Kazakh Leader's Critic Found Dead

Shocking. Whilst an open mind must be kept in this situation, if it is politically motivated it demonstrates the hysterical (and uneccessary) paranoia of the regime. As i've said many times before, what is Nazarbayev so scared of? He would win a free and fair vote by a landslide anyway. Whats the need for intimidation and rigging?

Nazarbayev has also offered his condolences to the family of the shot former minister. Echoes of Syria?