The former president of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, controled a group of media outlets through various companies and his private foundation. The most prominent of those outlets were the television stations KTK and NTK, Radio Retro, and the newspaper Karavan. The entry was removed after Nazarbayev’s fall in disgrace and the disappearance of the state links.
Media assets
State Media Matrix Typology: Removed in 2023
There is no domestic statute and no independent assessment or oversight mechanism for the media outlets run by the former president to validate the editorial independence of these outlets.
August 2024