Chaos and opportunism in Kazakhstan
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.
In Kazakhstan’s street battles, signs of elites fighting each other
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
What began as demonstrations against fuel prices grew into a protest against the government and the longest-serving ruler of any former Soviet state.
