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Kazakhstan's first president grips power as legend grows

KASKELEN, Kazakhstan (Reuters) - The teenage son of a shepherd, who would later become Kazakhstan's first and only post-Soviet leader so far, had a nickname at school: Sultan.Full story

Kazakhstan in legal move to ban opposition parties and media

ALMATY (Reuters) - The Central Asian state of Kazakhstan has moved to ban two opposition movements critical of President Nursultan Nazarbayev and to close dozens of opposition media outlets for "propagating extremism". Full story

Kazakh bank BTA poised to seize oligarch's assets

LONDON (Reuters) - Mukhtar Ablyazov, a fugitive oligarch accused of embezzling more than $5 billion, was labeled "devious" and "cynical" by judges on Tuesday as his former Kazakh bank BTA prepared to pounce on his assets. Full story

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