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The article reports that demonstrators in Kazakhstan are being arrested and detained, despite President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev's promise to loosen restrictions on free assembly.

The article discusses Kazakhstan has removed Dariga Nazarbayeva, daughter of ex-president Nursultan Nazarbayev, as the senate speaker. It mentions that Nazarbayeva was replaced by Maulen Ashimbayev; and Nazarbayeva and her eldest son, Nurali Aliyev, successfully fought off a British government attempt to seize property. It mentions that Nursultan Nazarbayev, has stepped down as the President of Kazakhstan in 2019 and was succeeded by Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.

The article discusses the resignation of Kazakhstan president Nursultan Nazarbayev, and an election called by his successor, head of the Kazak senate Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev scheduled for June 2019. According to the article, it remained unclear as to whether Tokayev would be running for the office.

The article reports that President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan announced on March 19, 2018 he was retiring as president. It states he ascended to power when Kazakhstan was still part of the Soviet Union and in 1991 presided over independence. It comments chairman of Kazakhstan's Senate Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev was sworn in for the rest of his term and speculates he seeks to micromanage the nation's transition to a new leader. It reports elections are expected to be held by the end of 2020.

The article focuses on the struggle of former Soviet republics for power and wealth. Topics covered include the effort of Russia to keep the former republic reliant on its road and rail routes, the restriction imposed by Kazakhstan's Nursultan Nazarbayev on political space after a series of protests on land-reform proposals and the variation in the level of popular discontent among the former republics.

The article discusses the imprisonment of citizens who complained against the regime of Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev via online. Topics discussed include the political and economic situation in the country, the arrest of people who participated in an online informal political discussion due to allegations of organizing a terrorist plot, and some citizens' support to Mukhtar Ablyazov, the oligarch who fled the country following allegations of plundering a bank.

The article reports on the Kazakhstan government's decision to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the founding of its capital Astana a few weeks late on July 6, 2018 to coincide with the 78th birthday President Nursultan Nazarbayev.

The article highlights the efforts of the Kazakh government, under the administration of President Nursultan Nazarbayev, to suppress the least hint of dissent. Topics discussed include the arrest of people during a public holiday in March 2018, the decision of the Kazakh court to ban Mukhtar Ablyazov's political movement Democratic Choice of Kazakhstan, and the Kazakh government's decision to block popular social networks and messaging apps including Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

The article examines the impact of the declining oil prices on the economic condition of oil exporting country Kazakhstan as of January 2016. Topics include the overreliance of the country on oil exports, the devaluation of its currency since August 2015 that affected wages and household consumption and the government's stimulus package to boost non-oil industries.

The article discusses democracy in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. Their respective presidents, Nursultan Nazarbayev and Islam Karimov, will run for re-election in the spring of 2015 and neither's position is considered to be at risk. The author says both countries have a veneer of democracy with little substance to it. Both men are believed to have groomed family members to replace them one day.

The article reports on politics and government in Kazakhstan, in light of the 20th anniversary of the country's independence from the Soviet Russia on December 16, 2011. Under the administration of Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, the country experienced economic growth through foreign investment and free-market programs. The outlook for the January 15, 2012 parliamentary elections is noted.

The article presents information on the politics and government of Kazakhstan, as of July 10, 2010. It focuses on the country's ruler, Nursultan Nazarbayev, who has been in power since 1989, and the question of who is likely to succeed him. The country's economy is described as relatively strong for a Central Asian nation, largely due to its petroleum reserves.

The article reports on issues in Kazakhstan current in February 2009. A number of topics are addressed including the blog written by prime minister Karim Massimov, a law before parliament that would regulate Internet traffic, a measure that some fear will lead to censorship of all media, and the activities of Rakhat Aliyev, former son-in-law of president Nursultan Nazarbayev.

