Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, facing a growing wave of protests against planned changes to land ownership, evoked the image of war-torn Ukraine on May 1 as he called for national unity.
Reuters: Kazakh leader evokes Ukraine as land protests spread
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev (R) shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin during a welcoming ceremony in Astana on Oct. 15, 2015.