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The article offers the author's insights on Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, which exports oil and gas and is responsible for much of the global uranium production. She says that Astana was once called Akmolinsk. Social and political conditions in Kazakhstan under President Nursultan Nazarbayev are discussed. The history of Kazakhstan is discussed.

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.

Discusses the United States Department of Justice investigation of businessman James Giffen. Belief that Giffen is in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act as well as racketeering statutes; Relationship with former Communist Party leader of the Soviet Union, Nursultan Nazarbayev, who is now the president of independent Kazakhstan; Possibility that Giffen took money from American oil companies and gave it to high-ranking Kazakh officials.

This paper discusses and analyses Kazakhstan's integration practices in the post-Soviet space. It is argued that Astana's active participation in the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) is linked to the significance placed on being "Eurasian" within Kazakh state identity. As such, the EEU should not be seen as solely driven by Russia as is often assumed. Kazakhstan is playing an essential function within the formation and development of this organisation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses strife within the ruling family of Kazakhstan. Nursultan Nazarbayev, Kazakhstan's president, is seeking to arrest his son-in-law Rakhat Aliyev for leading a criminal network. Nazarbayev's rule of the country has been rife with corruption and nepotism (his three daughter all hold prominent government positions) since he assumed power in 1989. The article discusses the implication of the familial unrest on business interests in Kazakhstan's large oil supply.

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 economic pressure of the dictatorship government in Kazakhstan. Topics discussed include the election of President Nursultan Nazarbayev who is on his fifth term, the growth of the country's gross domestic product (GDP) driven by prioritization of international economic cooperation by Nazarbayev, and the impact of decline of oil prices the to the economy of Kazakhstan. It also explores the austerity measures implemented by Kazakhstan government.

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 looks at Canadian hockey player Kevin Dallman's expulsion from Kazakhstan, where he has been playing for the Barys Astana team since 2008. The suspected cause of his expulsion is his wife Stacy Dallman's blog, in which she occasionally criticized the politics in Kazakhstan such as traffic cops' desire for bribes and political corruption in Asana.

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 examines the fact that Kazakhstan is poised in 2009 to take over the leadership of Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, the foremost human rights organization in the region. At issue is the poor human rights record in Kazakhstan under the leadership of its authoritarian president Nursultan Nazarbayev.

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 reports on the revelation that Nursultan Nazarbayev, the president of Kazakhstan, and other officials had committed significant acts of corruption in office. The findings were revealed in a book by Rakhat Aliyev, a former intelligence operative in Kazakhstan and husband of Nazarbayev's daughter.

The article reports on the $700 million bond given by Asian Development Bank to the Kazakhstan government for the construction of the Central Asian Regional Economic Cooperation Transport Corridor I. The roadway extends from Khorgos to the country's borders in China and Russia. It will create jobs and increase trade between Beijing and Brussels, Belgium. It is expected to be completed in 2015. It also hopes that the gross domestic product (GDP) could be 68 percent higher than expected in 2010.

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 focuses on politics in Kazakhstan in 2007. A feud between the country's president, Nursultan Nazarbayev, and his former son-in-law, Rakhat Aliyev, is creating political unrest. Aliyev, a former senior intelligence official and banking tycoon, was considered a likely successor to the presidency until his divorce from Nazarbayev's daughter. Now, he will face a criminal trial, the result of an investigation ordered by Nazarbayev after allegations of corruption and kidnapping.

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.