Politics

Kazakh ruling party tightens grip on parliament with election win

Ruling party Nur Otan and two allies secure all seats in parliament, revealing extent of power grip by ex-president Nursultan Nazarbayev

No change: a protester speaks through a megaphone during a rally held by opposition supporters on the parliamentary election day in Kazakhstan's second-largest city of Almaty on 10 January 2021
No change: a protester speaks through a megaphone during a rally held by opposition supporters on the parliamentary election day in Kazakhstan's second-largest city of Almaty on 10 January 2021Photo: REUTERS/SCANPIX
  • Vladimir Afanasiev
Moscow
Published 11 January 2021, 16:45Updated 11 January 2021, 16:45
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