russian leader joins Kazakh president in describing violent unrest as work of foreign-backed terrorist groups
RIMMER: Cultural learnings
“Cultural Learnings of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan?” It would appear the Kazakh president, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, a sinister dictator straight from central casting, would not appreciate Borat’s insight.
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Russian troops could be gone within week from Kazakhstan, says Tokayev’s spokesman
President steps up purge of security agency amid persistent speculation of clash with Nazarbayev clan.
Is viral video of 'Kazakh terrorist group' KLF Russian disinformation?
A mysterious video was uploaded to Telegram on January 7 showing four supposed terrorists with a Kalashnikov and a Kazakh flag who claimed to be members of the "Kazakh Liberation Front" or "KLF".
Kazakhstan: Masimov’s downfall, from the corridors of power to a jail cell
Masimov has been arrested and charged with treason only days after being fired.
Kazakhstan’s former security services chief detained as rumours of palace infighting grow amid country’s unrest
‘Grey cardinal’ Karim Masimov faces claims of high treason. Press secretary of ex-president Nursultan Nazarbayev, meanwhile, denies speculation the former leader has fled the country.
The West’s tricky relationship with Kazakhstan gets more complicated
Western government officials have long had to reconcile their desire for Kazakhstan’s vast natural resources with the country’s poor record on democracy and human rights.
Fugitive banker Ablyazov lays claim to filling opposition vacuum in Kazakhstan as president says forces will shoot-to-kill
Tokayev seeks to delegitimise protests as “terrorist” but has provided no evidence to back claim that unrest results from foreign plot.
Nazarbayev ousted from power, search for Kazakhstan’s vanished ‘Leader of the Nation’ centres on Switzerland, Russia and China
Former president widely thought to have fled abroad in panic as nation’s unrest mounted.
Kazakhstan upheaval impacts country’s banks, bonds, equities and uranium and oil industries
Banks and stock market remain closed. Sovereign bond yields are hit. Uranium prices surge.
