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Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, center, arrives to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. (Sergei Bobylev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Kazakhstan reverts capital’s name, institutes constitutional reforms

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

A body of victim covered by a banner, right, lays near to a military truck, which was burned after clashes, in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022. Kazakhstan's president authorized security forces on Friday to shoot to kill those participating in unrest, opening the door for a dramatic escalation in a crackdown on anti-government protests that have turned violent. The Central Asian nation this week experienced its worst street protests since gaining independence from the Soviet Union three decades ago, and dozens have been killed in the tumult. (AP Photo/Vladimir Tretyakov/NUR.KZ via AP)

Kazakhstan says 164 killed in week of protests

By Jim Heintz - Associated Press

Protesters talk to each other as they gather in support of Kazakh opposition and against deploying Kyrgyzstan's troops to Kazakhstan during a rally in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Friday, Jan. 7, 2022. The Collective Security Treaty Organization, which includes the former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan, Belarus, Armenia, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan have started deploying troops to Kazakhstan for a peacekeeping mission after the worst street protests since the country gained independence three decades ago. The demonstrations began over a near-doubling of prices for a type of vehicle fuel and quickly spread across the country, reflecting wider discontent over the rule of the same party since independence. (AP Photo/Vladimir Voronin)

Kazakh president: Forces can shoot to kill to quell unrest

By Dasha Litvinova - Associated Press

How advancing the U.S.-Kazakhstan partnership boosts democracy

By Beibut Atamkulov

Kazakhstan's President-elect Kassym-Jomart Tokayev speaks to the media after presidential elections in Nur-Sultan, the capital city of Kazakhstan, on Monday June 10, 2019 . An ally of Kazakhstan's former president was named winner of the presidential election on Monday in a vote marred by a police crackdown on protesters who criticized the result as an orchestrated handover of power. (AP Photo/Alexei Filippov)

Kassym-Jomart Tokayev win puts Kazakhstan at democracy crossroads

By Eric J. Lyman — Special to The Washington Times