Kazakh President Nazarbayev, Central Asia's venerated patriarch, resigns

Astana, Mar 19 (EFE/EPA). Nursultan Nazarbayev, the last remaining Soviet-era leader and revered patriarch of Central Asia, resigned on Tuesday his post as president of Kazakhstan after nearly 30 years at the helm, although his exit from the political limelight will unlikely lead to major changes in domestic or foreign policy.
 
ARCHIVE FOOTAGE. INCLUDES HANDOUT FOOTAGE FROM THE KAZAKH PRESIDENTIAL PRESS OFFICE AND THE WHITE HOUSE.