A Kazakh citizen wanted in Kazakhstan on charges of separatism and inciting social hatred over his online posts has been granted asylum in Russia. Police in the western Kazakh city of Oral said on February 15 that it was now impossible to have Maksim Yakovchenko extradited from Russia. Yakovchenko left Kazakhstan last year after police launched a probe against him over his online posts, in which he said several cities in Kazakhstan's north "must return home" and become part of Russia. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Kazakh Service, click here.
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