ASTANA, Kazakhstan (AFP) – Strongman Kazakh leader Nursultan Nazarbayev on Wednesday confirmed his candidacy for snap April 26 presidential elections that he is expected to win by a landslide.Nazarbayev, who has ruled energy-rich Kazakhstan since independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, accepted the nomination from his ruling party and pledged to tackle economic difficulties sparked by the financial slump in neighbouring Russia and fall in oil prices.On the basis of our successes we should move forwards. For this reason I speak before you and will agree to put forward my candidacy with one aim — to offer you new …read more
Source: Dunya TV
