Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov has cast his ballot in Kazakhstan's first Qurultay elections under the country's new constitutional system.

Kazakhstan has begun voting in its historic first elections for the newly established unicameral Qurultay, replacing the former bicameral parliament.

Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has publicly urged Vladimir Putin to freeze hostilities in Ukraine and return to negotiations.

During a high-level summit in Siberia, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev delivered a public rebuke to Vladimir Putin, urging him to halt the war in Ukraine as deep drone strikes rattled Russia.