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February 9, 2018
Opposition politicians, journalists, civic activists and rights defenders gathered in Kazakhstan's commercial capital, Almaty, on February 9 to honor the memory of Altynbek Sarsenbaiuly, an opposition leader who was shot dead execution-style along with two associates 12 years ago. At a meeting in theÃâà...
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January 26, 2018
The king of all wedding cakes -- more than three meters tall and weighing more than 1,500 kilos -- was unveiled at a star-studded wedding in Kazakhstan of a relative of omnipotent President Nursultan Nazarbaev. The cake, which was made by famous Russian confectioner Renat Agzamov, depicted aÃâà...
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January 14, 2018
WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump welcomed Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev to the White House on January 16 for talks expected to focus on regional security, economic issues, and bilateral relations. The White House said the two leaders will discuss "several international challengesÃâà...
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January 9, 2018
U.S. President Donald Trump will meet with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev at the White House on January 16, the White House has said. A White House statement on January 9 said the two leaders "will discuss ways to strengthen and enhance our strategic partnership on regional security issuesÃâà...
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January 8, 2018
In his first remarks to the court since his trial began in November, Bishimbaev apologized to President Nursultan Nazarbaev and the country on January 8 but contended that he himself had done nothing illegal. "I feel ashamed for the situation I am in now. I failed the president when I created my team,"Ãâà...
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December 25, 2017
Jeenbekov, who arrived in Astana on December 25, is expected to hold meetings with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev and Prime Minister Bakytzhan Sagintaev. Relations between the two countries soured after Jeenbekov 's predecessor Almazbek Atambaev accused Kazakhstan of interfering inÃâà...
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December 6, 2017
ASTANA -- Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev has angrily called on companies and business leaders to bring billions of dollars stowed in bank accounts abroad back to Kazakhstan. In remarks during a television program on December 6, Nazarbaev warned that he will get involved "personally" if theÃâà...
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November 8, 2017
... is accused of accepting bribes when he was head of Bayterek, but there is far more to this story than allegations of an official engaging in corrupt practices. ... of an elite educational program -- known as Bolashak -- that was founded and is strongly supported by Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev.
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October 27, 2017
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev has signed a decree setting out plans to switch from a Cyrillic-based script for the Kazakh language to a Latin-based alphabet. The decree posted on the president's website on October 27 says that a national commission will implement the gradual shift to the LatinÃâà...
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September 20, 2017
The dispute between the two Central Asian neighbors deepened on September 20, a day after Kazakh leader Nursultan Nazarbaev held a meeting with Omurbek Babanov. The meeting, which came just over three weeks before Kyrgyzstan holds an election to replace President Almazbek Atambaev,Ãâà...
