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Kazakhstan elites
![Mixed Feelings as Kazakhstan Looks Back on a Bloody January Mixed Feelings as Kazakhstan Looks Back on a Bloody January](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-01-31-122147.jpg)
Mixed Feelings as Kazakhstan Looks Back on a Bloody January
By Agnieszka Pikulicka-Wilczewska
“They fight among themselves for power, and ordinary people suffer.”
![Observer Now, Beneficiary Later: China and the Unrest in Kazakhstan Observer Now, Beneficiary Later: China and the Unrest in Kazakhstan](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-01-20-202958.jpg)
Observer Now, Beneficiary Later: China and the Unrest in Kazakhstan
By Benno Zogg
China’s interests in Kazakhstan appear unaffected. As the Kazakhstani regime seeks economic growth and may tighten repression, Beijing's importance could grow.
![After Kazakhstan Crisis, China Will Reassess Its Influence in Central Asia After Kazakhstan Crisis, China Will Reassess Its Influence in Central Asia](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-01-17-165044.jpg)
After Kazakhstan Crisis, China Will Reassess Its Influence in Central Asia
By Igor Denisov
Despite its economic clout in Kazakhstan, Beijing has had far less political leverage than Moscow.
![Open Secrets: Expose Reveals a Kazakh Top Manager’s Business Network Open Secrets: Expose Reveals a Kazakh Top Manager’s Business Network](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2021-08-31-7.jpg)
Open Secrets: Expose Reveals a Kazakh Top Manager’s Business Network
By Paolo Sorbello
Public domain research by Radio Azattyq showed the extent of Kairat Sharipbayev’s private interests.
![Kazakhstan’s Sovereign Fund Changes Boss Kazakhstan’s Sovereign Fund Changes Boss](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-05-11-8.jpg)
Kazakhstan’s Sovereign Fund Changes Boss
By Paolo Sorbello
A new head of Samruk-Kazyna could bring about changes in governance and personnel.
![Nargis Kassenova on Kazakhstan in Transition Nargis Kassenova on Kazakhstan in Transition](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_19113537111585.jpg)
Nargis Kassenova on Kazakhstan in Transition
By Catherine Putz
As Kazakhstan undergoes its first power transition, the awakening of public politics is inevitable.
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