Andrés Velasco and his unknown role as Kazakhstan’s advisor before the social crisis broke out | National

Kazakhstan, a country located in Central Asia, is experiencing a deep crisis after the various protests that have been registered mainly due to the rise in fuel. It is in this scenario that an unknown piece of information emerged, and it is that the former Minister of Finance, Andrés Velasco, was an advisor to the … Read more

Conflict in Kazakhstan sinks bitcoin below $ 43,000

The political revolt in Kazakhstan, the internet cuts and the difficulties of supplying electricity supply in the former Soviet republic have caused, as a collateral effect, a collapse in the price of cryptocurrencies. Kazakhstan is the second country in the world, behind the US, in cryptocurrency mining. In particular, the Central Asian country represents around … Read more

Sending peacekeepers after protests in Kazakhstan

Dozens of protesters were killed by the police, and about a thousand others were wounded on Wednesday night in Kazakhstan while they were trying to seize administrative buildings in the framework of demonstrations and riots that began in protest against the increase in gas prices, while 12 members of the security forces were killed and … Read more

Russia and its allies deploy troops to quell violent riots in Kazakhstan | International

Kazakhstan declared a state of national emergency on January 5 after protests against the rise in fuel prices that led to clashes with the police and attacks on government buildings, leaving dozens of deaths on both sides. The Moscow-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), made up of six former Soviet countries, will send “peacekeeping forces” … Read more

State of emergency: Shots in the Kazakh city of Almaty, looting

Dhe serious riots continue in the Republic of Kazakhstan. In the metropolis of Almaty there was a “violent exchange of fire” between dozens of armed people and the military in front of the town hall on Thursday, the Russian state agency Tass reported, citing its local correspondents. 300 soldiers had moved in about in armored … Read more

Kazakhstan: Govt falls on fuel price hike; Yet the anger of the Kazakh people did not subside; Emergency

Kuryk, First Published Jan 6, 2022, 10:30 AM IST കA national emergency was declared in Kazakhstan on Wednesday. The decision comes as street protests against the rise in fuel prices have turned violent. Government offices and government institutions were reportedly attacked. The Russian news agency quoted Kazakh national television as saying that large rallies were … Read more

In Kazakhstan, the Nazarbayev myth collapses

Economic pivot of Central Asia, strong of its mines of precious metals and its hydrocarbons, Kazakhstan is plunged in a chaos of revolutionary type. The rare images that have reached us, Wednesday January 5, before the establishment of the state of emergency, the blocking of the Internet and mobile phones, show government buildings invaded by … Read more