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Organizers admit that few people understand the proposed changes to the constitution, and yet also claim that most people back them.

Kyrgyz experts and politicians are unsure their country is in a strong position to be of use.

Russia has already shows signs of bridling at military cooperation between Nur-Sultan and Ankara.

Altyn Belgi medal winners are eligible for grants as well as the prestige that comes with winning the prize.

Moves to sideline the former president are the result of nationwide political unrest in early January.

President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has promised a new democratic order following unrest in January. But promises of reform come cheap in Kazakhstan.

Prosecutors say they have uncovered hundreds of millions of dollars in damages to the state.

Tigran Keosayan warned Kazakhstan might meet Ukraine's fate for cancelling Victory Day parades.

Tokayev says he wants to see more competition, but he clearly wants his former Amanat party to be first among equals.

Repairs took place a few days after Kazakh officials met with CPC management in Moscow.

Alfa-Bank Kazakhstan has been fully bought out by Kazakh peer CenterCredit.

In its current state, Kazakhstan’s army is in little condition to discourage saber-rattling from the north.

Campaigners said the project would have ruined the pristine beauty of the Bozzhyra escarpment.

Evidence suggests that local media struggle to compete with the appeal of aggressive Russian news coverage.

Oil output forecasts have been trimmed amid difficulties in using a key pipeline.

Some place the blame for the January unrest at the feet of Samruk-Kazyna.

The ban in March sparked a rush on flour and sugar in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.

Production will fall by around one-fifth in April.

Anxieties over perceptions of Russian chauvinism are already running high in Kazakhstan.

Freight companies working with Russia are looking at Kazakhstan as a transit point for goods.

Analysts have expressed skepticism over Russian claims the terminal was damaged in a storm.

The ruling comes the same week that the president vowed to improve conditions for the media.

Tokayev says he is going to make it easier for more political parties to get registered.

Security is being bolstered at borders to ensure compliance.

Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan both rely heavily on Russia for their grain and sugar needs.