Kazakstan: More of the Same Despite Reform Talk
Interview with Andrei Chebotarev, director of the Alternativa Centre for Political Studies in Kazakstan.
Kazakstan: More of the Same Despite Reform Talk
Interview with Andrei Chebotarev, director of the Alternativa Centre for Political Studies in Kazakstan.
In this video interview, political analyst Andrei Chebotarev discusses Kazakstan’s prospects following the election of President Nursultan Nazarbaev to another term in office on April 4.
He assesses the Kazak authorities’ pledges of democratic change, in particular whether they really plan to allow opposition parties into parliament, or whether pluralism will consist of the ruling Nur Otan joined by a number of other pro-government parties.
Longer term, he looks at the types of elite groups from which a successor to Nazarbaev could be selected, when the president eventually makes plans to retire. Chebotarev argues that it no longer seems likely that members of Nazarbaev’s immediate family are in the running.
