Kazakhstan Exploding In Violence, State Of Emergency: 'Why Russia Can't Stay Silent'

Nationwide state of emergency declared in Kazakhstan

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Kazakhstan’s authorities have imposed a state of emergency across the country in an attempt to get a grip on a deteriorating security situation, after widespread demonstrations were sparked by a gas price hike.

President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev reached for the sweeping measures late on Wednesday, hours after saying he intended to act “as tough as possible”against the violence.

The state of emergency vastly expands the powers of the country’s police and military, as well as allowing the handing down of heavy penalties, including lengthy prison terms, on those caught breaking the law while it is in place.

Overnight, emergency powers were declared in certain parts of the country, including the nation’s most populous city, Almaty. The former capital has been gripped by violent unrest throughout the day, with protesters overrunning multiple government buildings, including the old presidential palace, and torching them.

Footage circulating online shows protesters assaulting police officers and military servicemen, and apparently taking their firearms in the process. Clips of the police firing tear gas grenades and water cannons have also surfaced. Numerous stores, including those selling guns, have reportedly been ransacked, and rioters in Almaty have reportedly been breaking into ATMs. The city’s international airport has also been overrun by violent protesters, and its operations are currently suspended.

How protests in Kazakhstan turned violent & why Russia can’t stay silent

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Events in Kazakhstan are unfolding at breakneck speed, with the situation changing on an hourly basis. Initially, it seemed that protests against soaring energy prices would not turn into anything more serious. Since then, however,  the country has asked for help from the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), a Russia-led military bloc, and its soldiers have engaged in fierce street battles with armed marauders. 

Kazakhstan has always been viewed as one of the most stable post-Soviet countries, with the transition of power from its first president to his successor, managed by the local elites, initially seen as smooth and efficient. However, today the country is perhaps facing its toughest challenge since it became independent 30 years ago. RT has analyzed the reasons behind the unrest in Kazakhstan.

Footage of protests in Kazakhstan has spread all over the world. Demonstrators are forcing their way into public buildings, driving away military vehicles, and disarming soldiers. They have set on fire the mayor’s office in Almaty, the country’s largest city and second capital, which has now turned into the epicenter of the protest movement. 

These protests are drastically different from any previous demonstrations Kazakhstan has seen. The mass movement of 2019, which marked the power transition from long time leader Nursultan Nazarbayev to Tokayev, were dispersed very quickly and in a violent manner – unlike what we see happening in the country today. 

U.S. & E.U. - Overthrowing Government of Kazakhstan?

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Within the past 72 hours, all sorts of civil disobedience has suddenly arisen, with sudden and wild protests on streets of many cities, towns and villages.

In Alma-Ata, all floors of the building of the mayor's office, attacked by protesters, are on fire. During the confrontations in Kazakhstan, there are casualties among the security forces.

The utterly massive protests across Kazakhstan are decrying worsening economic conditions, fuel price hike. Protesters in Atyrau have broken police cordon and gathering at the main square, multiple roads are closed.

About 10-13 thousand protesters are on the streets in Zhanaozen. Demands for new parliament elections and government resignation.

Police attempting to intervene are being physically attacked, beaten-up and pushed back.

The sudden and vast size of protests indicates something far more organized at work: US and EU bribe money, being paid to key organizers, to destabilize and overthrow the government!

What is taking place in Kazakhstan right now, is a precise re-enactment of what took place in Ukraine back in 2014.   At that time, the US and EU poured billions into Ukraine and used the public their bribe money bought, to overthrow that government.

The goal?   Simple: Bring Kazakhstan into the sphere of influence of Europe (and the U.S.) in order that US missiles can be placed on the territory of Kazakhstan, aimed at Russia.

The EU and US have been thwarted in their efforts to do this with Ukraine, and are facing actual, hot war with Russia over the continuing Ukraine efforts, so now the EU and US are moving to overthrow another government to achieve the same goal.

It is important to note that both Russia and China are heavily invested in Kazakhstan, especially in the oil and gas industry there.  Moreover, Kazakhstan is home to the Baikonur Cosmodrome, leased to Russian Aerospace Agency.

In September 2013 a visit to Kazakhstan by then-new Chinese President Xi Jinping, led to the signing of energy deals worth $30 billion, including China National Petroleum Corporation’s (CNPC) acquisition of an 8.3 percent stake in Kashagan, the largest oilfield in the world.

