Authoritarian regime

December 13, 2011

The long arm of the Kazakh dictator

A political feud in Central Asia stretches to Lake GenevaFour years ago Victor Khrapunov, who had been a long-serving member of the Kazakh ruling elite, loaded his belongings […]
August 23, 2011

Kazakhstan blocks access to websites for fear of terrorism

Since last Friday, Kazakh authorities have blocked access to a number of popular websites. This followed a court ruling that the sites in question contributed to the dissemination […]
November 3, 2010

Presidential “Elections” in Kazakhstan

But can this properly be termed an election? President Noursoultan Nazarbaïev, in power since 1989, is running for a new presidential term and probably expects a score similar […]