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From February 24, the topic of war between Ukraine and Russia is covered by most of news feeds in Kazakhstan media – the chronicle of military actions, sending of humanitarian supplies, anti-war protests, transfer of Kazakhstanis from Ukraine, economic consequences for Kazakhstan. CABAR.asia analysed the materials published by Kazakhstan media to know better how the events in Ukraine are covered.
Combat actions in Ukraine took aback not only the Ukrainians, but also the citizens of Central Asian states who were in the country. Many of them left Ukraine on their own by moving to Eastern Europe. The authorities of Central Asian states are trying to evacuate their citizens by organising flights and helping on the site. (more…)
This year, on March 8, Almaty will host a peaceful rally dedicated to the participation of women in the management of state affairs. This is the second time that the city authorities agreed to hold the protest rally. (more…)
The military entry of Russia to Ukraine left no one in the world indifferent. Western countries consider the recent actions taken by Vladimir Putin against the neighbouring state as a war and unleash an array of sanctions against Russia. The changes in the geopolitical arena relate to Kazakhstan, too. (more…)
Kazakhstan continues to investigate the reasons for January clashes. Citizens report illegal detentions and torture on social media. (more…)
In early 2022, President Kasym-Zhomart Tokayev started to change the personnel policy in Kazakhstan. According to experts, the rate of political system transformation in Kazakhstan will remain high until the end of this year. Or maybe until the end of the second presidential term.
Experts emphasise the bad trend in terms of mass attacks on the media and the freedom of speech in Kyrgyzstan.
For 30 years, Nursultan Nazarbayev has been deemed the eternal leader of Kazakhstan. The first president, founder of the Kazakhstan sovereignty, yelbasy – this is not the full list of all his titles he has received for all the years. But just in a few weeks of January 2022, the significance of his personality faded much.
In 2022, Kazakhstan will have to assess the effectiveness of both state programmes aimed at mass digitalisation in the country. Expert community has been concerned with the focus on quantity, not quality all this time. So far, this approach has only contributed to the increasing number of cyber threats and encouraged low digital culture of citizens. (more…)
After the January 2022 events, the Kazakhstanis demand to rename Nur-Sultan as Astana and return former names of streets. (more…)