Kazakhstan’s government and its main creditor have agreed to a settlement that ends a 14-year legal dispute. “The settlement of this long-standing dispute demonstrates that Kazakhstan is meeting its international treaty obligations,” Daniel Chapman, Argentem’s director, said in the statement. Chapman also took the occasion to celebrate Kazakhstan’s “new era” with President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev at the helm. “We support the …
Not even one?” The Almaty newsroom of Vlast.kz was incredulous*. At the 2007 elections, in a surprising turn of omnipotence, the ruling party took all 98 seats, rendering the Majilis a superfluous entity, in the shadow of then-President Nursultan Nazarbayev, the “father of the nation.” Tokayev had promised something different after the authorities suppressed urban protests in January 2022, leading …
There are many ways to interpret Qandy Qantar – meaning “Bloody January” in Kazakh, a reference to the unrest and violence of early 2022 – and the evident popular dissatisfaction with the state of the political economy in the country. One thing has become clear: The old social contact created under Kazakhstan’s first president, Nursultan Nazarbayev, is no longer satisfactory …
