Kazakh electoral-type event, 26 April 2015

[Simfan34]

I'd write this off as an electoral-type event, but Nazarbayev suggests he might step down:

http://www.voanews.com/content/reu-kazakh-president-hints-emulate-singapores-lee/2670423.html

We'll see what happens at the party congress on March 11. If they re-nominate him then feel free to move this to IGD.

[Simfan34]

Kazakhstan: Early Presidential Vote Designed to Defuse Instability Fears?

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[Snowstalker Mk. II]

So Russia seems to be alienating its traditional client states now. I assume with the new economic deals that Kazakhstan will soon fall into the Chinese orbit.