> The new constitution also proposes making Kazakh the country’s main language, while retaining Russian as another, albeit downgraded, official language.

**Касым-Жомарт Токаев** · 2026-03-16

Document: Chatham House: Kazakhstan referendum: The new constitution demonstrates a diminishing interest in Western values

Языковая политика в новой конституции.

Qaz.Vision card: https://qaz.vision/tezis/503?lang=en
Primary source: https://www.chathamhouse.org/2026/03/kazakhstan-referendum-new-constitution-demonstrates-diminishing-interest-western-values