{"id":11614,"date":"2019-03-25T07:47:34","date_gmt":"2019-03-25T07:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/?p=11614"},"modified":"2019-03-24T21:07:04","modified_gmt":"2019-03-24T21:07:04","slug":"news-in-russian-kazakhstan-president-steps-down-sort-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/news-in-russian-kazakhstan-president-steps-down-sort-of\/","title":{"rendered":"News in Russian: Kazakhstan President Steps Down (Sort Of)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A big story from the post-Soviet region (<strong>\u043f\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0441\u043e\u0432\u0435\u0301\u0442\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0435 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0440\u0430\u0301\u043d\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e<\/strong>) is that the president of Kazakhstan (<strong>\u041a\u0430\u0437\u0430\u0445\u0441\u0442\u0430\u0301\u043d<\/strong>) has resigned after nearly 30 years in power. Since Russian <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/russian-outside-russia\/\">has official status<\/a> in Kazakhstan and since this story is being widely covered in Russian-language media in several countries, I thought we should look at how it&#8217;s being reported.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11624\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11624\" class=\"wp-image-11624 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/mosque-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"mosque in Nursultan (Astana)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/mosque-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/mosque-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/mosque-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11624\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hazret Sultan Mosque<br \/>Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/7kdkXDqHU78?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Azamat Kinzhitaev<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<h2>President Who?<\/h2>\n<p>While <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Borat\">Borat<\/a> is often the only reference point for Kazakhstan in the West, this country has the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kazakhstan#Economy\">largest economy in Central Asia<\/a>, so understandably, its neighbors are watching the situation closely. President Nursultan Nazarbayev (Russian: <strong>\u041d\u0443\u0440\u0441\u0443\u043b\u0442\u0430\u0301\u043d \u041d\u0430\u0437\u0430\u0440\u0431\u0430\u0301\u0435\u0432<\/strong>, Kazakh: \u041d\u04b1\u0440\u0441\u04b1\u043b\u0442\u0430\u043d \u041d\u0430\u0437\u0430\u0440\u0431\u0430\u0435\u0432) was the first president of independent Kazakhstan and had been in power since 1990\u2014longer than Vladimir Putin (<strong>\u0412\u043b\u0430\u0434\u0438\u0301\u043c\u0438\u0440 \u041f\u0443\u0301\u0442\u0438\u043d<\/strong>) or the president of Belarus (<strong>\u0411\u0435\u043b\u0430\u0440\u0443\u0301\u0441\u044c<\/strong>) <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alexander_Lukashenko\">Aleksandr Lukashenko<\/a> (Russian: <strong>\u0410\u043b\u0435\u043a\u0441\u0430\u0301\u043d\u0434\u0440 \u041b\u0443\u043a\u0430\u0448\u0435\u0301\u043d\u043a\u043e<\/strong>, Byelorussian: \u0410\u043b\u044f\u043a\u0441\u0430\u0301\u043d\u0434\u0440 \u041b\u0443\u043a\u0430\u0448\u044d\u0301\u043d\u043a\u0430).<\/p>\n<p>Even though Nazarbayev has stepped down as president, he has retained his positions as head of the Security Council (<strong>\u0441<\/strong><strong>\u043e\u0432\u0435\u0301\u0442 \u0431\u0435\u0437\u043e\u043f\u0430\u0301\u0441\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438<\/strong>) and leader of the ruling party. Some commentators in Russia have been carefully watching the Kazakhstani scenario as a possible model for transferring power in Russia in the future.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a snippet of Nazarbayev&#8217;s resignation speech:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"ru\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Nazarbayev?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Nazarbayev<\/a> resigns<br \/>\u041d\u0430\u0437\u0430\u0440\u0431\u0430\u0435\u0432 \u043e\u0431\u044a\u044f\u0432\u0438\u043b \u043e\u0431 \u043e\u0442\u0441\u0442\u0430\u0432\u043a\u0435 \u0432\u043e \u0432\u0440\u0435\u043c\u044f \u043e\u0431\u0440\u0430\u0449\u0435\u043d\u0438\u044f \u043a \u043d\u0430\u0446\u0438\u0438 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yals02j6Cs\">pic.twitter.com\/yals02j6Cs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pocket TV (@Pocket_TV_RU) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pocket_TV_RU\/status\/1108001598171742208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 19, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Coverage<\/h2>\n<p>Political scientist Yerbol Yedilov (<strong>\u0415\u0440\u0431\u043e\u043b \u0415\u0434\u0438\u043b\u043e\u0432<\/strong>) shared with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/russian\/features-47628102\">the BBC<\/a> his understanding on how much power Nazarbayev really gave up:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u0415\u0433\u043e\u0301 \u0443\u0445\u043e\u0301\u0434 \u0434\u0435\u043a\u043e\u0440\u0430\u0442\u0438\u0301\u0432\u0435\u043d, \u0432\u0435\u0434\u044c \u0432\u0441\u0451-\u0442\u0430\u043a\u0438 \u0432\u0441\u0435 \u0440\u044b\u0447\u0430\u0433\u0438\u0301 \u0432\u043b\u0430\u0301\u0441\u0442\u0438 \u0431\u0443\u0301\u0434\u0443\u0442 \u0443 \u043d\u0435\u0433\u043e\u0301 \u043a\u0430\u043a \u0443 \u043b\u0438\u0301\u0434\u0435\u0440\u0430 \u043d\u0430\u0301\u0446\u0438\u0438, \u0440\u0443\u043a\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0434\u0438\u0301\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044f \u0441\u043e\u0432\u0435\u0301\u0442\u0430 \u0431\u0435\u0437\u043e\u043f\u0430\u0301\u0441\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438 \u0438 \u043b\u0438\u0301\u0434\u0435\u0440\u0430 \u043f\u0430\u0301\u0440\u0442\u0438\u0438 &#8220;\u041d\u0443\u0440 \u041e\u0442\u0430\u0301\u043d&#8221; [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>His resignation plays a symbolic role because, in the end, he will keep the levers of power as leader of the nation, head of the Security Council, and leader of the Nur Otan party [&#8230;]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"attachment_11625\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11625\" class=\"wp-image-11625 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/astana-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Nursultan cityscape\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/astana-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/astana-350x197.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/astana-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/astana.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11625\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">City of Nursultan (formerly Astana)<br \/>Image by <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/users\/Boztay_Akimkhan-4126924\/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=image&amp;utm_content=3725230\">\u0410\u043a\u0438\u043c\u0445\u0430\u043d \u0411\u043e\u0437\u0442\u0430\u0439<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=image&amp;utm_content=3725230\">Pixabay<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Comparing Nazarbayev&#8217;s resignation to the &#8220;break&#8221; Putin took after his two first terms, <a href=\"https:\/\/web.telegram.org\/#\/im?p=@kaliyevchannel\">Telegram commentator Talgat Kaliyev<\/a> (<strong>\u0422\u0430\u043b\u0433\u0430\u0442 \u041a\u0430\u043b\u0438\u0435\u0432<\/strong>) writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u041a\u0430\u0437\u0430\u0445\u0441\u0442\u0430\u0301\u043d\u0441\u043a\u0430\u044f \u0440\u0435\u0430\u0301\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0442\u044c \u043e\u0442\u043b\u0438\u0447\u0430\u0301\u0435\u0442\u0441\u044f \u0442\u0435\u043c, \u0447\u0442\u043e \u041d\u0430\u0437\u0430\u0440\u0431\u0430\u0301\u0435\u0432 \u0432 \u043e\u0442\u043b\u0438\u0301\u0447\u0438\u0435 \u043e\u0442 \u041f\u0443\u0301\u0442\u0438\u043d\u0430 \u0443\u0448\u0451\u043b \u043d\u0435 \u0432\u0440\u0435\u0301\u043c\u0435\u043d\u043d\u043e, \u0430 \u0431\u0435\u0441\u043f\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0301\u0442\u043d\u043e.<\/p>\n<p>The reality in Kazakhastan is different in that, unlike Putin, Nazarbayev left not temporarily but for good.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Speculations on who may be the next president are ongoing, but in the meantime, internet users are making memes to comment on the renaming of the capital city, formerly known as Astana (<strong>\u0410\u0441\u0442\u0430\u043d\u0430\u0301<\/strong>), as Nursultan (<strong>\u041d\u0443\u0440\u0441\u0443\u043b\u0442\u0430\u0301\u043d<\/strong>). Meduza has <a href=\"https:\/\/meduza.io\/shapito\/2019\/03\/20\/tri-nursultana-na-granitse-nursultana-shtat-nursultan-tolko-memy-o-pereimenovanii-stolitsy-kazahstana\">published<\/a> some of the memes. The city has also been known as Akmola (<strong>\u0410\u043a\u043c\u043e\u043b\u0430\u0301<\/strong>) and Tselinograd (<strong>\u0426\u0435\u043b\u0438\u043d\u043e\u0433\u0440\u0430\u0301\u0434<\/strong>).<\/p>\n<p>How was Nazarbayev&#8217;s resignation covered where you live?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"197\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/astana-350x197.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Nursultan cityscape\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/astana-350x197.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/astana-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/astana-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/astana.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>A big story from the post-Soviet region (\u043f\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0441\u043e\u0432\u0435\u0301\u0442\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0435 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0440\u0430\u0301\u043d\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e) is that the president of Kazakhstan (\u041a\u0430\u0437\u0430\u0445\u0441\u0442\u0430\u0301\u043d) has resigned after nearly 30 years in power. Since Russian has official status in Kazakhstan and since this story is being widely covered in Russian-language media in several countries, I thought we should look at how it&#8217;s being reported&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/news-in-russian-kazakhstan-president-steps-down-sort-of\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":113,"featured_media":11625,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[179],"tags":[507273,507354,541522,117595],"class_list":["post-11614","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-former-ussr","tag-kazakhstan","tag-politics","tag-reading-russian-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.0.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A big story from the post-Soviet region is 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