On June 7th, President Nazarbayev will hold an Internet press conference, answering questions sent in through the Internet. You can write to akorda@e.gov.kz or go to go to E.Gov.kz, the Kazakhstan government electronic portal. There you can also see the questions asked, and vote for your favorite questions.

He is taking questions from foreigners so feel free to write in. As of today, they have received 1510 questions and 88 154 votes for questions. Of course they noted on Khabar news that some questions were insulting and had to be rejected or edited, and some questions were “incorrect; we have already said that we won’t take personal questions.” Which is too bad, but I do wonder what they consider to be a personal question. (more…)