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My La Razón (Spain) Interview Concerning the Protests and Violence in #Kazakhstan and Deployment of #Russian-led Forces. #KazakhstanProtest academia.edu/67681216/La_Ra…
Key points in my La Razon interview: #KazakhstanProtest started because of increase of prices for liquefied petroleum gas which #Kazakhstan government subsidized. But they turned into violent attacks & seizures of government, police & security service headquarters & looting. 1/
It is not yet sufficiently clear as to why #KazakhstanProtest turned so violent, especially in the former capital city in the south of Kazakhstan, and who exactly the attackers, whom #Kazakhstan president branded as terrorists, were.
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If you are in Europe or the US, you might have not heard that #Russian troops "intervened" in #Kazakhstan where the president gave orders to "kill without warning" today. #KazakhstanProtest #Kazachstan (wrong spelling, btw) 🧵
To sum it up, the poor revolted against the reign of Nur-Sultan Nazarbaev, the former president who stayed in power for 30 years, and his puppet, a current president. The army (more or less) sided with the people.
In response, and on the current Kazakh president's request, Putin sent "peacekeeping" paratroopers. Dozens are killed. Many political analysts are commenting on the dangerous situation. However, I have not seen anyone mention an important factor: Eurasianism.
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Kazakistan’da gösteriler hız kesmeden devam ederken, bir grup Kazakistan'ın Kurucu Cumhurbaşkanı Nursultan Nazarbayev’in heykelini hedef alarak, yıkma girişiminde bulundu.

Akaryakıt zammı ile başlayan olayların geldiği nokta…
#SONDAKIKA Kazakistan’da olağanüstü hal ilan edildi.
Kazakistan’da olaylar tehlikeli noktalara gitme sınırını geçti. Göstericiler, artık sadece hükümeti değil, varlık sahiplerini ve pahalı araçlarını hedef alıyor, hasar veriyor hatta yakıyorlar. Az önce Almatı Havalimanı’ndan gelen görüntü.
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In der Nacht sind in einem weiteren post-sowjetischen Land Maidan-artige Zustände ausgebrochen.
Proteste gegen Gaspreise sind in #Kazakhstan in Massendemos, Zusammenstöße und den Rücktritt der Regierung umgeschwungen.
Am Morgen wurden Regierungsgebäude gestürmt.
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(1/19)
Angefangen hat alles am Dienstag Abend mit Protesten gegen die wachsenden Preise für Flüssiggas.
Angefangen im Südwesten, breiteten sich die Proteste schon bald auf ganz #Kasachstan über.
Die Regierung kam den Demonstranten entgegen und sicherte ein Absenken der Preise zu
(2/19)
Zu dem Moment war dies allerdings nicht mehr genug.
Die Forderungen der Demonstranten wuchsen proportional zu den Menschenmassen, die auf die Straßen kamen.
Schon bald kam es zu Zusammenstößen mit der Polizei und den Rufen nach dem Rücktritt der Regierung.
#Kazakistan
(3/19)
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