January 6 committee has text messages between Ginni Thomas and Mark Meadows

CNN — The House Select Committee investigating the January 6 riot has in its possession more than two dozen text messages between former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and Virginia “Ginni” Thomasa conservative activist and the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, according to multiple sources familiar with the messages. These … Read more

Trump and right-wing lawyer were part of ‘criminal conspiracy’ to overturn 2020 election, January 6 committee alleges

CNN — Former President Donald Trump and a right-wing lawyer were part of a “criminal conspiracy” to overturn the 2020 presidential election, the House select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol riot alleges in a court filing Wednesday. The filing is part of an attempt to convince a judge to allow the panel access to … Read more

gradual return to normal, government condemns media coverage

The internet was restored and life was gradually returning to normal on Monday in Kazakhstan’s largest city, Almaty, after a week of riots and a relentless crackdown that left dozens of people dead in the largest country in Central Asia. In the economic capital of 1.8 million people, where the most violent riots took place, … Read more

the repression is in full swing, nearly 6,000 arrests

The crackdown is in full swing in Kazakhstan, where the authorities announced on Sunday that they had arrested nearly 6,000 people in connection with the deadly riots that rocked the largest country in Central Asia this week. In total, 5,800 people, “including a significant number of foreign nationals”, were arrested in the framework of 125 … 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