China’s leader, Xi Jinping, and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia are courting regional leaders and pushing an alternative to the U.S.-led order.
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Your Wednesday Briefing: A U.S. Push to Isolate Russia
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Kazakhstan’s Longtime Leader Is Gone, but Still Seemingly Everywhere
Nursultan Nazarbayev, the autocratic former president, all but vanished after violent protests this month. But with his legacy so pervasive, will anything change?
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Demonstrators took to the streets to denounce the election to replace Nursultan Nazarbayev, whose handpicked successor was expected to win easily.