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Urgent protection for minority groups facing increased repression needed in crisis connected to escalating clashes across central Asian ex-Soviet region, say human rights groupsParents of men killed by Tajikistan forces have called on the international…
Read MoreAnger over corruption and economic inequality is largely directed at Nursultan Nazarbayev and familyWalking through the home-town museum built to honour Nursultan Nazarbayev, the former Kazakhstan president who built a personality cult around his rule,…
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 MoreProsecutor says dead include security forces and ‘armed bandits’, with toll dramatically increased from previous figuresThe violent unrest in Kazakhstan that began with peaceful protests in early January has left 225 people dead, authorities have said …
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 MoreBill Browder, who pushed for Magnitsky law, says anti-corruption laws should be used in response to deaths of at least 164 protestersOne of the architects of the UK’s updated sanctions legislation has called for the government and crime agencies to tar…
Read MoreWithdrawal to start in two days, says Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, as new PM appointed and detentions rise to nearly 10,000Kazakhstan’s president, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, has said troops from a Russian-led military bloc will begin their withdrawal from the co…
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 MoreDespite an anti-corruption pledge by David Cameron five years ago, Britain is still a prime destination for kleptocrats’ illicit financeMinisters face claims they have allowed the ruling elite of Kazakhstan to secretly invest vast chunks of the country…
Read MoreThe illusion of a successful, free-market economy is shattered – and now Tokayev’s violent crackdown bodes ill for dissentersAlmaty, the commercial capital of Kazakhstan, is the kind of mirage that oil-rich nations so often produce. It has all the trap…
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Read MoreKarim Masimov was fired this week as unrest raged across the country, with dozens killed and public buildings ransackedThe former head of Kazakhstan’s domestic intelligence agency has been detained on suspicion of high treason, the agency said, after h…
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