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Chaos and opportunism in Kazakhstan

Commentary / World Jan 16, 2022

Chaos and opportunism in Kazakhstan

by Djoomart Otorbaev

Instead of recognizing that the protests are an angry and predictable response to the government’s own policies, President Tokayev has conjured the specter of an external aggressor.

'Old man out!': Anger in Kazakhstan focuses on ex-leader

World / Politics Jan 9, 2022

'Old man out!': Anger in Kazakhstan focuses on ex-leader

Since Kazakhstan's independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, Nazarbayev has been synonymous with the world's ninth-largest country, but public opinion has swayed.

In Kazakhstan’s street battles, signs of elites fighting each other

World Jan 8, 2022

In Kazakhstan’s street battles, signs of elites fighting each other

by Ivan Nechepurenko and Andrew Higgins

The reasons for the bloody crisis in Central Asia remain murky, but experts say popular discontent could mask an old-fashioned power struggle within the ruling faction.

Kazakh president gives shoot-to-kill order to put down uprising

World Jan 7, 2022

Kazakh president gives shoot-to-kill order to put down uprising

by Olzhas Auyezov

What began as demonstrations against fuel prices grew into a protest against the government and the longest-serving ruler of any former Soviet state.

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