Kazakhstan approves proposal to restore capital’s old name Astana

Authorities in Kazakhstan support a bill to restore the capital’s old name Astana, which was changed to Nur-Sultan in 2019.

Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has approved a proposal to restore the capital’s previous name Astana, in a new sign of a break with the legacy of the country’s former longtime leader, President Nursultan Nazarbayev.

The skyscraper-filled capital of the Central Asian country was renamed Nur-Sultan in March 2019, in honour of outgoing president…