The supposed “peaceful” involvement of Russia in Kazakhstan protest have turned violent and political. It all started when Putin sent army hardware to Kazakhstan after President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev requested for help.
Following a twist of events, the president pledged to eliminate the uprisings bothering the Asian nation because of an hike in gas prices. Tokayev is known to operate an authoritative style of government but however, an increased in the cost of gas appeared to be one of his biggest undoing.
The people of Kazakhstan did not like the idea hence started a peaceful protest; telling the government of their dissatisfaction over the development. On Thursday January 6th, the protest turned fatal.
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Dozens of people have been killed especially in Almaty with fatalities still on the rise as of the time of filing this report. Moreover, more than 1,100 people have suffered injury as a results with the death toll being over 50.
Kazakhstan residents have been leading an anti-government unrests in recent weeks over the mismanagement of the country. Fuel prices skyrocketed and some other things fell out of place.
In the wake of the troubles surrounding the country, the protestants demanded for the absolute removal of Nursultan Nazarbayev, the president right wing man/Mentor from the country’s politics. Nazarbayev was hand-picked by Kassym-Jomart in 2019 to head the country having being the first president of Kazakhstan.
When he stepped down from the seat of power, the political figure was appointed as the chief of national security hence still is an influential person in the country.
However, crises ensured between the current president of the country and chief of national security, two former best friends, as a result of the protest. Nazarbayev authoritatively removed Tokayev from the position of power and went further to dissolve the seating political cartel.
Moreover, in the course of this development; this is the first time which the Collective Security Treaty Organization shortly known as CSTO was called upon to action. This organisation is a combination of former Soviet Union nations and they are: Armenia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Russia, Belarus, and Kyrgyzstan.
Hence, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev is now officially the first political head to request for special security forces from the group for backup purposes. The Moscow-led organisation helped in keeping most of the protestants at bay as attempts were made at invading government buildings and facilities.
The Russian Foreign Ministry reacted to the development and issued a statement about the whole crisis. It reads:
“We view the recent events in a friendly country as an attempt to undermine the security and integrity of the state by force, using trained and organized armed formations, that is inspired from the outside.”
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