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Fourteen young Kazakh soldiers died and three were rescued after being swept into the Caspian Sea during a naval training exercise on September 24. President Tokayev declared a national day of mourning, and five senior military officials have been detained for criminal negligence as investigators examine safety failures and weather decisions.
Putin’s first domestic trip in months goes sour in Omsk as Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev publicly questions Moscow’s Ukraine war narrative and urges negotiations, leaving Putin tense on live TV after a recent PR stunt in Irkutsk and highlighting domestic strain.
Kazakhstan is holding a referendum to approve a new constitution that would widen the powers of President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, signaling a major shift in the country’s political system.
Kazakhstan is holding a snap election on Sunday, the first since deadly unrest a year ago. The election comes after a wave of violence in January 2022 when provincial protests initially sparked by a fuel price hike engulfed other cities, notably the commercial capital, Almaty, and became overtly political as demonstrators shouted “Old man out!” in reference to former President Nursultan Nazarbayev. President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev initiated reforms to strengthen the parliament, reduce presidential powers and limit the presidency to a single seven-year term. More than 400 candidates, most of them self-nominated, are competing in the single-mandate races, and the national elections commission authorized two additional parties to enter the proportional contest.