Yelnur Alimova is a correspondent for RFE/RL's Kazakh Service.
In January 2022, a peaceful protest against an increase in fuel prices turned into anti-government demonstrations across Kazakhstan. Hundreds of people were killed in the ensuing crackdown by security forces. RFE/RL talked to journalist Cheryl L. Reed, who talked to local reporters about the events.
The five Caspian countries agreed to use the sea for peaceful purposes and turn it into a zone of peace and friendship. But is it possible to call the Caspian Sea, which Russia uses to launch missiles at Ukrainian civilian targets, a "sea of peace and friendship"?
A young ethnic Russian man opened a free “Kazakh-language club” in Almaty in April for a few dozen people aspiring to learn the state language. The club was instantly popular and has since expanded to 10 branches in Kazakhstan as thousands of Russian-speakers are learning Kazakh.
Kazakhs who have been protesting the disappearance of their relatives within Xinjiang's camp system have been threatened and arrested ahead of Chinese leader Xi Jinping's visit to their country.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will push Central Asian countries to increase regional cooperation, an analyst says.
Kazakh President Qasym-Zhomart Toqaev recently added four low-rated Russian universities to the renowned state-funded scholarship program Bolashaq in a decision that is being criticized as politically motivated.
