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Democratic Experiment? Even In Local Elections, Kazakhstan's Old System Is The Winner globalsecurity.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from globalsecurity.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Residents of Aqtoghai, a settlement of 6,000 people in northeastern Kazakhstan, thought they had voted for a new and independent leader in one of many local elections taking place this fall. What happened next says much about the government's "democratic experiment" in the provinces. ....