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On the evening of 7 October, at the end of a closed trial, Judge Zhasulan Khusainov of Medeu District Court No. 2 of the southern city of Almaty finally allowed some observers and cameras in for the ...
News Kazakhstan » Almaty » Politics: Ramil Niyazov-Adyldzhyan: Kazakhstan's Orthodox churches remain under Russia's thumb. An anti-war priest paid the price.
Earlier this month, a court in Almaty, Kazakhstan sentenced Yakov Vorontsov, a former priest who publicly opposed Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, to four years in prison. Officially, he was ...
News Kazakhstan » Almaty » Politics: Kazakhstan is "new", old problems: the first sad results of Tokayev's reforms
EADaily, October 12th, 2026. In 2026, Kazakhstan faced a systemic crisis in several areas at once: parliamentary elections were held without real political competition, real incomes of the population ...
News Kazakhstan » Almaty » Politics: Kazakhstan's top court says president can seek another term
ALMATY, July 7 (Reuters) - Kazakhstan's constitutional court said on Tuesday that President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev is eligible to seek a new term at the helm of the Central Asian energy and minerals ...
News Kazakhstan » Almaty » Politics: Political Standoff Continues In Kazakhstan Over 'Unaffordable' Recycling Fees
ALMATY, Kazakhstan -- Flick through the political sections of Facebook, Instagram or Tik Tok in Kazakhstan, and chances are you will come across the latest clip of a clean-cut man venting about ...
News Kazakhstan » Almaty » Politics: New Kazakhstan constitution takes effect as political transition gathers pace
ALMATY/ASTANA, June 30 (Reuters) - Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has promised a fundamental reshaping of the Central Asian nation under a new constitution that takes effect on Wednesday ...
News Kazakhstan » Almaty » Politics: New Kazakhstan, old methods: Civil society laments stalled political reforms
Widespread hopes for a more pluralistic and democratic Kazakhstan are fading some 30 months after President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev unveiled his program for dismantling the authoritarian system ...
News Kazakhstan » Almaty » Politics: Kazakhstan parliamentary elections begin: What’s at stake?
Kazakhstan heads to the polls this week in a snap parliamentary election that is expected to strengthen President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s rule over the country. The last parliamentary elections were ...