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Central Asia

Photo: A man holds a mobile phone while walking past a board with a Kazakh state flag during a protest against LPG cost rise following authorities' decision to lift price caps on liquefied petroleum gas in Almaty, Kazakhstan January 5, 2022. Credit: REUTERS/Pavel Mikheyev
Kazakhstan Thumbs its Nose at Putin
July 11, 2022
Europe's Edge Regional Security
Photo: A meeting ceremony in the Moscow Russian paratroopers from the CSTO peacekeeping contingent in the Republic of Kazakhstan. Credit: Collective Security Treaty Organisation Photo Gallery.
Unwilling Kazakhstan Eyed as Russia’s Smuggler of Choice
June 17, 2022
Europe's Edge Regional Security Sanctions
Photo: Russian servicemen take part in the ceremony marking the beginning of the withdrawal of peacekeeping troops of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) from Kazakhstan, in Almaty, Kazakhstan January 13, 2022. Credit: REUTERS/Pavel Mikheyev
Do as You’re Told, Russia Tells the Neighborhood
January 13, 2022
Europe's Edge Regional Security Russia
Photo: A worker checks the pressure of pumps at an oil-pumping station in the Uzen oil and gas field in the Mangistau Region of Kazakhstan November 13, 2021. Credit: REUTERS/Pavel Mikheyev
Gas for Russia’s Empire, Cash for the Elites
January 12, 2022
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Photo: A man holds a mobile phone while walking past a board with a Kazakh state flag during a protest against LPG cost rise following authorities' decision to lift price caps on liquefied petroleum gas in Almaty, Kazakhstan January 5, 2022. Credit: REUTERS/Pavel Mikheyev
The Colored Steppe
January 11, 2022
Europe's Edge Regional Security Rule of Law Russia
Photo: Kazakh law enforcement officers gather in a square during a protest against LPG cost rise following authorities' decision to lift price caps on liquefied petroleum gas in Almaty, Kazakhstan January 5, 2022. Credit: REUTERS/Pavel Mikheyev
Emergency on the Steppe: Kazakhstan in Crisis
January 11, 2022
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Photo: ALMATY, KAZAKHSTAN – JANUARY 10, 2022: A military patrol detains a man on Nazarbayev Street. A rise in fuel prices sparked protests in the towns of Zhanaozen and Aktau in western Kazakhstan on January 2 and spread rapidly across the country. On January 5, President Tokayev dismissed the cabinet and declared a two-week state of emergency in the Mangistau and Almaty regions as well as in the cities of Almaty and Nur-Sultan. On January 6, a counterterrorism operation to stop mass unrest began. Credit: Valery Sharifulin/TASS.
Why Kazakhstan Exploded
January 10, 2022
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Photo: Almaty, Kazakhstan - January 6, 2022: Security forces are used in a counterterrorism operation to stop mass unrest. Protests were sparked by rising fuel prices in the towns of Zhanaozen and Aktau in western Kazakhstan on 2 January and spread rapidly across the country. Following a meeting between a government commission and protesters, the price for liquefied petroleum gas went down from $0.27 to $0.11. On 5 January, President Tokayev dismissed the cabinet and declared a 2 week state of emergency in the Mangistau and Almaty regions, as well as in the cities of Almaty and Nur-Sultan. Credit: Valery Sharifulin/TASS.
Russia’s Warsaw Pact-Lite Deploys to Crush Dissent
January 6, 2022
Europe's Edge Regional Security Rule of Law Russia
Photo: ALMATY, KAZAKHSTAN - JANUARY 5, 2022: People rally outside the burning mayor’s office. Protests are spreading across Kazakhstan over the rising fuel prices; protesters broke into the Almaty mayor’s office and set it on fire. Credit: Yerlan Dzhumayev/TASS.
Kazakhstan: ‘Enlightened Authoritarianism’ Is in Flames
January 5, 2022
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