Kazakhstan
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Kazakhstan’s June 9 snap election: three scenarios
Finding Nazarbayev’s successor: What are the prospects of Dariga Nazarbayeva, “Kazakh Putin” Samat Abish and interim president Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev?
COMMENT: The Kazakh transition has finally begun
The “Kazakhstan transition” has been expected for years. Although it was widely predicted, no one – inside or outside of Kazakhstan – could guess exactly when it would happen.
End of an era of USSR dictators (or not?)
Kazakhstan’s ruler of 30 years Nursultan Nazarbayev has gone. Only he’s not gone. And ordinary Kazakhs who’ve lived through three “Soviet-groomed” decades don’t hold out much hope a handpicked successor will change much about their lives.
CENTRAL ASIA BLOG: Hope and darkness in Nazarbayev’s Kazakhstan
The last three decades have been a remarkable but flawed exercise in nation building.
Kazakh parliament votes to rename Astana as Nursultan to honour departing president
Day also sees resigned leader’s daughter made Senate speaker but there’s considerable doubt that she will turn out to be the true presidential successor.
Nazarbayev steps down after three decades as president
Matters have been arranged, however, to ensure the septuagenarian remains the power behind the Kazakh throne.