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  • Tuesday, 22 March, 2022
    Oil & Gas industry
    Russia chokes major oil pipeline in further threat to global supplies

    Repairs to storm-damaged loading terminals could cut up to 1mn b/d of shipments through CPC network

  • Tuesday, 25 January, 2022
    Global InsightLaura Pitel
    Kazakhstan unrest shows Erdogan that Putin is still the regional ‘big boss’

    Russian role in recent protest deals blow to Turkish president as he seeks to cultivate pan-Turkic unity

  • Friday, 21 January, 2022
    News in-depth
    ‘We were running from bullets’: Kazakhstan’s biggest city recovers from unrest

    In Almaty, residents search for the missing as workers repair burnt-out buildings

  • Thursday, 20 January, 2022
    News in-depthChinese politics & policy
    Kazakhstan crisis challenges Beijing’s reticence to interfere abroad

    China’s growing influence in the world is making it more difficult to simply step aside

  • Tuesday, 18 January, 2022
    Nursultan Nazarbayev
    Nazarbayev emerges to deliver TV address to Kazakhstan

    Former president denies rumours of a clash with his successor and says Tokayev has ‘full power’

  • Friday, 14 January, 2022
    Voices from Kazakhstan: protesters unbowed despite bloody crackdown

    Brutal violence as government crushed unrest has only increased public anger, say activists

  • Thursday, 13 January, 2022
    The Big Read
    Nazarbayev and the power struggle over Kazakhstan’s future

    The protests looked as if they might sweep aside the former dictator and his allies but much of the old order could remain

  • Thursday, 13 January, 2022
    Markets InsightCharlie Robertson
    Kazakhstan turmoil shows double-edged impact of commodity surge

    Rising prices spur political unrest but also investor interest

  • Wednesday, 12 January, 2022
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Kazakhstan unrest opens an opportunity for Russia

    Moscow’s intervention strengthens sphere of influence but also creates risks

  • Wednesday, 12 January, 2022
    Kazakh leader vows to tackle inequality behind protests

    President Tokayev pledges pay rises and social fund, but wealth seen as likely to stay in hands of elites

  • Tuesday, 11 January, 2022
    Erica Marat
    Kazakhstan pays the price for ignoring public discontent

    Nationwide unrest is pushing the government into increased political dependence on Russia

  • Tuesday, 11 January, 2022
    Russian troops to withdraw, says Kazakhstan’s president

    New prime minister appointed as unrest shows signs of calming after week of violent protests

  • Tuesday, 11 January, 2022
    Lex
    Kazakhstan: violent clampdown highlights City of London’s lucrative role Premium content

    Suppression of civil unrest renews disquiet over UK’s financial links with mineral-rich nation

  • Tuesday, 11 January, 2022
    News in-depth
    Kazakhstan unrest: ‘bandits’, foreign ‘terrorists’ or messy power struggle?

    Rather than a planned coup d’état, the uprising seems to have been a spontaneous protest that tapped deep resentments

  • Monday, 10 January, 2022
    Putin vows to stop ‘colour revolutions’ after sending troops to Kazakhstan

    Russian president blames foreign forces for orchestrating protests after dispatching forces last week

  • Sunday, 9 January, 2022
    Kazakhstan detains 6,000 in security forces crackdown after protests

    Russian-led military alliance takes control of a range of strategic sites

  • Saturday, 8 January, 2022
    Kazakhstan’s former intelligence chief arrested on suspicion of treason

    Move suggests fuel price protests have grown into power struggle between president and predecessor

  • Friday, 7 January, 2022
    Person in the News
    Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the Kazakh president confronting a nation in turmoil

    As the country is rocked by protests, the leader must seek stability and escape the legacy of his predecessor Nazarbayev

  • Friday, 7 January, 2022
    Kazakhstan’s president issues ‘shoot to kill’ order in push to end unrest

    Tokayev also gives ‘special thanks’ to Putin after Russian special forces help regain control of airport

  • Friday, 7 January, 2022
    Uranium
    Uranium prices jump as Kazakhstan upheaval stokes supply concerns

    Central Asian country is world’s biggest producer of the radioactive metal

  • Thursday, 6 January, 2022
    News in-depth
    Kazakhstan protests mark end of Nazarbayev era

    Former president’s handpicked successor takes control of security forces and turns to Russia for help

  • Thursday, 6 January, 2022
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Kazakh protests are a warning for other ex-Soviet autocrats

    Russia’s intervention may prevent a revolution but stoke resentment

  • Thursday, 6 January, 2022
    Russian forces arrive in Kazakhstan after president seeks help

    Dozens reported killed in clashes between protesters and police while oil markets are unnerved by supply fears

  • Thursday, 6 January, 2022
    Lex
    Kazakhstan/commodities: Russian troops provide cold comfort Premium content

    Commodity watchers relieved by arrival of foreign troops should be careful what they wish for

  • Wednesday, 5 January, 2022
    Instant InsightPeter Spiegel
    Kazakhs shine a light on Putin’s weakness — at the worst possible time

    Russian president’s brinkmanship over Ukraine was an attempt to project regional strength; a new uprising has foiled the gambit

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