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Daily protests calling for the authoritarian president's resignation are now in their second month, Members of 'Omnium Cultural' celebrate the 20th 'Festa per la llibertat' ('Fiesta for the freedom') to mark the Day of Catalonia in Barcelona. Kazakhstan’s long-serving President, Nursultan Nazarbayev, has apologised. China will celebrate national day marking the founding of the People's Republic of China on October 1st, The Glass Mountain Inn burns as the Glass Fire moves through the area in St. Helena, California. In 2015 Nazarbayev was elected to another term as president, once again with over 95 percent of the vote. Thailand has seen near-daily protests in recent weeks by students demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha, Members of the Kayapo tribe block the BR163 highway during a protest outside Novo Progresso in Para state, Brazil. Kazakhstan is rich with oil, gas and coal but Nursultan Nazarbayev, its president for life, has committed the country to a dramatic shift from fossil fuels to green energy.

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Mr Nazarbayev rose to the presidency in 1990 while the Soviet Union was still in existence.

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Few in Kazakhstan were surprised by today’s announcement, says Amirzhan Kosanov, an opposition politician and former government official. He is the author of 10 books on international relations. After the abortive 1991 attempt by hard-liners to overthrow Mikhail Gorbachev, a step that he opposed, Nazarbayev resigned from the Politburo (August 22).
Likewise, few were surprised by Nazarbayev’s manoeuvrings to remain “de facto the most influential person in the country.”, “While Nazarbayev remains alive, nothing will change,” Kosanov told The Independent. Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login).

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