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One explanation for the continued dominance of Russian lies in Kazakhstan’s rural-urban divide.

Journalists from Tajikistan played vital roles for many foreign news agencies.

Nazarbayev was everywhere, but never mentioned by name.

A charismatic, handicapped singer has gone viral, triggering appearances with Russian superstars and a member of the ruling family.

The world’s most popular TikTok house is in Almaty. Not all locals are happy about it.

It's a niche scene, but comics have plenty of local material to work with.

The project is intended to partially bridge the language knowledge gap with Russian.

Kazakhs unable to travel abroad are discovering their country is full of nice places to vacation. But what’s good for the local economy is not always good for nature.

The documentary spans over an exhausting eight hours.

Qaznews24 had gained 5,000 followers before being deleted.

But Russians are more ambivalent about having a Tajik-born singer represent them at the song contest.

Even the president is chuffed.

Manizha Sangin emigrated to Russia with her family at age three, during the Tajik civil war.

Some social media users are angry, but officials are taking the high road, for now.

This latest addition to the rich constellation of animated superheroes marks a fresh attempt by Kazakh artists to offer heroic antics with a local twist.