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Protests over rising fuel prices in western Kazakhstan that began on January 2 sparked rallies of solidarity across the country, which escalated into wide-scale rioting in several cities. It has been ...
News Kazakhstan » Almaty » Social: Anti-Putin Activist In Kazakhstan Detained After Social Media Posts Urging Protests
Police in Kazakhstan's largest city, Almaty, have detained an activist who openly protested against Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to Kazakhstan to participate in a two-day summit in the ...
News Kazakhstan » Almaty » Social: Kazakhstan’s New Parties Struggle to Register
On June 1, the ministry of justice registered Adilet (Kazakh for “Justice”), a new party that could soon become a contender in Kazakhstan’s political scene. The initiative group behind the party was ...
News Kazakhstan » Almaty » Social: Kazakhstan: Psychiatric Detention of Activist Priest
Kazakhstan authorities on May 25, 2026, forcibly transferred a defrocked Russian Orthodox priest, Yakov Vorontsov, to a psychiatric facility outside Almaty, Human Rights Watch said today. A Kazakhstan ...
News Kazakhstan » Almaty » Social: The Unraveling of Kazakhstan’s Social Contract
A Kazakhstan soldier guards an area in front of a bullet-pierced window of a street shop in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Friday, Jan. 14, 2022. Credit: AP Photo/Sergei Grits There are many ways to interpret ...
News Kazakhstan » Almaty » Social: Kazakhstan shakes down oligarchs to fund social services
In Kazakhstan, where 0.001 percent of the population controls half the nation’s wealth, the rich and powerful are suddenly falling over themselves to give their money away. Oligarchs are digging deep ...
News Kazakhstan » Almaty » Social: World Bank Calls for Housing Finance Reforms to Boost Homeownership in Kazakhstan
A World Bank Group and IFC report finds that despite significant public spending and rapid mortgage market growth, housing remains unaffordable for most Kazakh families due to high prices, costly ...
News Kazakhstan » Almaty » Social: Kazakhstan: Authorities aren’t joking about prosecuting satirical social media channel
Satire has long been a form of political expression around the world. In some countries, including the United States and many other nations, satire is considered protected speech. But as a pending ...
News Kazakhstan » Almaty » Social: Kazakhstan Strengthens Its Fashion Diplomacy With Visa Fashion Week Almaty
For the world’s largest landlocked country, Kazakhstan is making some big waves in geopolitics. Ancient trade routes between China, India, Russia and “the West” positioned this nation as a keystone ...