Paolo Sorbello is a journalist and researcher covering Kazakhstan and Central Asia. Follow him on Twitter @PaoloBottleneck.
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Published in: oDR: OpinionToo little has changed in Kazakhstan in the year since ‘Bloody January’
A ‘New Kazakhstan’ was promised after last January’s deadly protests. It looks a lot like the old oligarchic order
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Published in: oDR: FeatureAnti-union laws have punished Kazakhstan’s workers. But the fight isn’t over
Workers in Kazakhstan have faced pressure for years but continue to fight for their rights and social justice, new...
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Published in: oDR: FeatureHow Kazakhstan society is divided over the Russia-Ukraine war
In Kazakhstan, where a Soviet past still lingers, there are clear generational divides in opinion towards Putin’s invasion
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Published in: oDR: NewsReporting on Kazakhstan’s chaos amid internet shutdowns and violence
Journalists have been subject to detentions or attacks, while internet blackouts left them unable to communicate for days
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Published in: oDR: InterviewAnger, injustice and politics brought people to the streets in Kazakhstan
Exclusive: veteran human rights defender Yevgeniy Zhovtis tells openDemocracy about how the tumultuous protests...
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Published in: oDRA new tale of migrant struggles in Moscow puts poverty, motherhood and hope on screen
This Russian-Kazakh film explores how people who migrate to Russia are often subject to forces far greater than themselves.