Putin visits Kazakhstan while Raisi, Erdogan and Kakar are due to attend a regional economic summit in Uzbekistan.

Putin visits Kazakhstan while Raisi, Erdogan and Kakar are due to attend a regional economic summit in Uzbekistan.
As the war enters its 584th day, these are the main developments.
There were no surprises during Sunday’s snap election as Shavkat Mirziyoyev stormed to a landslide victory.
President Shavkat Mirziyoyev holds snap polls to extend his rule for seven years, months after changing constitution.
Snap polls were announced in May after constitutional amendments ‘annulled’ previous and current terms of the incumbent.
Ex-Soviet republic is opening up to foreign visitors after decades as one of the world’s most isolated countries.
International Olympic Committee withdraws recognition of International Boxing Association at Olympic events.
Moscow’s Ukraine struggles and neocolonialism have made its former partners in Central Asia turn to Beijing.
President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has called for a snap poll on July 9, which could leave him in power until 2040.
New poll ordered a week after voters approve constitutional amendments allowing president to run for two more terms.
A new world boxing federation was announced last month in a move aimed at securing the troubled sport’s Olympic future.
Election commission says more than 90 percent of voters back President Mirziyoyev’s constitutional amendments.
Polling stations open for a constitutional overhaul that would extend the president’s tenure for more than a decade.
US secretary of state to meet with counterparts of five Central Asian countries on visits to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.