A8 Incumbent Leads Kazakh Vote The election for president in Kazakhstan passed peacefully , and early signs indicated that President Nursultan Nazarbayev , the former Communist boss who has ruled this country since it declared independence from the Soviet Union , was heading to a landslide victory over four opponents .
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