The 25th birthday of Kazakhstan's capital, Astana coinciding with the 83rd birthday of former President Nursultan Nazarbaev should have been a happy occasion for the former leader. Instead, he may have reflected on a tainted legacy.
Lawmakers in Kazakhstan have approved a bill stripping former President Nursultan Nazarbaev of more of his lifetime privileges after deadly protests swept across the Central Asian nation last month, in part fueled by anger over the accumulation of vast wealth by his family.