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Uranium price rose 8% amid protests in Kazakhstan.
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The mayor's office in Almaty, Kazakhstan burns after being set alight by protesters. © Valery Sharifulin
#KazakhstanProtests #Kazakhstan
Uranium price rose 8% amid protests in Kazakhstan.
Photo of the day:
The mayor's office in Almaty, Kazakhstan burns after being set alight by protesters. © Valery Sharifulin
#KazakhstanProtests #Kazakhstan
It is not clear yet how the unrest in Kazakhstan will evolve, and what role Nursultan Nazarbayev will play in them, but it seems certain that the protests will alter the historical legacy he had imagined he would leave.
Share of “Russians” in Kazakhstan’s regions and cities.
There have been no serious separatist movements in Kazakhstan since the country became independent in 1991.
Do not to be surprised if most that shaded area will have a few “visitors” from the north in upcoming hours.
There have been no serious separatist movements in Kazakhstan since the country became independent in 1991.
Do not to be surprised if most that shaded area will have a few “visitors” from the north in upcoming hours.
Interesting thing about Russian deployment to #Kazakhstan that Kyrgyz President Bakiyev made a similar appeal in similar circumstances in 2010 and was rejected.
Armenian PM Pashinyan also asked for the CSTO help during the II Karabakh war but Moscow decided to ignored him.
Armenian PM Pashinyan also asked for the CSTO help during the II Karabakh war but Moscow decided to ignored him.
Tajikistan's Alfa Group, the special forces of the GKNB, are at Aini airbase expect to fly to Kazakhstan as well.
For the Kremlin, the situation in Kazakhstan is not going to be easy.
Kazakhstan’s population is mostly secular, but huge violence will attract Islamists & undermine the neighboring Central Asian regimes. Add to this the shaky situation in Afghanistan after America’s withdrawal.
Kazakhstan’s population is mostly secular, but huge violence will attract Islamists & undermine the neighboring Central Asian regimes. Add to this the shaky situation in Afghanistan after America’s withdrawal.
Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan are chronically unstable and so is potentially Uzbekistan with a large Tajik minority.
The Central Asia is a post-Soviet powder keg. #KazakhstanProtests
The Central Asia is a post-Soviet powder keg. #KazakhstanProtests
To all European couch experts on Kazakhstan:
This is Kazakhstan in relative scale.
This is Kazakhstan in relative scale.
We must keep in mind the protests in #Kazakhstan aren't centrally coordinated and there are many lists of demands floating around.
What's common in most of the lists is cost of living issues.
What's common in most of the lists is cost of living issues.
It is important to note Russia conducted two offensive military operations and an expeditionary one when it was economically weakest this decade (2014-2015).
At the moment, the country is in much better position to tackle sanctions, and support a larger military ops.
At the moment, the country is in much better position to tackle sanctions, and support a larger military ops.
Hate it or love it, but CSTO troops will not solve Kazakhstan’s domestic grievances.
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