Kazakhstan.

The article presents information on Kazakhstan's economy, politics, history, geography and foreign relations. The government of President Nursultan Nazarbayev is facing trouble with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe as human rights groups attempts to block the country's scheduled chairmanship of the body in 2010. The government introduced a national stabilization program in an effort to boost banks and other sectors. The partial nationalization of the financial sector indicates a step toward an increased state role in the economy.