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De-Nazarbayevification is a useful electoral strategy, which may explain why the news was announced by Kazakhstan’s ruling party ahead of polls next month.

Farmers complain that rebounding populations are encroaching on their pastures.

Beg Sabur has been dispatched to the Pamirs to start work on overhauling the nation's internet.

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While any sale may have been long planned, the family may be under pressure to reduce its presence in Kazakhstan’s financial sector.

The problem is linked to the lack of systemic support for low-income families and the government’s refusal to ease hurdles to registering a non-profit.

The airline cancelled flights to the country last year, fearing its leased aircraft could be seized.

It’s not always for fear of reprisals. And it can undermine trust in journalism.

Bishkek is now suffering with some of the world’s worst air pollution.

Already battling double-digit food inflation, a deep freeze threatens to destroy winter crops across Central Asia.

Moscow is driving forward its energy ambitions in Central Asia as it seeks new markets for gas that Europe now shuns.

Almost 17,500 government employees are being laid off.

This latest winter energy crisis is undermining public confidence in the administration of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

The president’s authority now looks desperately weakened, which means that if anything should happen to his 65-year-old father, a crisis of legitimacy could ensue. Our weekly briefing.

The surviving popularity of the komuz as a living instrument, rather than a museum artifact, and the flourishing tradition of Kyrgyz folk music is in no small way thanks to Malik Alikeyev, who died on January 17.