Wednesday, November 23, 2016

What do you give the autocrat who has everything? His name on the capital city.

What do you give the autocrat who has everything? His name on the capital city.
Kazakhstan's parliament has unanimously voted to rename its capital, Astana, for autocratic President Nursultan Nazarbayev, who has led the country since 1989. It remains unclear whether Nazarbayev will approve the decision — he refused a similar move in 2008 — though the news agency Reuters notes that over the past few years the 76-year-old leader […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/11/23/what-do-you-give-the-autocrat-who-has-everything-his-name-on-the-capital-city/

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