Nursultan Nazarbayev

De-Nazarbayevification moves further onward with plans to scrap the law “On the First President” 

It’s been a challenging year for Kazakhstan: Domestic unrest, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a constitutional referendum, and now a snap presidential election.

Jusan Bank, linked to the country’s former president, will divest from Kcell. 

Kazakhstan is to introduce a single seven-year presidential term and revert the capital’s name to “Astana.”

With 77 percent voting to approve constitutional changes that nix the "leader of the nation," Nazarbayev's star has truly faded in Kazakhstan.

In a recent speech, Kazakh President Tokayev laid out the government’s understanding of the January events and proposed a litany of reforms to achieve a “New Kazakhstan.”

Could Bulat Abilov re-enter politics?

“They fight among themselves for power, and ordinary people suffer.”

“Let us pay tribute to the historical merits of the first president… and leave possible miscalculations as a warning to the future leaders of our country," Tokayev said.

The statement from the First President came just after evidence of elite conflict began surfacing in earnest, with suggestions of a purge of Nazarbayev elites.

Protests over gas prices have quickly spiraled into nationwide unrest, resulting in the first-ever intervention by the CSTO in one of its member states.