Politics

New Kazakh president under pressure as youths demand reform

Nation elects first non-Soviet president, but Nazarbayev still holds reins

NAUBET BISENOV, Contributing writer
June 19, 2019 15:50 JST

ALMATY -- Amid widespread protests, Kazakhstan inaugurated its first non-Soviet president on June 12.

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