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As ongoing protests show, Kazakhstan’s political landscape is not as predictable as the regime’s tacticians have heretofore believed.

The interim president, meanwhile, claims he wants public dialogue.

Ahead of the election this weekend, where the winner is a foregone conclusion, we held a Q&A with our experienced team on the ground.

Mothers traveled to the capital to complain about housing.

Nur-Sultan had declined to grant Sauytbay asylum.

Only government-friendly outfits are permitted to run vote surveys.

The shoo-in candidate didn’t show up.

Though they are of military age, the activists believe they’re being singled out and punished for protesting an opaque power transfer.

On their return, all 16 men and four of the women were detained on suspicion of joining the Islamic State.

Authorities went door-to-door intimidating potential protestors.

Konstantin Syroezhkin’s whereabouts are unknown.

Seven candidates are still in the running, but that field may be thinned out in the coming weeks.

Real interest rates as high as 56 percent help explain the nation’s chronically unhealthy banking sector.

Yespayeva's run may be a trial to condition the electorate to a female leader in future.

The president's adoption of Instagram may be a pre-election gambit.

The capital city is in desperate need of a congestion-busting solution.

Kazakhs who cannot afford the expense of a wedding often take loans. Banks even advertise special wedding-themed credit.

Nur-Sultan is worried about the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan.

Mi-8 helicopters are no stranger to crashes across the former Soviet Union.

An outbreak of measles has caught health officials off guard.

The sheer volume of joyful reactions was startling and may be worrying news for those would seek to ride off the coattails of Nazarbayev’s legacy.

Saniya Toiken was fined $113 for purportedly failing to submit to police orders.

The strongman can keep firing ministers, but analysts feel he’s avoiding Kazakhstan’s bedrock economic problems.

Media rights advocates says the proposed rules could be used to weed out undesirable journalists.

Akberdi’s husband was jailed for three years on similar charges.