Nazarbayev cult hijacks winter fun

    By Joanna Lillis     Kazakhstan’s famous alpine skating rink outside Almaty turned into a love-fest for President Nursultan Nazarbayev this weekend, as skaters were bombarded with pearls of wisdom fr om his recent state-of-the-nation address.     Hundreds of students from Almaty universities were bussed up to the Medeu complex on January 18 amid...