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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.