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HARDtalk: Kassym-Jomart Tokayev - Chairman of the Senate, Kazakhstan

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20/06/2018

Kassym-Jomart Tokayev - Chairman of the Senate, Kazakhstan

BBC News Channel - HARDtalk, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev - Chairman of the Senate, Kazakhstan

Stephen Sackur talks to the chairman of the Kazakh Senate Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.

Stephen Sackur talks to the chairman of the Kazakh Senate and de facto number two to the president, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. Is Kazakhstan tiring of one-party rule?

Kazakhstan's shiny new capital city Astana tells you plenty about the country's oil wealth and its big ambition to be Central Asia's regional powerhouse. But all of this can't mask a nagging question: what happens in this country when the long-serving president Nursultan Nazarbayev finally leaves power? HARDtalk's Stephen Sackur talks to the chairman of the Kazakh Senate and de facto number two to the president, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. Is Kazakhstan tiring of one-party rule?

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