A significant strengthening of those enforcement structures that may be employed to suppress the massive civil protests in the future is one of the important albeit under-the-public-radar consequences of the processes triggered by the January «explosion» of the protest sentiments in Kazakhstan....
The break of the silence barrier is one of the most significant and already evident results of the January “explosion” of the protest sentiments in Kazakhstan. Many people in the country have begun talking about the events feeling free to criticise the Nazarbayevschina, and not only in the “kitchens” but in the public domain...
The replacement of Nurlan Nigmatulin as the head of the Mazhilis of the Kazakh Parliament with Erlan Koshanov that took place on February 1, 2022, gives a comprehensive answer to the questions that Kazakh and foreign experts have been asking since recently...
The internal political process in Kazakhstan is unfolding with such speed and intensity that one cannot be but be struck with wonder. At the same time, Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and his team seem to be focusing only on two tasks they consider of the utmost importance...
The devil, as we know, is in the details. And it is the details of the unscheduled 21st congress of the Nur Otan party held in the videoconference format and out of the public view that have caught our attention...
More than three weeks have passed since Karim Masimov’s dismissal and his subsequent arrest. Nonetheless, there have been no leaks of information as to his situation — where he is being kept, what investigative operations are being conducted…