Tag: Kassym Jomart Tokayev

  • The death toll from a coal mine fire in Kazakhstan has risen

    The death toll from a coal mine fire in Kazakhstan has risen

    The death toll of coal miners in Kazakhstan, who died in a fire that broke out in the mine, has risen to 45 people, while a search is still underway for a missing person, according to what the Kazakh Ministry of Defense said on Sunday, after the accident that occurred in the Karaganda region.About 20…

  • Frank-Walter Steinmeier visits Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan

    Frank-Walter Steinmeier visits Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan

    Dhen Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier is traveling to Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan this week, according to his office he wants it to be understood as a “signal of partnership to the states of Central Asia”, which are “in the difficult neighborhood of Russia and China”. How sensitive the situation is for Kazakhstan, Steinmeier’s first travel destination…

  • Kazakh artists deal with the trauma of state violence

    Kazakh artists deal with the trauma of state violence

    Kazakhstan, the largest successor country to the soviet union after russia, is rich in raw materials like its neighbor to the north, but not to envy its geopolitical position. With re-imperial Russia, it shares the continent’s largest land border and a large minority population within. The Chinese settlement area of ​​the Uyghurs, who are closely…

  • The night in Ukraine: Ukraine fights against blackouts – Scholz condemns bomb terror

    The night in Ukraine: Ukraine fights against blackouts – Scholz condemns bomb terror

    Nfter a massive Russian missile attack, Ukrainian technicians have once again tried to repair their country’s badly damaged energy supply. The President’s Office in Kyiv reported the first successes late on Wednesday evening: In 15 areas there is electricity again, said Vice President Kyrylo Tymoshenko. “The occupiers are doing everything to make people suffer, so…

  • Courted by Europe: Controversial Tokayev wins presidential election in Kazakhstan

    Courted by Europe: Controversial Tokayev wins presidential election in Kazakhstan

    Bhe incumbent Kassym-Jomart Tokayev is facing re-election in the early presidential elections in Kazakhstan. A post-election poll by the Open Society institute gave Tokayev a share of almost 82 percent of the vote, the Russian agency Tass reported on Sunday evening. Another survey commissioned by the unity party “Amanat” calculated 85.5 percent approval for Tokayev.…

  • Collective Security Treaty Organization begins withdrawal from Kazakhstan

    First modification: 01/13/2022 – 19:42 The CSTO, the military alliance led by Russia together with former countries of the Soviet orbit, began this January 13 the withdrawal of the more than 2,000 soldiers that it deployed in Kazakhstan at the call of its president due to the protests unleashed after the rise in the price…

  • Kazakhstan: CSTO to begin withdrawing its troops in two days

    First modification: 01/11/2022 – 19:32 Kazakh President Kassyim Jomart Tokayev confirmed that the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) will begin to withdraw its soldiers from this Thursday, January 13. In addition, he announced a package of measures to quell protests in Kazakhstan, which began a week ago in response to discontent with economic and political…