NUR-SULTAN and SEMEY, Kazakhstan -- Interim leader Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on Tuesday gained a powerful endorsement from the country's former strongman as the ruling Nur Otan party unanimously nominated him as a presidential candidate for the June 9 election.
Tokayev was appointed interim president in a constitutional procedure after Kazakhstan's long-running Soviet-era leader Nursultan Nazarbayev stepped down on March 19.
