Manas Qaiyrtaiuly is a correspondent with RFE/RL's Kazakh Service.
An RFE/RL investigation reveals how sanctioned Western electronics make their way to Russia via Central Asian firms -- some set up shortly after the Kremlin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine -- and end up in the hands of companies that have supplied the Russian defense industry.
An RFE/RL investigation found that companies controlled by billionaire Timur Kulibaev acquired formerly government-owned land in top locations in Kazakhstan’s business capital, Almaty. But he may have to fight to keep them.
Police in Kazakhstan's largest city, Almaty, briefly detained two activists who protested against a wave of Russian citizens entering the country after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a partial military mobilization to boost troop levels in the war in Ukraine.
In Kazakhstan's capital of Nur-Sultan, Nursultan Nazarbaev and his family own a remarkable collection of palaces and grandiose properties, including a 12-hectare artificial island. This new investigation comes after a pair of RFE/RL reports that revealed more of the family's palatial properties.
Bolat Abilov, a prominent businessman and once an opposition figure in Kazakhstan, has announced a return to politics after he quit the Central Asian country's political scene almost nine years ago, as he looks to establish a new political party.
A group in Kazakhstan involved in defending the rights of ethnic Kazakhs in China's northwestern region of Xinjiang has announced it will create a political party in the Central Asian state.
This video shows the palatial properties owned by former Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev and his family. Two sprawling areas in Almaty, the country's largest city, are dotted with luxurious homes and compounds.
Ex-President Nursultan Nazarbaev's family are among the richest people in Kazakhstan, accumulating vast riches during his three decades in power. An investigation by RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reveals that their luxury property portfolio includes several mansions on a 135-hectare green area in Almaty.
Life is slowly returning to "normal" in the ethnically mixed village of Penzhim in Kazakhstan that was the scene of a brawl between local Kazakh and Uyghur communities last month.
Asel Qurmanbaeva was the beneficiary of a $30 million payment from an offshore company, according to evidence presented in the Pandora Papers. For years, there have been reports she was in a secret long-term relationship with former Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev.
Kazakh farmers have taken to feeding their animals a sludge made of cardboard and water amid a drought that they say is the worst in living memory. It's estimated that thousands of animals have died, plunging farmers into poverty in Manghystau Province in western Kazakhstan.
Thirteen people were killed and nearly 100 injured in a series of blasts triggered by a fire at an arms depot on a military base in southern Kazakhstan, prompting the country’s defense minister to offer his resignation.
After 28 years of privatization reforms, much of Kazakhstan’s higher education sector has become encumbered by nepotism, perceived corruption, conflict of interest, and lack of transparency.
A graveyard at a remote location 50 kilometers from Almaty is said to be for COVID-19 victims from the city and surrounding region. There are 32 fresh graves, but the city has recorded just 10 deaths and none have been reported from the region.
A cemetery said to be only for coronavirus victims in the southwestern Kazakh city of Almaty and the surrounding region appears to hold many more bodies than the area's number of reported COVID-19 deaths.
Nearly 200 employees have tested positive for the coronavirus at a hospital in Kazakhstan as authorities and medics trade accusations over who is to blame.
