Kazakhstan: Ashimbayev’s Election As Senate Chair As Evidence Of Senior Zhuz Elites’ Determination To Retain Power Forever – Analysis

On January 24 came the official announcement that by decree of President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Maulen Ashimbayev, along with four other people, had been appointed as a Senate (the Kazakh parliament's upper house) member. On January 26, this Kazakh politician who comes from the Alban tribe of the...