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‘Old man out!’: Anger in Kazakhstan focuses on ex-leader

By AFP and published by Channel NewsAsia Almaty – As protesters armed with sticks and discarded police shields prepared to storm the mayor’s office in Kazakhstan’s largest city Almaty, they marched to chants of “Old man out!” They were not referring to President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, 68, but Nursultan Nazarbayev, the octogenarian who after more than

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