A one-time associate of a Europe-based bête noire of Kazakhstan’s government was this week given a six-year suspended prison sentence on corruption charges, a moderate punishment apparently earned by ...
A Kazakh court on July 23 sentenced anti-war activist Maria Kochneva to 10 days in jail for performing a rap song online that was critical of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Kochneva told RFE/RL she ...