Kazakhs shower president with cryptic questions
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He may be experienced at fielding questions on geopolitics but when the Kazakh president logs on next week for his first Internet news conference he will have to tackle some more bizarre matters.
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Text of report by Azerbaijani TV station ANS on 8 September  [Presenter] The Media Council wants the president to hear the problems of the press from the horse's mouth. Aflatun Amasov, chairman of the Media Council, has said he will talk to the president about this.
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The son-in-law of Kazakhstan's autocratic president &#151; wanted in his homeland on kidnapping charges &#151; has been released on bail, an official said Sunday.
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Description: Russian President Vladimir Putin recently made sweeping political changes to consolidate his power in the name of a more effective anti-terrorism strategy.
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The United States on Friday echoed  European concerns that Kazakhstan's parliamentary election may  be unfair because authorities and media favor the parties of  the president and his daughter.
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MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin is winding up his year expressing doubts about his country&#39;s relationship with the United States.
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President Nursultan Nazarbayev has styled himself a firm but modern Khan in his 17 years in power in Kazakhstan, but critics say his authoritarian rule brooks no opposition and borders on a personality cult.
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Excerpt from report by Russian news agency ITAR-TASS  Vienna, 3 June: Today the former Kazakh ambassador to Austria, Rakhat Aliyev [Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev's son-in-law], was released from arrest on a bail of 1m euros and a written undertaking not to leave [the country].
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Â· Kremlin sets up 'open' media information centre Â· Outgoing president tackles Russia's tarnished image
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Who needs Borat? Kazakhstan just might. Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, whose government initially bristled at a British comedian's portrayal of the country, is using the famous name to his own ends.
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TIME meets with Putin's spokesman to talk about the enigmatic Russian president, politics, press freedom and the upcoming elections.
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Borat, the fictional TV reporter  from Kazakhstan, may have gotten under the skin of Kazakh  officials but on Thursday he couldn't get past the gates of the  White House.
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Borat, the fictional TV reporter   from Kazakhstan, may have gotten under the skin of Kazakh   officials but on Thursday he couldn't get past the gates of the   White House.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin answers journalists&#39; questions during a news conference in Moscow&#39;s Kremlin, Dec. 23, 2004.
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Kazakhstan took a step towards early parliamentary elections on Tuesday after lawmakers asked President Nursultan Nazarbayev to dissolve the lower house and set a date for the ballot.
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Opponents have questioned the Chechen election win of Alu Alkhanov, who vowed to triumph over the region&#39;s rebels. Mr Alkhanov, Moscow&#39;s preferred candidate, was officially reported to have won more than 73.
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If there is one common concern that people in Uzbekistan share it is their president's silence.