Kazak-Uzbek Border Lottery
Villagers living along the frontier in limbo as they wait to see which side of the line they end up on.
Villagers living along the frontier in limbo as they wait to see which side of the line they end up on.
New bloc formed after parties’ election defeat is intended to work towards a presidential election still two years away.
A recent high-profile defection may have spurred President Nazarbaev to take a closer look at his potential opponents.
After the secret service warns of dangers posed by foreign Islamic militants, non-Kazak Muslims fear their communities will be stigmatised.
New foreign minister expected to raise the country's profile, but no real change in policies expected.
Sixty years on, there will be little public commemoration of the Stalinist deportations of the Chechen people.
Ordinary people face a double blow from new taxes on imported goods and creeping rises in the price of bread.
Although welcoming financial and material incentives to return to their homes, Azerbaijan's refugee population appears unwilling to give up their temporary status and return to Nagorny Karabakh.
Russian troops locked in the "final assault" on Grozny have been astonished by the ferocity of the rebel resistance. In the heart of the Chechen capital, they are coming up against the cream of the guerrilla forces, led by battle-hardened veterans of the
Despite traditionally pro-Chechen sympathies, Kazakhstan has succumbed to unrelenting Russian propaganda, giving Chechen refugees an icy reception.