Kazakhstan’s Pres Tokayev announced that he wil become the head of the Security Council after dismissing ex pres Nazarbayev. Mass protests continue across many cities and a Russian plane arrived earlier this morning ria.ru/20220105/kazak…
Another Russian special flight squadron TU-2014 is heading to Kazakhstan. Possibly to evacuate officials. Also Tokayev warned of a tough response to protesters
https://twitter.com/the_ins_ru/status/1478723100309082112?s=21
These protests started because over fuel prices. Russia is calling them riots meanwhile Nazarbayev's son in law, Kulibayev, who sits in Gazprom’s board is known as the oil king. How kleptocracy affects regular people struggling to get by. Also internet outages have been reported
There are clashes between protesters and police, government buildings seized, and right now reports of Almaty airport being taken by protesters.
https://twitter.com/newkc14/status/1478740975916916741
Workers of a large factory have gone on strike. I am just in shock how quick the situation in Kazakhstan escalated over the past few days. When people have enough of government robbing them. Russians need to take note ria.ru/20220105/kazak…
Kazakhstan’s ruling party, Nur Otan, headquarters have been set on fire
https://twitter.com/radiosvoboda/status/1478727450792275971
Confirmation that Almaty airport has been taken by protesters. Evacuation of employees underway. Aeroflot flights from Moscow have been canceled
https://twitter.com/currenttimetv/status/1478744349835997189
There are reports of police in some areas not being present and not going after protesters. Other videos show protesters overtaking military in some areas. Russia is watching/reporting on this in shock bec of limited options considering size of the country/intensity of protests
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