Mukhtar Ablyazov's efforts to orchestrate protests from abroad have had feeble results. But Kazakh authorities are taking no chances.

Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev, head of the Kazakh Senate, suggested Nazarbayev won't run in 2020 -- then walked the comment back.

International fugitive and Kazakh opposition star Mukhtar Ablyazov urged supporters to carry blue balloons during the Nowruz holiday.

Kuandyk Bishimbayev, a young rising political star, faced a rapid downfall after being accused of embezzlement.

Jared Genser's firm described Iskander Yerimbetov as "a hostage" of the Kazakh state who had been subjected to torture.

Bilateral trade, Afghanistan, and North Korea's nukes were on the agenda.

The visit will be Nursultan Nazarbayev's first under the presidency of Donald Trump.

Kuandyk Bishimbayev, accused of bribery and embezzlement, maintains his innocence.

With a two-day visit to Astana, the Kyrgyz president and his Kazakh counterpart steer relations back to normal.

The border problem was rooted in preexisting issues, but was sparked and solved by politics alone.

At the highest levels, yes. But the memories will linger.

Which will emerge on top in Central Asia: the dollar, the yuan, or even Bitcoin?

An important building block in any cult of personality is a whole shelf of laudatory texts.

Kazakhstan renamed Astana's international airport after the first and current president of the country, Nursultan Nazarbayev.

If Mukhtar Ablyazov envisions an eventual triumphant return to Kazakhstan, things just got more difficult.

Aftershocks of the crisis continue to rock the country's financial sector after a buyout and rumors of another merger.