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It hasn’t been a good year for Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev.
The country’s petroleum-based economy continues to suffer from the low price of oil.
Radical Islamists made international headlines by attacking a gun store and a National Guard facility in the western city of Aktobe early this month, killing 20 people. Kazakh authorities killed 18 radicals and arrested several during and after the attacks.
But the worst news for Nazarbayev was nationwide protests since May against the government’s plan to increase from 10 to 25 years the length of time that foreigners can lease public land for …read more
Source: The Huffington Post
