NewsReal: Kazakhstan on Fire: US Pressures Russia Through Yet Another Neighbor
January 9, 20221h 55m
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Show Notes
As tensions flare between the US and Russia over Ukraine, an apparent 'revolution' has gripped another country neighboring Russia: Kazakhstan. Large protests broke out there last week over a gas price rise, and these were abruptly superseded by organized violence that threatened to topple the government, until the Russian military accepted its invitation to intervene. That development - together with the arrest of a former prime minister of Kazakhstan (and current head of its intelligence...