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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