This was a brutal killing that someone ordered ... He and his entourage, their hands tied, were driven out of town and gunned down in cold blood.

This was a brutal killing that someone ordered. He and his entourage, their hands tied, were driven out of town and gunned down in cold blood.

We think that this election was absolutely unfair, absolutely unlawful, and it's an obvious sign that our country is turning from an authoritarian regime into a totalitarian one.

Yes, it's true that he was found dead along with the bodies of his bodyguard and driver. We can't say anything at this moment. A lot remains unclear. We have yet to find everything out. We don't have enough information.

Every year he strengthens his own, limitless power. Mr. Nazarbayev is moving toward the status of a dictator.

Legally, I feel my hands are tied