The article reports on the family difficulties existing between Nursultan Nazarbayev, the president of Kazakhstan, and his son-in-law Rakhat Aliev. The piece states that a warrant has been issued for the arrest Aliev on charges relating to extortion and kidnapping. Aliev denies the charges and states that he is being targeted because he plans to run the presidency when his father-in-law steps down.

The article discusses a proposal by Kazakhstan's president, Nursultan Nazarbayev, for a unified Central Asian coalition. Kazakhstan's economic growth has been steady since 2000, and the nation hopes to build stability in the region by unifying neighboring nations Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan. There is resistance to this proposition, particularly from Uzbeks who see themselves as superior to Kazakhs.

The article focuses on politics in Kazakhstan, a former Soviet republic. Kazakhstan's president, Nursultan Nazarbaev, has repeatedly outmaneuvred the growing number of his opponents. He has reinforced his position by closing down uncomfortable political parties and driving newspapers out of business with huge fines for questionable crimes. Kazakhstan held a parliamentary election in September 2004, judged to be--as usual--neither free nor fair by the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe. Last month, the opposition managed to unite and to form a pre-election block, "For a Just Kazakhstan", offering a new constitution to change the country into a parliamentary republic and to end corruption. At a meeting in mid-March they announced a single candidate for the next presidential election, due either this year or next. He is Zharmakhan Tuyakbai, a former speaker of parliament.

Discusses the plan of Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbaev to invite home all the Kazakhs who left the country when it was part of the Soviet Union. Discussion of Kazakhstan's shrinking population; Problems associated with resettlement; How returning Kazakhs are supposed to be entitled to certain benefits, including housing and financial assistance; Description of those who have returned to Kazakhstan.

Discusses a draft law approved by the parliament in Kazakhstan which gives the incumbent president of the country powers for life. Proposition that President Nursultan Nazarbaev will have a permanent seat in the Kazakhstan Security Council and the right to address the nation and its leaders; Indignities suffered by those who do not support Nazarbaev; Allegations of corruption in the government being investigated by the United States.

Reports that the parliament of Kazakhstan has decided to hold their presidential elections in January of 1999 instead of 2000, when current President Nursultan Nazarbaev's term would be up. Comments from house member Anvar Batalov; How the decision has been regarded as a staged event by those close to the president; Forecasts for Kazakhstan's economy in 1999; Large budget deficit likely; Details on Nazarbaev's address to parliament.

The article discusses anti-government protests in Kazakhstan, focusing on political and economic conditions in the country. Topics include a customs union between Kazakhstan, Russia and Belarus; the devaluation of the Kazakh currency, tenge; and the position of Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev.

The article reports on the celebrations for the fifteenth anniversary of the founding of the city of Astana, Kazakhstan in July 2013, exploring the role of Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev in the city's founding. Topics include Nazarbayev's ruling of the country since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, a discussion of the architecture in the city, including the Bayterek tower, and the influence of Nazarbayev beyond Astana.

The article focuses on Nursultan Nazabayev, President of Kazakhstan, and allegations of human rights abuse against protesters within the country, including the police crackdown on activists that claim to be tortured while in custody.

The article considers the reaction of President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan to riots in the city of Zhanaozen linked to a strike by petroleum industry workers in which 16 people were killed by police and security forces. It is noted that Nazarbayev has dismissed the head of the government petroleum company Kazmuaigaz and dismissed his son-in-law Timur Kulibayev as head of the country's sovereign wealth fund.

The article reports on the Kazakhstan presidential election of 2011, which featured a voter turnout of nearly 90 percent. Almost all of the votes were cast in favor of the incumbent, Nursultan Nazarbayev, who has ruled the country since the Soviet era. It is noted that election observers from the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe expressed some skepticism about whether the elections were conducted in accordance with international norms.

The article reports on the decision of Nursultan Nazarbayev, ruler of Kazakhstan, to stay in power by staging an election rather than a referendum.

The article looks at president of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, focusing on the country's democratic practices. Topics discussed include Kazakhstan's single-party parliament, its position as chairman of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, and a referendum put forth to extend the president's term in office until 2020.

