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Excerpt from report by Russian state news agency I

Text of report by Interfax-Kazakhstan news agency Aktau, 10 September: Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev today started a two-day working visit to [western] Mangistau Region, an Interfax-Kazakhstan news agency correspondent has reported.

Excerpt from report by Kazakhstan Today news agenc

By David L. Stern President Nursultan Nazarbayev tightened his already considerable grip over Kazakhstan after weekend parliamentary elections in which his governing party won every seat that was contested.