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2018 Kazakhstan Special Weapons News
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- Kazakh Court Sentences Three Men In Case Linked To Fugitive Tycoon RFE/RL 21 Dec 2018 -- A Kazakh court has sentenced three men to lengthy prison terms in a case that prosecutors said was linked to a political movement founded by a fugitive tycoon.
- Kazakhs From Xinjiang Say Relatives Not Allowed To Leave China RFE/RL 26 Nov 2018 -- Ethnic Kazakhs from China's northwestern region of Xinjiang say their relatives with permanent residence permits issued by Kazakhstan have been barred from leaving China after traveling there at the request of Beijing.
- President Xi Jinping meets Kazakh PM People's Daily 23 Nov 2018 -- President Xi Jinping on Thursday met with Kazakh Prime Minister Bakytzhan Sagintayev in Beijing, and suggested that both sides focus on policy synergizing and well implement the alignment of China-proposed Silk Road Economic Belt and Kazakhstan's Nurly Zhol (Bright Path) economic program.
- Kazakhstan: A Falling Presidential Confidant And A Rising Presidential Daughter RFE/RL 24 Sep 2018 -- Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev signed an order recently relieving his longtime head of the presidential administration, Adilbek Jaksybekov, of his post and sending him into retirement.
- Kazakh President Appoints New Defense Minister RFE/RL 07 Aug 2018 -- President Nursultan Nazarbaev has appointed a new defense minister.
- Ethnic Kazakh Who Testified About 'Reeducation Camps' In China Will Not Be Deported RFE/RL 01 Aug 2018 -- A court in Kazakhstan has convicted ethnic Kazakh Chinese citizen Sairagul Sauytbay of illegal border crossing, but ordered her release and said she will not be deported to China, where she feared she would face "the most extreme" punishment.
- Official's Testimony Sheds New Light On Chinese 'Reeducation Camps' For Muslims RFE/RL 29 Jul 2018 -- The trial of an ethnic-Kazakh Chinese citizen accused of illegally entering Kazakhstan has taken on implications far beyond whether she will be reunited with her family near Almaty or deported back to China.
- Kazakh Defense Minister Makes First Official Visit To Bishkek Since Soviet Collapse RFE/RL 25 Jul 2018 -- Kazakh Defense Minister Saken Zhasuzaqov traveled to Bishkek on July 25, making the first official visit by a Kazakh defense chief to Kyrgyzstan since the two Central Asian nations gained independence in the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union.
- Nazarbaev Becomes Security Council's Chairman For Life RFE/RL 12 Jul 2018 -- Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev has become the head of the Central Asian country's Security Council for life.
- Kazakh Leader To Become Life-Long Security Council Chairman RFE/RL 31 May 2018 -- The upper house of the Kazakh parliament has approved a bill allowing President Nursultan Nazarbaev to lead the Central Asian country's Security Council for life.
- Media Watchdogs Urge Kazakhstan To Revise 'False Information' Law RFE/RL 20 May 2018 -- A coalition of 26 international press freedom organizations has called on Kazakh authorities to review recent civil and criminal actions taken against two popular independent media outlets and revise legislation used to silence the media.
- Kazakhstan Creates New Military Branch To Fight Cyberthreats RFE/RL 07 May 2018 -- Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev says a new military branch has been established to protect the Central Asian country against cyberthreats.
- Kazakh President Suggests He Won't Leave Office Soon RFE/RL 05 Mar 2018 -- Amid persistent speculation that he may be preparing for a political transition, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev has suggested he is not going anywhere soon.
- Nazarbaev Thanks Trump For Backing Kazakh Territorial Integrity RFE/RL 16 Jan 2018 -- Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbaev thanked U.S. President Donald Trump for Washington's support of his country's territorial integrity, as the two leaders met for talks expected to focus on regional security, economic issues, and bilateral relations.
- Kazakh President To Meet Trump, Discuss Afghanistan, Russia RFE/RL 15 Jan 2018 -- U.S. President Donald Trump will meet with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev on January 16 to discuss regional security, economic issues, and bilateral relations, the White House says.
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