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Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev called for help from a Russian-led military alliance to quell mass protests.
Kazakhstan’s cities seemed to be returning to calm after days of violent protests over high fuel prices.
The issue has sparked long-standing complaints about inequality, corruption and lack of democracy in the former Soviet republic.
The government called the protesters “terrorists” and a Russia-led military alliance to help stop the unrest.
President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev thanked Russian President Vladimir Putin for sending 2,500 troops from the Regional Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO).
On Friday, Tokayev ordered the security forces in Kazakhstan shoot without warning to repel the uprising in the country.
So what will Moscow gain from this intervention?
And what about the calls for political change in the Kazakh people now?
Presenter: Mohammed Jamjoom
Guests:
Cholpon Orozobekova – Director of Bulan Institute for Peace Innovations
Maxim Suchkov – Specialist in Russian politics and foreign affairs at the Russian Council of International Affairs
Theresa Fallon – Director of the Center for European and Asian Studies in Russia
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