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20/06/2018 GMT

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From Kazakhstan, Stephen Sackur meets chairman of the Kazakh Senate, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev

From Kazakhstan, HARDtalk meets chairman of the Kazakh Senate, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. What happens when the country's long serving President Nursultan Nazarbayev leaves power? 

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 2 to the President, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. Is Kazakhstan tiring of one party rule?

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