Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Kazakhstan tightens legislation against extremismBy Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Published Nov. 4, 2014 at 2:48 pm Vladimir Putin, President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev and President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, May 29, 2014. Photo by kremlin.ruKazakhstan has toughened legislation aimed to thwart extremists. Read the story here.