The president 's supporters say he has tightly managed Kazakhstan 's politics and oil-dominated economy , moving it from the dysfunction of the Soviet period to relative prosperity in recent years , and without the war , ethnic strife , disorder and outright dictatorships that have marked Central Asia since Communism 's collapse .
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