Naubet Bisenov

is a freelance journalist and researcher based in Almaty, Kazakhstan. He started working in journalism in 2000 and has since worked as a contributing writer to various media organisations including the BBC, bne IntelliNews, the Nikkei Asian Review and Equal Times.

Articles

Cover for: Crimea on the steppe?

Kazakhstan consistently sides with Russia in global affairs and supports many of its integration initiatives in the former Soviet space. However, following the annexation of Crimea in 2014 the fear that Kazakhstan’s ethnic Russian regions might share the peninsula’s fate has returned.

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