Eurasian integration tops Kazakhstan election campaign

Critics say ex-president's post in Russian-led union pose a threat to independence

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Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev looks set to win a snap election in Kazakhstan on June 9. © Reuters

NAUBET BISENOV, Contributing writer

NUR-SULTAN, Kazakhstan/ALMATY -- Kazakhstan's acting president, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, looks set to win a snap election in Kazakhstan on June 9 after the country's longtime leader, Nursultan Nazarbayev, resigned on March 19 amid an ongoing political crackdown.

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