Tag: Nepotism

Little opposition seen in Sunday’s elections in Kazakhstan

13. January 2012 | Kazakhstan, Stories, The Washington Times | 0 |

Sunday’s parliamentary elections presumably are aimed at moving Kazakhstan toward a more open and democractic system — but some voters here aren’t buying it. “There is no real opposition in Kazakhstan. They are all puppets of...

Kyrgyzstan: Voters have little hope for change in Sunday election

28. October 2011 | Deutschlandradio Kultur, Kyrgyzstan, Stories, The Washington Times | 0 |

Kyrgyz voters go to the polls Sunday to elect a new president in what is seen as a landmark election in the region but what locals dismiss as not bringing real change to the country following last year’s uprising. “They fired...

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