The article discusses a controversy over whether the nation of Kazakhstan is a suitable choice to chair the Organization for Security & Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), which it is scheduled to do in 2010. Although the country has implemented some political reforms, ongoing human rights problems and one-party rule in Kazakhstan have led to accusations that it is unfit to lead the OSCE.

The article discusses politics and government in Kazakhstan. Human rights advocate Yevgenii Zhovtis was convicted of vehicular manslaughter in a trial called highly irregular by government critics. There has been a string of arrests of government officials and businessmen in 2009 on public corruption charges which are widely believed to be part of a power struggle within the government.

The article discusses politics and government in Kazakhstan. There has been a series of arrests of public officers and prominent business executives in 2009, ostensibly on charges of political corruption. The arrests are seen as part of a power struggle over the eventual successor to the country's authoritarian President Nursultan Nazarbayev.

The article examines a proposal by a member of Kazakhstan's legislature to change the name of its capital city Astana to Nursultan to commemorate the 68th birthday of President Nursultan Nazarbayev. The president leads a one-party dictatorship marked by eccentric public policies. He declined the proposed honor. Astana has had at least five names in the city's history.

The article reports on Kazakhstan's 2007 parliamentary elections. The author states that the Nur Otan Party headed by president Nursultan Nazarbayev has captured an overwhelming majority of the seats in parliament, making Kazakhstan a one-party political system. The author also reports that for the first time the country, at least in name, is a democracy, which is viewed as a form of progress.

The article reports on political change in Kazakhstan. President Nursultan Nazabayev proposed and the parliament passed a series of constitutional reforms that increase the number of seats in parliament, some of which will be filed by party rather than direct election and give MPs a voice in selecting the prime minister. These positive changes are being overshadowed by an amendment he did not want that waived term limits for Nazabeyev.

The article states that Kazakhstan is attracting large numbers of workers from Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and above all Uzbekistan. Reasons for the immigration into Kazakhstan include a warm climate in the south, tolerant people, and the fact that the Kazakh language is related to Kyrgyz and Uzbek. The work of the government of Kazakhstan to legalize immigrants is discussed.

The article reports that Kazakhs, generally uninterested in politics, have put up fierce resistance to police attempts to dismantle squatter communities. 30 to 40 people were injured on both sides of a fight between police and settlers in the Shanyrak settlement outside of Almaty. A construction boom may push out more of the communities, sparking further violent reaction from the settlers.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to the article "And then there was one," in the February 18, 2006 issue.

This article is a report on the murder of Altynbek Sarsenbaev, an opposition politician in Kazakhstan. The crime was called politically motivated. Sarsenbaev had been the confidante of Kazahk president Nursultan Nazarbaev, but broke with him to found the opposition party Ak Zhol. Another opposition politician, Zamambek Nurkadilov, was found dead in 2005 under mysterious circumstances.

Focuses on President Nursultan Nazabaev and politics in Kazakhstan. To no one's great surprise, Nursultan Nazarbaev, who has been at Kazakhstan's helm since Soviet times, was re-elected for another seven-year presidential term on December 4th. According to preliminary results, he received more than 91% of the votes, while his main challenger, Zharmakhan Tuyakbai, came a distant second with only 6.6%. While it had been predicted that Mr Nazarbaev, 65, would win by a goodly majority, the scale of his victory took many by surprise. Less astonishing was the verdict of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe, which found the elections to be flawed. The OSCE has never judged any elections in Kazakhstan to be free or fair. Although there is dissatisfaction with the authoritarian leader and his family, who are believed to have amassed significant wealth over the years and who hold key positions in politics and in business, Nazarbaev has a proven track record of economic reforms that have helped create a real middle class. The election showed that few people were willing to risk their material gains, even for the sake of greater democracy, freedom of the press and a crackdown on widespread corruption, which were all promised by Mr Tuyakbai, the candidate of the opposition block, For a Just Kazakhstan.

