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The Latest Breaking News from Kazakhstan

‘His family robbed the country’: personality cult of ex-Kazakh leader crumbles

Anger over corruption and economic inequality is largely directed at Nursultan Nazarbayev and family

The Guardian - UK

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

Russian troops leave Kazakhstan amid reported power struggle

Almaty (Kazakhstan) (AFP) - Russian soldiers completed their draw down from Kazakhstan, the defence ministry said Wednesday, as the Central Asian country lifted a state of emergency imposed after unprecedented unrest and signs of a power struggle.

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Russian troops leave Kazakhstan as state of emergency ends

Almaty (Kazakhstan) (AFP) - A Russia-led military contingent completed its withdrawal from Kazakhstan as the country lifted a state of emergency Wednesday after unprecedented unrest in the Central Asian state.

AFP

Kazakhstan Security Forces on High Alert in Almaty amid Calls for Fresh Protests

Security forces blocked several downtown streets and cordoned off one of the squares in Kazakhstan's biggest city Almaty on Wednesday as an opposition group planned to stage protests, a Reuters correspondent reported from the scene. The oil-rich Central Asian nation was shaken this month by the worst bout of violence…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Kazakhstan security forces on high alert in Almaty amid calls for fresh protests

Reuters

‘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

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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

Kazakhstan FM vows to share 'proof' that 'foreign terrorists' were involved in protests

Kazakhstan's Foreign Minister Mukhtar Tileuberdi granted an interview to FRANCE 24. Earlier this month, peaceful protests against a hike in energy prices in Kazakhstan sparked a brutal crackdown, backed up by military support from Russian-led troops. The official death toll stands at 225, but human rights groups believe it to…

France 24

Former Kazakh president denies conflict among elite

Former Kazakh president Nursultan Nazarbayev said in a video address on Tuesday that there was no conflict among Kazakhstan's elite, in his first appearance since unrest rocked the former Soviet country this month.

Reuters

Pierre Cardin Plans Paris Comeback after Founder's Death

Luxury label Pierre Cardin is set to return to Paris Fashion Week in a bid to breathe new life into the brand, its new boss told AFP, just over a year after the death of its legendary founder. The famed couturier died in December 2020 at the age of 98,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ex-Kazakh president's relatives lose major posts after unrest

Nur-Sultan (Kazakhstan) (AFP) - The influential son-in-law of Kazakhstan's ex-president resigned as head of the leading business lobby Monday after public anger at perceived corruption in the Central Asian country precipitated a power struggle and a deadly crisis.

AFP

Kazakh ex-leader's nephew sacked as deputy state security chief

Samat Abish, the nephew of former Kazakh president Nursultan Nazarbayev, was sacked as second-in-command at the National Security committee on Monday, the president's office said, the latest Nazarbayev relative to be pushed out of office.

Reuters

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

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