Posted on 01/09/2022 2:32:38 PM PST by RomanSoldier19
Kazakhstan's president fired two more top security officials on Sunday after the worst unrest in three decades of post-Soviet independence and authorities said the situation was stabilising, with Russian-led troops guarding key facilities.
The sacked officials were deputies to former intelligence chief Karim Massimov, who was arrested on suspicion of treason after violent protests swept the oil- and uranium-producing Central Asian republic that borders Russia and China.
Thousands of people have been detained and public buildings torched during mass anti-government protests in the past week. President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev issued shoot-to-kill orders to end unrest he has blamed on bandits and terrorists.
Russian and state media reported 164 people were killed during the clashes, citing a government social media post. But health and police authorities did not confirm the figure, and the social media post was then deleted.
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The Russian takeover continues in Kazakhstan.
smells like the wild west with bitswords
Biden is up to his eyeballs in corruption in the “former Soviet Union.”
is there any indication that China fomented the riots - the mini-revolution????
In the shadowy world of global dealmaking, having your pic taken w/ a corrupt
American pol is worth gazillions. None of which the greedy Bidens saw a Penny of.
President Trump shoulda done that to Wray and his treasonous cohorts.
So which side is currently winning?
I need a score card.
Not my circus, not my monkeys.
“is there any indication that China fomented the riots - the mini-revolution????”
China is also friendly to the regime there. Russia and China have an agreement on Central Asia. China gets all the money, Russia gets all the problems.
It looks like Ukraine and Poland to try to distract Russia from Ukraine. Smart move on their part.
Except Kazakh elites are Western-leaning and most of everything is owned by American companies.
They don’t see Poland as separate from the US. Expect the shift and mineral rights taken from Chevron and granted to Russian companies.
Gazprom is already in Kazakhstan... and Hunter will get even more money from then.
Russia has important installations in Kazakhstan, including air force bases, radar systems, their main space center, biological weapons research labs, missile ranges, and active nuclear weapons and launch systems.
Where do you get this? There are exactly 7 Russian military sites in Kazakhstan.
As for bioweapons there is a rumored American site but no official confirmation of it.
Economically, Kazakhstan is an American serfdom.
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