The article looks at elections and economic conditions in Kazakhstan in 2005. There is little doubt that the authoritarian President Nursultan Nazarbaev, who has been in office since before independence in 1991, will win re-election on December 4th for another seven-year term. Whether the elections will be free or fair is another matter. Most revolutions have their origins in poverty and people's despair over not being able to improve their lot. In Kazakhstan, poverty stands at 12%, according to the World Bank, which is high but much lower than a few years ago. Kazakhstan's oil-driven economy has been booming. High oil prices have obviously played a role, as have economic reforms and success in attracting foreign investment.

The article discusses whether Kazakhstan may go the way of Georgia and Ukraine. Recent events in Ukraine have been an inspiration for the opposition in Kazakhstan. Leaders of all three opposition parties rushed to Kiev, Ukraine's capital, during the demonstrations. All this seems to have unnerved the Kazakhstani authorities. President Nursultan Nazarbaev has already declared his intention to run for another seven-year term. International human-rights organisations have strongly condemned the government's decision to close the Democratic choice of Kazakhstan party. This is a country that has no real tradition of street protest. On top of this, Kazakhstan does not suffer from the ethnic divisions and poverty that conspired to make Georgia and Ukraine so volatile.

The article discusses politics in Kazakhstan as of September 2004. Although the official results are not yet known, Kazakhstan's presidential party Otan has already claimed an overwhelming victory in Sunday's parliamentary elections. Dariga Nazarbaeva, the president's daughter and founder of a party called Asar, had hoped to win 50% of the votes. Her stated goal was to shake up the team of bureaucrats that surround her father and who discredit his policies. Kazakhstan, an ex-Soviet republic of 15 million, has never had anything close to a free or fair election. Not surprisingly, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe found, once again, that the September 19th elections to the 77-seat Mazhilis fell short of its standards. There is growing discontent and disillusion about the high level of corruption that surrounds the country's leadership.

This article reports how opposition leader Bulat Abilov has given the government a golden opportunity to marginalise him, dealing a considerable setback to his party, Ak Zhol. The moderate approach to reform adopted by Ak Zhol is thought to have become increasingly attractive to Kazakhstan's voters. Alikhan Baimenov, another Ak Zhol co-chairman, acknowledges that the party has been weakened, but puts a positive spin on the affair. Ak Zhol, founded by former government officials on a platform of political and economic reform, has been crusading against corruption.

This article ponders a new political era for Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan's authoritarian president, Nursultan Nazarbaev, has decreed that parliamentary elections will be held on September 19th. The outcome of the poll--and, just as importantly, how it will be conducted--will indicate whether the oil-rich Central-Asian state is now ready to extend reform beyond economics to the political sphere. Kazakhstan's politics have so far largely revolved around Mr Nazarbaev, his powerful family and a few rich businessmen. Aside from Asar, the party created last year by Mr Nazarbaev's daughter, Dariga, there are at least three other pro-presidential parties. A poll by the Association of Sociologists and Political Scientists cited Asar, Ak Zhol, and the pro-presidential party Otan as the clear front runners.

The ousting last November of Georgia's long-time president, Edward Shevardnadze, is much admired among the radical opposition in Kazakhstan. But Georgia's "rose revolution" is unlikely to be repeated in Kazakhstan. Democratic Choice was created in November 2001 by senior government officials and leading bankers disgruntled over the increasing power of the president's son-in-law, Rakhat Aliev. The standing of the people involved and the financial resources at their disposal quickly made the movement a force to be reckoned with. Two months later, the more moderate elements broke away to set up a political party, Ak Zhol. Democratic Choice soon experienced further problems, culminating in the sentencing of its two leaders to several years in jail. Having decided to become a political party, Democratic Choice hopes to participate in elections this autumn. But whether it will be allowed to register remains to be seen. Democratic Choice has already been overshadowed by the less confrontational Ak Zhol, which focuses on economic reforms and appeals to the growing middle class.

