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Putin’s Next Door Nightmare Just Came True Right Under His Nose
The revolution gripping Kazakhstan is bad news for Moscow, and it unfolded while the Kremlin was distracted with its other neighbors.
Published Jan. 05, 2022 3:23PM ET
“This is the last day of the Soviet Union; today is the day when the USSR has finally died,” a pro-Kremlin expert on Central Asia, Yuriy Krupnov, told The Daily Beast.
Nazarbayev’s cult of personality seemed untouchable even last week
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RONALD REAGAN
40th President of the United States: 1981 ‐ 1989
Remarks on United States Policy in the Persian Gulf
May 29, 1987
I want to speak directly this afternoon on the vital interests of the American people, vital interests that are at stake in the Persian Gulf area. It may be easy for some, after a near record 54-month economic recovery, to forget just how critical the Persian Gulf is to our national security. But I think everyone in this room and everyone hearing my voice now can remember the woeful impact of the Middle East oil crisis of a few years ago: the endless, demoralizing gas lines; the shortages; the rationing; the escalating energy prices; the double-digit inflation; and the enormous dislocation that shook our economy to its foundations.
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Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
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The Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (AFEM) is a military award of the United States Armed Forces, which was first created in 1961 by Executive Order of President John Kennedy. The medal is awarded to members of the U.S. Armed Forces who, after July 1, 1958, participated in U.S. military operations, U.S. operations in direct support of the United Nations, or U.S. operations of assistance for friendly foreign nations.
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The Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal may be authorized for three categories of operations: U.S. military operations; U.S. military operations in direct support of the United Nations; and U.S. operations of assistance for friendly foreign nations. The medal shall be awarded only for operations for which no other U.S. campaign medal is approved, where a foreign armed opposition or imminent threat of hostile action was encountered.
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Putin’s Next Door Nightmare Just Came True Right Under His Nose
The revolution gripping Kazakhstan is bad news for Moscow, and it unfolded while the Kremlin was distracted with its other neighbors.
Published Jan. 05, 2022 3:23PM ET
MOSCOW—The unprecedented protests sweeping Russia’s neighboring country of Kazakhstan entered their fourth day on Wednesday with violence, a declaration of a nationwide state of emergency, and the resignation of the government.
As the country’s rich elite took off in their private jets, the “revolution”—sparked in part by hiked up fuel prices—showed no signs of slowing down. Protesters have set administrative buildings on fire in several big cities across the country, disarmed cops, tore epaulets off of police uniforms and demanded an end to the three-decade-long career of Nursultan Nazarbayev, the powerful head of the country’s National Security Council and a long-time Putin ally.
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“Nazarbayev and Putin are very much alike.”
Meanwhile, Kremlin’s state TV channels—wary of the fact that the protests are a living nightmare for President Vladimir Putin - failed to translate the demonstrators’ chants. The Kazakh protestors may have been all too direct in their message to Nazarbayev for Russian airwaves, as they demanded he “Shal ket!”(Get out, old man!).
Moscow descends into a panic every time such protests threaten to end old regimes, and has done so ever since Hilary Clinton called for the U.S. to “figure out effective ways to slow down or prevent” Putin’s efforts to re-Sovietize former USSR territories like Kazakhstan. After Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev dismissed Nazarbayev from the top position at the National Security Council on Wednesday, there was no doubt left that the old regime, including Putin’s closest ally in the country, had fallen.
“This is the last day of the Soviet Union; today is the day when the USSR has finally died,” a pro-Kremlin expert on Central Asia, Yuriy Krupnov, told The Daily Beast.
Nazarbayev’s cult of personality seemed untouchable even last week, when he met with Russian President Vladimir Putin. But social issues, including unemployment, poverty and an abrupt increase in fuel prices seem to have marked a breaking point for the people of Kazakhstan, who engaged in violent clashes with police across the country this week.
By Wednesday afternoon, Kazakh protesters had taken over the country’s major airport in the capital city of Almaty after reports that the internet had been shut down, and a crowd of protesters tried to demolish a massive Nazarbayev monument. Hundreds have been wounded and eight have been killed so far, according to Interfax.
“Nobody could predict this proletarian riot of young Kazakhs even a few days ago,” an old-time Kremlinologist, Sergei Markov, told The Daily Beast. “Kazakhstan was not ready for bloody clashes and aggressive riots.”
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2022 Kazakh protests
From Wikipedia
Protests broke out in Kazakhstan on 2 January 2022 after a sudden sharp increase in gas prices which, according to the Kazakh government, was due to high demand and price-fixing. The protests began in the oil town of Zhanaozen but have quickly spread to other cities in the country, including the largest city, Almaty. Growing discontent with the government and former president Nursultan Nazarbayev also influenced larger demonstrations. As there are no popular opposition groups against the Kazakh government, the unrest appeared to be assembled directly by citizens. In response, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev declared a state of emergency
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Meteorologist at KREM 2 in Spokane, WA. If you’re looking for me I’m either climbing some rocks or sliding down a mountain at skis.
This morning's snow was just practice for what we start the day with on Thursday!
7:09 AM Jan 5, 2022
This morning's snow was just practice for what we start the day with on Thursday! pic.twitter.com/8ClSuKllzI
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