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Moscow’s influence in the Caucasus and central Asia is being unravelled by its ‘special military operation’The rout of the Russian army in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region seems likely to be a turning point in Kyiv’s battle to kick Russian troops out of the co…
Read MoreNursultan Nazarbayev says he is taking ‘deserved rest’ in four-minute video released on TuesdayKazakhstan’s former president, Nursultan Nazarbayev, has made his first appearance since unrest broke out in the country earlier this month, in a stilted vid…
Read MoreAnalysis: All-encompassing status that took 30 years to build appears to have crumbled in just of a few daysIt is a question being asked with increasing urgency by intelligence services, multinational companies and most citizens of Kazakhstan: where is…
Read MoreThousands of people still in jail after protests while behind-the-scenes power struggle continuesKazakhstan’s president, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, who at the height of unrest last week said he had ordered troops to shoot to kill without warning, has spent…
Read MoreRussian president says Moscow-led military bloc will take steps to ensure any future interference in region failsVladimir Putin has claimed the unrest in Kazakhstan last week that killed at least 164 people was the result of foreign meddling, and said …
Read MoreAlmaty and other cities calm after violent protests, but authorities say ‘counterterrorist operation’ still under way Authorities in Kazakhstan have said 164 people were killed in the unrest that rocked the country in the past week, including three chi…
Read MoreThe tragic events of last week, in which dozens lost their lives, have exposed hidden political tensionsFor many Kazakhs, the full story behind the unrest of the past week remains as murky as the mist that enveloped Almaty, the country’s largest city a…
Read MoreKassym-Jomart Tokayev tells security forces to ‘use lethal force without warning’The president of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, has promised an uncompromising crackdown on demonstrators in the country, telling security forces they should “use leth…
Read MoreAnalysis: CSTO may be an alliance but decision to intervene was almost certainly taken in MoscowThe old joke about the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact was that it was the only military alliance to attack itself, after its tanks rolled into Prague in 1968 to cru…
Read MoreWitnesses in Almaty describe scenes of chaos in streets as Russian ‘peacekeepers’ arrive in countryWhat are the protests about? Dozens of protesters and at least 12 police officers have died in ongoing violence in Kazakhstan, authorities have claimed, …
Read MoreDemonstration sparked by fuel prices has become general protest against corruption and inequalityRussian paratroopers arrive in Kazakhstan as unrest continuesUnrest in Kazahkstan is continuing, and the president, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, has called on a …
Read MoreAnalysis: Nursultan Nazarbaye, behind-the-scenes powerbroker, thought he found a way to step aside without risking retributionFor years, Nursultan Nazarbayev has been used to performative adoration from the citizens of Kazakhstan. The country’s leader …
Read MoreA funeral, a family, and a journey into a disappearing religion. By Shaun Walker My grandfather had never been a tall man, and now he looked absurdly small, no bigger than a child. Swaddled in off-white sheets like a newborn, with just his head and the…
Read MoreCitizens of gas-rich, isolated state subject to food shortages and human rights abusesInvestors and governments should stop cosying up to gas-rich Turkmenistan, according to a new report that describes the central Asian hermit state as “a country teete…
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