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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
By Ivanna Kuz and Danylo Tsurkan

As Russia’s military faces acute shortages of war materiel, the Kremlin is urgently seeking ways to evade sanctions.

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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
By Emil Avdaliani

The Kremlin’s decision to activate the CSTO alliance signals an entirely new approach in relations between Russia and its immediate neighbors

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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
By Sergej Sumlenny

Behind the Kazakh protests lie a thuggish authoritarian state and a web of murky energy agreements that have made Russian and Kazakh elites wealthy.

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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
By Ben Dubow

Whatever caused the uprising in Kazakhstan, its brutal Russian-backed suppression again shows Vladimir Putin has a free hand to act in the borderlands.

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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
By Charles Sullivan

A delayed political transition between autocrats triggered a bloody fight amongst the Kazakh elite that nearly caused a state collapse.

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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
By Ben Godwin

The sudden eruption of protest and violence in Kazakhstan has been quelled by gunfire and hundreds of Russian troops. But profound underlying problems remain

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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
By Cordelia Buchanan Ponczek

For the first time in the organization’s history, the CSTO collective security article has been invoked in Kazakhstan.

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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
By Emil Avdaliani

Kazakhs are demanding change, and while the failure of enlightened authoritarianism is a domestic issue, events are certain to reverberate.

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Photo: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with Foreign Minister of China Wang Yi on the sidelines of ASEAN ministerial events, Singapore, August 2, 2018 Credit: Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

China and Russia Build a Central Asian Exclusion Zone

June 15, 2021
By Emil Avdaliani

China and Russia are about to introduce a new order in Central Asia while the West is preoccupied elsewhere

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Why Borat Isn’t Funny

October 26, 2020
By Edward Lucas

Baron Cohen’s film is a lot less funny if you are from a country that most outsiders cannot find on a map.

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