Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday congratulated Kazakhstan’s incumbent president, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, on his landslide victory in a snap presidential ballot held months after lethal unrest within the oil-rich Central Asian nation.
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“You’ve acquired a convincing mandate of belief from fellow residents, which opens up new alternatives for the implementation of the course of nationwide improvement that you’re advancing,” Putin mentioned in an announcement launched by the Kremlin.