Just today, Almaty airport has been captured by government opponents. All flights cancelled. Kazakh oil production site workers going to protests . . . but are reportedly still being PAID . . . . by whose money?

Russia sees the handwriting on the wall and they know to an absolute certainty right now that the US and EU are never going to stop until they are stopped.

Look for the outbreak of actual war with Russia very soon.  If Russia does not put a stop to US and EU efforts, Russia will no longer exist.

CSTO to Deploy Peacekeeping Forces to Kazakhstan as Fighting Reportedly Starts in Almaty - Videos

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According to Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who had a phone conversation with Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev earlier in the day, the CSTO) Collective Security Council has decided to deploy forces to Kazakhstan for a limited period of time to stabilize the situation in the country.

Earlier on Wednesday, Tokayev said he had asked the CSTO states for assistance in tackling the terrorist aggression.

"In connection with the request by Kazakh President Tokayev and in view of the threat to national security and the sovereignty of the Republic of Kazakhstan caused, inter alia, by outside interference, the CSTO Collective Security Council, in accordance with Article 4 of the Collective Security Treaty, decided to deploy the CSTO Collective Peacekeeping Forces to Kazakhstan," Pashinyan wrote on Facebook.

According to the CSTO Secretariat, Kazakhstan's appeal for assistance says that the situation in the country is viewed as an invasion of gangs trained from abroad.

"The interior affairs agencies are currently taking all necessary measures to prevent escalation of violence from growing. A number of instigators and organizers of riots, who have violated the law, are being held accountable under criminal and administrative law," the Kazakh Interior Ministry said earlier in a statement, urging citizens not to fall for provocations.

At least two soldiers died during the anti-terrorist operation at the city's airport, Kazakh news website Zakon reported. 

Earlier, the news agency Tengrinews.kz reported citing the Interior Ministry that 8p olice officers and national guard soldiers died and over 300 law enforcement officers were injured during the protests in the country.

US denies role in Kazakhstan uprising

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President Joe Biden’s spokeswoman has denied that the US government is behind the violent protests that have rocked Kazakhstan this week, claiming that unnamed “Russians” have falsely accused Washington of triggering the tumult.

The White House is monitoring the protests in Kazakhstan and supports “calls for calm, for protesters to express themselves peacefully and for authorities to exercise restraint,” Jen Psaki told reporters on Wednesday.

Psaki didn’t specify who in Russia has alleged a American role in the Kazakhstan unrest. Russia’s Foreign Ministry has said that it’s closely monitoring the protests and has called for a peaceful solution. The Kremlin has warned against foreign interference in the conflict and said Kazakhstan can handle its own problems. Neither of the statements mentioned the US.

However, late on Wednesday, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev asked the Russia-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) for help in stabilizing the situation, saying that “foreign-trained terrorists” were overrunning strategic facilities. His government declared a nationwide state of emergency.

The situation comes ahead of US-Russia talks next week. When asked about the talks, Psaki accused Moscow of creating the European security threats that it has been raising concerns about.The status of Ukraine is supposed to be the focus of the talks, and Psaki said the US will continue to provide “defensive assistance” to Kiev.

Russia-led bloc approves peacekeeping deployment in Kazakhstan

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A peacekeeping force will be deployed for a ‘limited’ period of time to stabilize the situation in Kazakhstan, the chairman of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), Nikol Pashinyan, has announced.

“In response to the appeal by [President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev] and considering a threat to national security and sovereignty of Kazakhstan, caused, among other things, by outside interference, the CSTO Collective Security Council decided to send the Collective Peacekeeping Forces to the Republic of Kazakhstan in accordance with Article 4 of the Collective Security Treaty,” Armenian Prime Minister Pashinyan said in a statement on Facebook.

The alliance has yet to announce the scope and details of the deployment, but Pashinyan said that the troops will stay in Kazakhstan “for a limited period of time in order to stabilize and normalize the situation.”

The decision comes just hours after the Kazakh president asked allies for help amid violent unrest gripping the nation, claiming that “terrorists” were overrunning strategic facilities across the country.

The protests kicked off earlier this month after liquefied gas prices saw a major hike due to the end of government price controls. Though President Tokayev agreed to temporarily reinstate the policy and bowed to protesters’ other demands, the demonstrations have only grown more intense, erupting into violent rioting around the country, with some rioters reportedly looting military installations and attacking security forces.