Kazakhstan
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Kazakhstan News Links 17-18 January 2022
Tuesday, 18 January 2022 — The New Dark Age The Turkic Military Alliance or Why has Ankara Accused Russia of Occupying Kazakhstan? https://journal-neo.org/2022/01/17/the-turkic-military-alliance-or-why-has-ankara-accused-russia-of-occupying-kazakhstan/ A Color Revolution or a Working-Class Uprising? https://lefteast.org/a-color-revolution-or-a-working-class-uprising-an-interview-with-aynur-kurmanov-on-the-protests-in-kazakhstan/ Continue reading
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Watch: Kazakhstan Chaos: An Opportunity, But for Who?
(Brian Berletic – NEO) – Kazakhstan has suffered severe nationwide violence allegedly prompted by fuel price concerns. However, it quickly became clear that it was instead actually foreign-sponsored destabilization which was, at best, using legitimate public concerns as cover for attempted regime change. Continue reading
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Watch Pepe Escobar and The Grayzone: Kazakhstan coup fails, US-Russia talks go nowhere. Is war on horizon?
Max Blumenthal and geopolitical analyst Pepe Escobar discuss the violent coup attempt in Kazakhstan, and its crucial importance as an ally of Russia and the center of China’s Belt and Road Initiative. Pepe addresses US and Turkish meddling, and why this massive and misunderstood country is suddenly at the heart of the new cold war.… Continue reading
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Turkey Helped Instigate Uprising In Kazakhstan To Advance “Great Turan” Project
Ankara is seemingly more emboldened than ever as early signs show that the bloody unrest that engulfed Kazakhstan had significant Turkish involvement, not only through its intelligence services, but also through Kazakhstan’s Turkey-oriented politicians and business community. Continue reading
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CSTO’s mission accomplished in Kazakhstan
The readout of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “working meeting” in the Kremlin on Wednesday with Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu regarding the Collective Security Treat Organisation’s mission to Kazakhstan needs careful analysis. As is customary with Putin, so much more was said in the unsaid. Continue reading
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Turkey draws closer to the US and Europe
Being a “swing state” may have tactical advantages but when life gets tough and the tough gets going, there could be consequences. Turkey once faced such a moment of truth a hundred years ago. It faces a similar predicament today. Continue reading
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Kazakhstan News Links 13-14 January 2022
Friday, 14 January 2022 • 13:00 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back. If it gets updated, I usually insert the time on the line above. A lot of cross-posting usually indicates that the article is popular. CSTO’s Continue reading
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Putin draws the line for colour revolutions
This must be a rare page in American diplomatic history that a US Secretary of State has been literally off his rocker. Antony Blinken’s outbursts on the events in Kazakhstan were not only boorish but also illogical. Continue reading
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National Endowment for Democracy Provided $1.2 Million to Kazakhstan to Help Spark Color Revolution Against Pro-Russian and Pro-China Regime
Wednesday, 12 January 2022 — CovertAction Magazine By Jeremy Kuzmarov Protesters climb on top of a van in Almaty on January 6. [Source: nbcnews.com; collage by staff] Media Has Covered Crisis in Kazakhstan in Biased Way On January 2nd, protests erupted in the city of Zhanaozen in western Kazakhstan that have since spread across the country. Continue reading
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Kazakhstan News Links 11-12 January 2022
Wednesday, 12 January 2022 • 22:00 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back. If it gets updated, I usually insert the time on the line above. BTW, cross-posting usually indicates that the article is popular. National Endowment for Continue reading
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Military analysis of the attacks on Kazakhstan
The attack on Kazakhstan on January 2, 2022 involved two independent main groups linked to the same foreign command. It involved about 20,000 fighters, both foreign and Kazakh. These personnel had been trained for jihad in Syria or Afghanistan, as the case may be. The Kazakh and Russian armies were taken by surprise, but managed… Continue reading
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Kazakhstan News Links 10 January 2022
Monday, 10 January 2022 • 20:30 — The New Dark Age US-Russian Negotiations On Security Guarantees Ended In Geneva (Video) Putin and CSTO leaders meet to discuss Kazakhstan Why the Kazakhstan Crisis Is a Much Bigger Deal than Western Media Is Letting On https://www.globalresearch.ca/why-kazakhstan-crisis-much-bigger-deal-than-western-media-letting-on/5766731 There Was an Attempted Coup in Kazakhstan, but It Wasn’t by Continue reading
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Kazakhstan News Links 8-9 January 2022
Sunday, 9 January 2022 • 16:00 — The New Dark Age Kazakh Security Council adopts draconian measures against jihadists Kazakhstan and Europe’s Anti-lockdown Protests — A Contrast in Reactions https://www.globalresearch.ca/kazakhstan-europe-anti-lockdown-protests-contrast-reactions/5766654 Kazakhstan: Eyewitnesses Say Unrest Is Being Coordinated https://www.globalresearch.ca/kazakhstan-eyewitnesses-say-unrest-being-coordinated/5766643 Kazakhstan Calming Down – The West Getting Mad https://southfront.org/kazakhstan-calming-down-the-west-getting-mad/ Continue reading
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Kazakhstan turns into graveyard for US diplomacy
The Kazakh Ministry of Health issued an innocuous disclaimer today denying social media reports about the seizure of a “military biological lab near Almaty by unidentified people.” Continue reading
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CSTO in Kazakhstan annoys U.S.
The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s Press Availability at Washington on Friday was largely devoted to Ukraine and the forthcoming strategic stability talks with Russia. But in response to a carefully planted question at the fag-end of the interaction, Blinken reflected bitterly on the deployment of Russian troops to Kazakhstan. Continue reading
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Kazakhstan News Links 7-8 January 2022
Saturday, 8 January 2022 — The New Dark Age CSTO in Kazakhstan annoys US Kazakhstan unrest: Ex-intelligence chief arrested for treason https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-59922258 Kazakhstan (new open thread) http://thesaker.is/kazakhastan-new-open-thread/ Continue reading
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Steppe on Fire: Kazakhstan’s Color Revolution
Kazakhstan was rocked into chaos virtually overnight, in principle, because of the doubling of prices for liquefied gas, which reached the (Russian) equivalent of 20 rubles per liter (compare it to an average of 30 rubles in Russia itself). Continue reading
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British Intelligence Intensifies its Struggle against Russia and China in Central Asia
In a recent interview for the The Telegraph Damian Hinds, the British Minister of State for Security and Borders, named the most threatening states with which British politicians and secret service agents must contend. According to him, clear dangers are posed by Russia, China, and Iran. Continue reading
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Kazakhstan News Links 5-6 January 2022
Thursday, 6 January 2022 — The New Dark Age Pepe on Kazakhstan. https://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/2022/01/pepe-on-kazakhstan.html Steppe on Fire: Kazakhstan’s Color Revolution http://thesaker.is/steppe-on-fire-kazakhstans-color-revolution/ CSTO sends peacekeepers to Kazakhastan http://thesaker.is/csto-sends-peacekeepers-to-kazakhastan/ Continue reading
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The U.S. Directed Rebellion in Kazakhstan May Well Strengthen Russia
In early 2019 the Pentagon financed think tank RAND published an extensive plan for soft attacks on Russia. Extending Russia: Competing from Advantageous Ground. The 350 pages long report recommended certain steps to be taken by the U.S. to contain Russia. Continue reading
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