Eduard Poletaev

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Computerised voting will make Kazak elections slicker – but will it make them any fairer?

21 Feb 05

Kazaks are losing their property to increasingly wily racketeers

21 Feb 05

Doctors are up in arms at new legislation they believe will worsen an already serious alcohol problem

21 Feb 05

Father and daughter contest September parliamentary election, threatening to overwhelm the opposition.

21 Feb 05

The grey-market metal trade costs people their lives and the country millions of dollars.

21 Feb 05

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21 Feb 05

Kazak officials unlikely to authorise early release for opposition leader Galymzhan Zhakiyanov for fear it would upset their election plans.

21 Feb 05

Opposition and government parties look to journalists to spice up their election campaigns.

21 Feb 05

President’s party is claiming victory in controversial ballot ignored by nearly half of the population.

21 Feb 05

Uzbeks reap record rewards for informing on their neighbours.

21 Feb 05

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