Kazakhstan News News Kazakhstan » Politics: With Strict Agendas and Silent Corridors Kazakhstan’s Kurultai Is Muzzling the Press
Journalists covering the country’s parliament are pushing back against new rules that constrict their ability to question officials.
News Kazakhstan » Politics: Kazakhstan’s government steps down as newly elected Kurultai holds first session
Kazakhstan has entered a new political season with a reshaped political system after the country's newly established unicameral parliament, with its lawmakers gathered for its first session on Friday ...
News Kazakhstan » Politics: Kazakhstan’s new ruling party projected to win Sunday elections
Five parties are projected to enter Kazakhstan's new 145-member Kurultai after an early parliamentary election on Sunday, according to early exit polls. Parties needed at least 5% of the vote to win ...
News Kazakhstan » Politics: Kazakhstan enters a new political era after historic parliamentary reform
Kazakhstan implemented a major parliamentary reform, replacing the former bicameral Parliament with a new unicameral legislature, the Kurultai. The new Parliament consists of 145 seats, with five ...
News Kazakhstan » Politics: Why Kazakhstan’s New Political Order Matters for US Trade
Kazakhstan’s August 23 election established the first 145-seat Kurultai under the country’s new constitution. Critical minerals and the Middle Corridor offer major opportunities for deeper US-Kazakh ...
News Kazakhstan » Politics: Why the US should pay attention to Kazakhstan’s elections
Kazakhstan’s upcoming election will test the government’s economic and political reform programs. Reports that Vice President JD Vance urged Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky to halt attacks on ...
News Kazakhstan » 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 ...
News Kazakhstan » Politics: Kazakhstan On The Threshold Of A New Political Phase – OpEd
On 23 August 2026, Kazakhstan will hold the first election of members of the Kurultai following the entry into force of the new Constitution. This will be the country’s first nationwide electoral ...
News Kazakhstan » 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 » Politics: The Old Politics of New Kazakhstan
In this June 7, 2019, file photo, Kazakhstan’s acting President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, right, and former Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev shake hands in front of their supporters in Nur-Sultan, ...