Opposition supporters rally during Kazakhstan's presidential elections in Nur-Sultan on June 9, 2019. / AFP / VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO
Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan: Police in Kazakhstan arrested around 500 protesters on Sunday, the interior ministry said, as they demonstrated against a vote certain to confirm strongman Nursultan Nazarbayev's hand-picked successor as president.
"Around 500 people were delivered to police precincts in the cities of Nur-sultan and Almaty," said deputy interior minister Marat Kozhayev.
