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Smoke signals of political trouble for Kazakhstan’s nascent democracy rose over the offices of daily newspaper Respublika this May after unknown assailants tossed Molotov cocktails through its windows.
No-one was caught but few doubt what was behind the act of vandalism: Respublika is one of Kazakhstan’s more liberal papers and had been outspoken in its criticism of the president and the corruption rife in the country.
Kazakhstan is booming for the first time in its decade-long history but the young republic’s economic success is stoking a fire under businessmen and politicians for political change.
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