politicodiary

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 o...