Kazakh president steps up purge of security agency after mass unrest
The fired officials were deputies to former intelligence chief Karim Massimov, who was arrested on suspicion of treason after violent protests swept the nation.
In Kazakhstan’s street battles, signs of elites fighting each other
The reasons for the bloody crisis in Central Asia remain murky, but experts say popular discontent could mask an old-fashioned power struggle within the ruling faction.
Kazakh president gives shoot-to-kill order to put down uprising
What began as demonstrations against fuel prices grew into a protest against the government and the longest-serving ruler of any former Soviet state.
