The capital of Kazakhstan was renamed for the fifth time
The capital of Kazakhstan, Astana, was renamed the city named after the country's first president, Nursultan Nazarbayev. Thus, today the Parliament of Kazakhstan overwhelmingly decided to change the Constitution of the country and rename Astana to Nursultan, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports with reference to the local resource NUR.KZ. The initiative to rename the city was previously made by the new President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. He also suggested calling...