This article discusses the decision of the government of Kazakhstan to create a navy. Most of Kazakhstan's oil wealth lies around and in the Caspian sea, which also borders Iran, Russia, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan.The country's authorities say they want to protect western investments and keep smuggling and other shady activities in check. Kazakhstan's decision adds to the increasing militarisation of the Caspian area. Yet there is a continuing dispute over the delineation of national borders within the sea -- with big implications for its oilfields. Kazakhstan says the decision is not directed at other Caspian states. According to Robert McMullin of the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, establishing a better balance of power in the Caspian may help promote stability. Fuzzy borders could make the operation of the navy tricky -- although at least Kazakhstan and Russia agreed on a dividing line last year. Russia, Turkey and the United States, which has just sealed a five-year military agreement with Kazakhstan, have all promised to help.

Dariga Nazarbaeva, the eldest daughter of Kazakhstan leader Nursultan Nazarbaev, has created a new political party, suggesting she will take over as that country's leader. In the male-dominated world of politics in Kazakhstan, where few things are stronger than blood ties, the fact that President Nursultan Nazarbaev has three daughters and no son may be a good thing. Short of a convenient Putin -- the successor handpicked by former Russian President Boris Yeltsin -- Mr. Nazarbaev has to make do with what he has. So it did not come as a total surprise last month when his eldest daughter, the 40-year-old Dariga Nazarbaeva, announced the creation of a new political party. Although last year's strict law on political parties drastically reduced their number from 19 to seven -- and effectively undermined the country's opposition -- the president's support base has not noticeably increased. Three of the surviving parties, Otan, the Civil Party and the Agrarian Party, are pro-presidential but they are poorly organised and rather ineffective. Ms. Nazarbaeva's new political party, Asar (which means "all together"), may thereforee come in handy. Asar started life a few months ago as a social movement set up by the president's daughter to help the poor and needy. But given its lineage, the new baby can safely be expected to receive a lot of tender loving care. Once overshadowed by her powerful and ambitious husband -- who has now been shipped off as an ambassador to Vienna -- Ms. Nazarbaeva has grown from a shy woman barely audible when speaking in public to the self-confident chairman of the Khabar media group, the head of Kazakhstan's journalism association and a publicly acclaimed singer, who recently performed at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.

Reports on a dispute about land reform in Kazakhstan. Now that President Nursultan Nazarbaev plans to diversify the oil-dependent economy and develop agriculture and the depressed rural areas, however, land reform can no longer be put off. Strong opposition from parliament has sparked a crisis, culminating, on June 11, 2003 in the prime minister's resignation. During a heated debate in April, Serik Abdrakhmanov, a prominent deputy, questioned the need for privatisation on the grounds that most land in Kazakhstan--where nomads used to roam the steppe--has never known private ownership. Incensed by changes to the original government proposal, Imangali Tasmagambetov, the prime minister, called for a vote of confidence. As expected, he survived it, but the vote count was a profound embarrassment: 55 out of 77 deputies voted against the government.

Focuses on the political opposition to the Kazakhstani government by the Ak Zhol party. Membership in the party; Political views of Ak Zhol, including a focus on economic reforms and pro-business measures; Significance of the increase in membership for the party, which may ultimately result in political reforms not favored by the Kazakh government.

Reports on politics and government in Kazakhstan. How Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev's son-in-law Rakhat Aliev disappeared and resurfaced demoted to deputy head of the presidential bodyguard service; Move by deputy prime minister, Oraz Jandosov, to create the Democratic Choice organization.

Focuses on political apathy in Kazakhstan as of June 11, 2001. View that the population does not care if they live in democracy or not; Opinion that the Kazakh people tend to be passive; Opinion of the people that those in power may see even minor opposition as direct threat to power and control; Oil field discovery which led to the belief that foreign businessmen will flock to the country irrespective of political system.