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NUR SULTAN: A presidential election in Kazakhstan won by the hand-picked successor to the country’s longtime ruler showed little respect for democracy, foreign monitors said on Monday. “A lack of regard for fundamental rights, including detentions of peaceful protesters, and widespread voting irregularities on election day, showed scant respect for democratic standards,” observers from the Organisation for Security and Cooperation …

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