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...9}}</ref> Ranked as the [[List of countries by area|ninth largest country in the world]] as well as the world's largest [[landlocked]] country,<ref>Agen ...khstan has the [[List of countries by population|62nd largest]] population in the world, with a [[List of countries by population density|population dens

| 20.61% [[Russians in Kazakhstan|Russian]] |time_zone = [[Time in Kazakhstan|West{{\}}East]]

...transl|ru|''Kommunisticheskaya partiya Sovetskogo Soyuza''}}), abbreviated in English as '''CPSU''',{{efn|Sometimes referred to as the Soviet Communist P ...rty]]), a revolutionary group led by [[Vladimir Lenin]] which seized power in the aftermath of the [[October Revolution]] of 1917. The party was dissolve

|term_start1 = 4 July 2007<ref>{{cite web|author=|url=http://enews.ferghana.ru/article.php?id=2025 |ti ...=The Guardian|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|access-date=2016-09-08}}</ref> In April 2015, Nazarbayev [[Kazakhstani presidential election, 2015|was re-ele

...ons&news_id=464 |title=Rakhat Aliyev may be sentenced to life imprisonment in Austria - newspaper |website=Interfax.kz |date= |accessdate=2015-12-07}}</r ...rms."<ref name=widens>{{cite web|author=|url=http://foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/05/24/kazakhstan-nurbank-scandal-widens/ |title=Kazakhstan: Nurbank scandal

...flag and state seal in an Astana polling place before the 2007 legislative elections.]] ...(Lower House) and the [[Senate of Kazakhstan|Senate]] (Upper House). Local elections for maslikhats (local representative bodies) are held every five years.<ref

...ve power]] is exercised by the government. [[Legislative power]] is vested in both the [[Forms of government|government]] and the two chambers of parliam ...isters in the Cabinet. [[Bakhytzhan Sagintayev]] became the Prime Minister in September 2016.

| voting_system2 = proportional representation (In the Assembly) ...officials are women.<ref name=WOMEN>[http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2007/1/c4d3bf62-343b-4d25-8d92-876e08101e1c.html Kazakhstan: Presidential advise

...ve power]] is exercised by the government. [[Legislative power]] is vested in both the [[government]] and the two chambers of parliament. ...ountries in government efficiency, according to the list.<ref name="wef"/> In particular, Kazakhstan is ahead of Belgium and France.<ref name="wef"/>

...tp://www.rferl.org/newsline/2003/09/5-NOT/not-190903.asp?po=y |archivedate=2007-09-30 |df= }} RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty</ref> In 1998 he was elected President of the [[Union of Industrialists and Entrepre

| previous_election = Kazakhstani legislative election, 2007 | previous_year = 2007

...e2878772.ece Kazakh poll gives all seats to Nazarbayev] Reuters, 20 August 2007</ref> ...hstan's political parties gear up for early elections] EurasiaNet, 20 June 2007</ref>

...6-98/f96-98.htm The New Russia of Vladimir Zhirinovsky: Fascist Tendencies in the Liberal-Democratic Party of Russia] ([[NATO]])</ref><ref name=abroadath ...e Carbonnel|author2=Alessandra Prentice|title=Armed men seize two airports in Ukraine's Crimea, Yanukovich reappears|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/20

...ap;"><!--If you swap out an image, change the "x##px" entry for EACH image in the row so that the width of the row lines up with the others-->[[ File:ENa ...www.cidcm.umd.edu/mar/assessment.asp?groupId=70501 Assessment for Russians in Kazakhstan]</ref> [[East Kazakhstan]]<ref>[http://www.turkishweekly.net/new

...94-bcfb2772a5e9.html Five Years After 9/11: Crackdowns loom behind Central Asia's War On Terror] RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty</ref><ref name=RUSSIALIKE>[ht ...is the impact of terrorism in the country. Kazakhstan's 94th place puts it in a group of countries with the lowest impact of terrorism.<ref>{{cite web|ti

...ov]], remained in detention after unfair trials ... Torture remains common in places of detention."<ref>[[Human Rights Watch]], [https://www.hrw.org/worl ...Guardian]]|date=11 March 2015|quote=Nazarbaev has clamped down on dissent in Kazakhstan, and the country has never held an election judged to be free or

...experienced an increase in the level of fines imposed for nonregistration in addition to stronger efforts to collect such fines. Most registered groups ...mber of registered religious groups and places of worship increased during 2007 for virtually all religious groups, including minority and nontraditional g