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  I am constantly amused by the way Kazakhstan government officials choose to portray themselves when a scandal breaks. For example, when rumors started spreading that President Nazarbayev was having surgery in Germany recently, government officials answered by saying he was on vacation and no one knew where he was. The government was, quite understandably, trying […]

  7/28/11 • (1)

• Sub Rosa Endorsement

  The article everyone is talking about today is Yermukhamet Yertysbayev’s interview with Russian newspaper, Kommersant in which he stated that Timur Kulibayev will replace President Nazarbayev if something should happen. The interview covers a lot of recent controversies, and was pretty clearly designed to allay concerns about some of the machinations in Astana, such as […]

  7/26/11 • (1)

• German Tabloid Reports Nazarbayev in Hospital

  Eurasianet.org is reporting that President Nazarbayev is in the hospital in Hamburg, according to the German tabloid Bild. Nazarbayev is officially on vacation and the Kazakhstan Embassy in Germany says they have no idea if he is there or not. It seems to me that there are a lot of unscary possibilities here: 1) Some […]

  7/19/11 • (2)

• 100% Kazakh-Speaking Generation

  Nursultan Nazarbayev, speaking Monday at the Assembly of the People of Kazakhstan, expressed the hope that the new generation of schoolchildren will be 100% Kazakh speaking: We would like 100% of those who will start learning Kazakh language in the first class to be able to speak Kazakh. I am sure this will happen,” Nazarbayev […]

  4/18/11 • (1)

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  The Sky of My Childhood

  A new film about the childhood of the president, Nursultan Nazarbayev, premiered in Astana recently. The Sky of My Childhood. According to a review by Eurasianet, the film does portray little Sultan (as Nazarbayev is called by friends and families) as a happy child with a strong and caring family, doing genuine Kazkh things like […]

  4/14/11 • (4)

• The Inauguration and the New Government

  The inauguration was apparently the place to be today; even the candidates who ran against Nazarbayev attended. In his speech, the President thanked the people for reelecting him and listed the world leaders who had congratulated him on his victory (conspicuously absent from the list were Obama, Ban-Ki Moon and Cameron). He also claimed that […]

  4/08/11 • (Comments Off on The Inauguration and the New Government)

• Preliminary Results Are In

  It’s Nazarbayev with 95.5% of the vote Gani Kasymov 1.9% Zhambyl Akhmetbekov 1.4% Mels Yeleusizova 1.2% If you remember, exit polls had Nazarbayev with 95% and the others with 2.1%, 1.57%, and 1.44%, which has to be one of the most accurate exit polls ever. Official results will apparently be ready on the 9th of […]

  4/04/11 • (Comments Off on Preliminary Results Are In)

• Museum to Nazarbayev

  In his home village of Chemolgan in Almaty oblast, there is a museum dedicated to Nursultan Nazarbayev, set up in the same school where he once studied. The BBC has a short video taking you inside this shrine to the first president, which includes photos of him through life and objects decorated with his face […]

  4/04/11 • (Comments Off on Museum to Nazarbayev)

• Voter Turnout by Region

  The Central Election Committee already has voter turnout by region up on their site. No big surprises. Total turnout is reported as 89.9%. The lowest turnout was in Almaty at 68.5% but surprisingly Astana, the capital, had the next lowest, with 69.1%. Every oblast except Pavlodar reported over 90%. And reports are already out that […]

  4/04/11 • (4)

• Elections Media Round Up

  The polls are closing in Kazakhstan’s snap Presidential election. According to Usen Zhetenov of the Central Election Committee voter turnout was around 84% [RU], compared to 74% in 2005 when Nazarbayev won with 91% of the votes. According to Kairat Sazhanov, the Central Election Committee representative in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, turnout abroad was […]

  4/03/11 • (Comments Off on Elections Media Round Up)

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