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Moving from Cyrillic-based to modified Latin script will distance the central Asian state symbolically from Russia
Chinese president’s offer to help with security comes as Russian influence in the region weakens
Chinese president holds two-day summit with leaders of region crucial to security, trade and energy
Plus: in this week’s puzzle — can you mate in three in 10 minutes?
Goods crossing the border surged last year as sanctions stymied Moscow’s access to western markets
Move would allow gold miner to split its Russian and Kazakh businesses
Puzzle: can you solve this picturesque mate in two?
As the attack on Ukraine runs into trouble, states from Moldova to Kazakhstan are refusing to follow Moscow’s lead
Moscow’s regional influence wanes on opposition to Ukraine invasion in central Asia and the Caucasus
Some 100,000 people and counting have sought refuge in the former Soviet republic to avoid conscription
Humanitarian border policies complicate countries’ relations with Moscow
Chinese president expected to travel to central Asia and meet Vladimir Putin this month
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev says move after anti-government protests will lessen risk of ‘power monopolisation’
Ruling that would have halted crude flows has been overturned, easing fears of supply disruptions
Move to strip autonomous region of special status dropped but analysts warn unrest could spread
Repairs to storm-damaged loading terminals could cut up to 1mn b/d of shipments through CPC network
Russian role in recent protest deals blow to Turkish president as he seeks to cultivate pan-Turkic unity
In Almaty, residents search for the missing as workers repair burnt-out buildings
China’s growing influence in the world is making it more difficult to simply step aside
Former president denies rumours of a clash with his successor and says Tokayev has ‘full power’
Brutal violence as government crushed unrest has only increased public anger, say activists
The protests looked as if they might sweep aside the former dictator and his allies but much of the old order could remain
Rising prices spur political unrest but also investor interest
Moscow’s intervention strengthens sphere of influence but also creates risks
President Tokayev pledges pay rises and social fund, but wealth seen as likely to stay in hands of elites
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