Kazakhstan Is Not Quiet Anymore; Neighbors Shocked At Internal Strife

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Another country has reached its boiling point, something that has taken not only the country’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev by surprise but also most analysts. Kazakhstan has had enough and now the land locked country is in no mood to endure more.

A civil unrest has broken there in the first week of January and this is going to redefine the geopolitical dynamics for neighboring nations too. The small population of 19 million now wants government restructuring. The anger stems from oppression under Nazarbayev, who is 81 and had ruled Kazakhstan since 1989 before handing over power to his hand-picked successor Tokayev in 2019. But he continues to hover around as the head of the Security Council and it became clear that the old ruler was not eager to relinquish his power.

Many protesters shouted “old man out!” in reference to Nazarbayev, and his statue was pulled down in the southern city of Taldykorgan. His nephew Samat Abish, deputy head of the main security service and several other close associates have been purged. According to some experts, the riots in Almaty are an attempt by members of Nazarbayev’s political clan to reassert their position. The crisis has thus exposed the infighting at the very top of the government. 

The rich fossil fuel country is now fighting over rising gas prices. Riots are rare and so are protests around New Years’ time when the country prefers to enjoy itself. This protest has been the biggest since 1991. In the western town of Zhanaozen, point of contention is the doubling of the price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), which most Kazakhs use as car fuel.

Protests have travelled across the length and breadth of the nation and are now taking other political dimensions as well, as people let out cry of freedom. A hugely rich economy despite Soviet support was taken down bit by bit, by a corrupt ruler like dictator.

State of emergency remains as Tokayev confirms the former dictator will disappear, for good. Few believe this to be true. Russia might decide to intervene. One will have to wait and watch. 

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