N. Nazarbayev's election victory expected in Russia - MGIMO expert
16:50, 7 April 2011
ASTANA. April 7. KAZINFORM /Askar Bimendin/ Russia forecasted that 90% of Kazakhstani voters would support N. Nazarbayev at the early presidential elections.
Senior research fellow of the Institute for International Studies of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations Leonid Gusev said it today at the II session of the Eurasian Experts Network.
"Russia predicted that Nursultan Nazarbayev would be the first, however we didn't expect the share of his supporters to make 95.55%", Gusev noted.
"That was a really expected victory. President of the Russian Federation was among the first who congratulated N. Nazarbayev", he added.