Ambition to host Winter Olympics could deter government from copying Moscow’s homophobic law.
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Its backing for a female presidential candidate last year helped win new supporters.
Kazakstan agrees to “coordinate” foreign policy with Moscow. Some read that as “seeking approval”.
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Proposed law envisages a year in jail for anyone deemed to be promoting a“positive attitude” to homosexuality.
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Pupils miss out on lessons as teachers go off to the fields. (more…)
Feared while in power, Rahat Aliev failed to rebrand himself as an upstanding dissident. (more…)