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Document theses: The Diplomat: Tokayev’s ‘New Kazakhstan’: Rebranding the Old Guard?
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Theme: A. State building and political reforms
Document: The Diplomat: Tokayev’s ‘New Kazakhstan’: Rebranding the Old Guard?
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February 28, 2025
The Diplomat: Tokayev’s ‘New Kazakhstan’: Rebranding the Old Guard?
From day one of the protests, security forces indiscriminately used excessive force against the crowds. President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, characterizing the protesters as 'bandits' and 'foreign-trained terrorists,' issued a chilling order – to 'shoot to kill without warning.'
Токаев отдал приказ стрелять на поражение по протестующим, назвав их бандитами и террористами.
Context
Описание событий Кровавого января 2022 года, жестокость силовиков.
February 28, 2025
The Diplomat: Tokayev’s ‘New Kazakhstan’: Rebranding the Old Guard?
Despite numerous calls, Tokayev refused an international investigation, and the topic of the Bloody January victims remains taboo and suppressed.
Токаев отказался от международного расследования январских событий, тема жертв табуирована.
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Последствия Кровавого января, отсутствие прозрачности.
February 28, 2025
The Diplomat: Tokayev’s ‘New Kazakhstan’: Rebranding the Old Guard?
In March 2022, Tokayev announced a reform agenda aimed at entering the era of justice – creating a 'New Kazakhstan' – which was intended to renew the state apparatus and liberalize the party system.
Токаев объявил реформы для создания 'Нового Казахстана' с обновлением госаппарата и либерализацией партийной системы.
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Начало реформаторской повестки после консолидации власти.
February 28, 2025
The Diplomat: Tokayev’s ‘New Kazakhstan’: Rebranding the Old Guard?
The 'New Kazakhstan' technically began with amendments to the constitution through a nationwide referendum in June 2022. Under Tokayev, the fundamental law was revised to shift toward a presidential system with a stronger parliament.
Конституционная реформа 2022 года усилила президентскую систему и парламент.
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Конституционный референдум как основа реформ.
February 28, 2025
The Diplomat: Tokayev’s ‘New Kazakhstan’: Rebranding the Old Guard?
The amendments also annulled a law granting Nazarbayev immunity from prosecution and protection of his property.
Поправки отменили закон о неприкосновенности Назарбаева.
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Символический шаг по ограничению влияния Назарбаева.
February 28, 2025
The Diplomat: Tokayev’s ‘New Kazakhstan’: Rebranding the Old Guard?
Serik Beysembaev and Aliya Tlegenova’s September 2024 analysis, published by the Carnegie Center, thoroughly examines the essence of Tokayev’s reforms. The authors argue that these reforms were primarily designed to ensure the regime’s survival rather than to promote genuine democratization.
Аналитики Carnegie Center считают, что реформы Токаева направлены на выживание режима, а не на демократизацию.
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Критическая оценка реформ внешними экспертами.
February 28, 2025
The Diplomat: Tokayev’s ‘New Kazakhstan’: Rebranding the Old Guard?
The minimal timeframe for the presidential elections effectively excluded serious candidates from participating. Tokayev announced the elections on September 1, 2022, and voting took place two-and-a-half months later.
Короткие сроки президентских выборов 2022 года исключили серьезных кандидатов.
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Критика избирательного процесса как недемократичного.
February 28, 2025
The Diplomat: Tokayev’s ‘New Kazakhstan’: Rebranding the Old Guard?
Many international observers characterized the event as 'elections without a choice.'
Международные наблюдатели назвали выборы 'выборами без выбора'.
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Оценка президентских выборов 2022 года.
February 28, 2025
The Diplomat: Tokayev’s ‘New Kazakhstan’: Rebranding the Old Guard?
The OSCE reported violations in the parliamentary polls.
ОБСЕ зафиксировала нарушения на парламентских выборах.
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Парламентские выборы 2023 года.
February 28, 2025
The Diplomat: Tokayev’s ‘New Kazakhstan’: Rebranding the Old Guard?
Despite Tokayev’s assurances that there are no politically motivated prisoners in the 'New Kazakhstan,' human rights defenders debunk this myth by citing specific examples.
Правозащитники опровергают заявления Токаева об отсутствии политзаключенных.
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Ситуация с политическими заключенными.
February 28, 2025
The Diplomat: Tokayev’s ‘New Kazakhstan’: Rebranding the Old Guard?
A new mass media law appears only to strengthen state power, ensuring government monitoring of all publications, and the system of 'press cards' for journalists, according to Human Rights Watch, gives the government a convenient loophole to exclude those who criticize the authorities from the profession.
Новый закон о СМИ усиливает контроль государства и позволяет исключать критикующих журналистов.
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Ограничение свободы СМИ.
February 28, 2025
The Diplomat: Tokayev’s ‘New Kazakhstan’: Rebranding the Old Guard?
According to Freedom House, the media landscape remains under stringent control by the state and its affiliated business groups, while the political environment is characterized by a total lack of pluralism.
Freedom House отмечает жесткий контроль над СМИ и отсутствие плюрализма.
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Международные рейтинги свободы.