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Kazakhstan’s presidential elections have ended with a predictable result – appointed by Nursultan Nazarbayev, Kasym-Zhomart Tokayev has become the First President’s successor put in charge of the state. So, now we can see clearly what the configuration of the authoritarian political system...
The recently held St. Petersburg and Astana Economic Forums have become yet another confirmation that the realization of the «Eurasian economic platform» program to counterbalance «the Atlantic club» is underway. However, if for Russia, the project has become something of an Armageddon, then in Kazakhstan, we are observing a phenomenon that can be called «playing with Davos»...
The early presidential elections in Kazakhstan went as predicted. Most voters obediently came to the ballot stations and put the bulletins in the box. In other words, nominally, Akorda has realized its main task of legalizing the transfer of the presidential chair to Nursultan Nazarbayev’s successor. The only question is at what costs?
We are continuing to look into the particulars of the Tokayevs’ life story. This time, we are going to talk about the President’s son’s life in Switzerland where Timur Tokayev owns a beautiful apartment in Geneva. Its value can be estimated by looking at the rental cost. In Geneva, this kind of apartments are normally rented out for $6400 per month...
The results of the international standardized tests provide a cause for optimism. However, the future prospects may turn out to be cheerful only for a small elite group of «the enlightened» that will be maximally eager to preserve the political status quo...
We are beginning to perform an in-depth analysis of the structure and the business-interests of Kasym-Zhomart Tokayev’s clan. For Kazakhstan, this is a matter of an enormous significance. But, if the interests of the other clans have been analyzed in detail, the figure of the current president has always remained in the shadows. In our opinion, quite undeservingly so. Here is the first article of the series...
