The Latest Breaking News from Kassym-Jomart Tokayev

Kazakh leader thanks Putin for help during January unrest

Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev thanked his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Thursday for helping to prevent a coup in the Central Asian nation last month, which both leaders blamed on international "bandits" and "terrorists".

Reuters · Feb 10, 2022

Kazakh leader's chief of staff becomes lower house speaker

Kazakhstan's lower house speaker Nurlan Nigmatulin resigned on Tuesday and President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev's former chief of staff was elected to replace him, continuing a series of top-level reshuffles after deadly unrest.

Reuters · Feb 1, 2022

Some Kazakh protesters feel they were tricked into fuelling clan feud

Some anti-government protesters in Kazakhstan, angry at a steep rise in car fuel prices, said their peaceful demonstrations this month were hijacked by mysterious masked men and that they feel they were tricked into fuelling a clan power struggle.

Reuters · Jan 28, 2022

Kazakh defense minister fired; last Russia-led troops leave

The Russian Defense Ministry says all the troops deployed to Kazakhstan by a Russia-led security alliance to help quell violent unrest have left the former Soviet nation

The Independent UK · Jan 19, 2022

‘I have not gone anywhere’: former Kazakh leader denies fleeing country

Nursultan Nazarbayev says he is taking ‘deserved rest’ in four-minute video released on Tuesday

The Guardian - UK · Jan 18, 2022

Kazakhstan's ex-leader rejects reports that he fled abroad

Kazakhstan’s influential former leader has released a short video in which he talked about the violent unrest that engulfed the ex-Soviet nation earlier this month

The Independent UK · Jan 18, 2022

Kazakhstan authorities raise death toll from unrest to 225

Prosecutor says dead include security forces and ‘armed bandits’, with toll dramatically increased from previous figures

The Guardian - AU · Jan 16, 2022