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2022-01-07 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Dozens of Protesters Killed in Kazakhstan; 12 Police Dead

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Posted by Fred 2022-01-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [17 views ] Top
File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats

#1 Hopefully the US can stay out of this mess.

Posted by Besoeker 2022-01-07 03:19|| 2022-01-07 03:19|| Front Page Top

#2 Remember Uranium One!
Rally round Nazarbayev!
Almaty or bust!

Posted by Merrick Ferret 2022-01-07 03:49|| 2022-01-07 03:49|| Front Page Top

#3 There's the invocation of "ethnic Russians" to justify permanent occupation.

Maybe Putin intended to secure Kazakhstan before Ukraine all along?

Posted by Rob Crawford 2022-01-07 08:48|| 2022-01-07 08:48|| Front Page Top

#4 Kazakhstan president tells troops to 'shoot to kill without warning' as he vows to 'completely eliminate' protesters and gives 'special thanks' to Putin for his help

Posted by Skidmark 2022-01-07 09:53|| 2022-01-07 09:53|| Front Page Top

#5 Russian military journalist Aleksandr Kots reported that Kazakhstan security services reported some of the rioters spoke Arabic.

Posted by badanov 2022-01-07 13:56|| 2022-01-07 13:56|| Front Page Top

#6 Boris Rozhin reported it is becoming clearer that support for the protests and riots came from some unidentified high Kazakhstan government officials.

So, the story of a nexus of support coming from Ukraine is falling apart, i.e. the story was a plant.

Posted by badanov 2022-01-07 14:11|| 2022-01-07 14:11|| Front Page Top

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