Exiled Banker’s Attempt to Shake Up Kazakh Elections Falls Flat
- OSDP bowed out of Jan. 10 elections after Ablyazov endorsement
- Parliamentary elections are the first under President Tokayev
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When fugitive banker Mukhtar Ablyazov tried to inject intrigue into Kazakhstan’s predictable parliamentary elections by endorsing an opposition group, the party he backed announced a boycott of Sunday’s vote.
Five parties remain in the first parliamentary elections since Kassym-Jomart Tokayev took over the presidency in 2019 from leader-for-life Nursultan Nazarbayev.