The Week in Kazakhstan: Minimalist Branding

On January 20, Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev delivered a landmark speech at the National Kurultai, a consultative assembly of politicians and selected members of civil society, held in the southern city of Kyzylorda. Tokayev spoke for over an hour on a wide range of issues, among which the establishment of the figure of vice-president and the creation of a single-chamber Parliament, renamed “Kurultai.” [Read more here.]

Tokayev also spoke about the need to reform some healthcare institutions.