ALMATY, January 5. /TASS/. Police patrols are absent from Almaty central streets and protesters are on the rampage in the city unhindered, a TASS correspondent reports from the scene. Taxi drivers ...

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As a Soviet Studies major in college (yes, it was that long ago when it was still the USSR), I was excited to visit Kazakhstan and spend time in its largest city, Almaty.

Almaty, Kazakhstan’s largest and most developed city, captivates for its dramatic contrast between a modern skyline and the scenic Trans-Ili Alatau mountains. It’s this rare symbiotic relationship ...