Baku/07.01.22/Turan: Events in Kazakhstan are still in the center of attention of the whole world. The protesters in the streets demanding lower prices for liquefied gas, gas used as fuel for vehicles, will not calm down. Fighting between protesters and security forces has been going on for the second day. There are reports of losses. President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev appealed to the CSTO for help under the pretext of an anti-terrorist operation. Russia, Belarus and Armenia have already sent troops to Kazakhstan. The Parliament of Kyrgyzstan also decided to send a military contingent to Kazakhstan.
Some media outlets write that the United States and other Western countries are behind the events in Kazakhstan. Some experts believe that Russia is behind these events. In their opinion, Russia is trying to prevent Kazakhstan from supporting the Organization of Turkic States.
But who is really behind what is happening? Where processes are the ongoing processes in Kazakhstan? Can they cover other countries?
Political observer Shahin Jafarli answers these questions in the "Difficult Question" program.
According to him, the possibility that someone's "hand" is behind the events in Kazakhstan is not excluded, but nevertheless, one should first of all pay attention to internal triggers.
“I believe that internal factors played a decisive role in the Kazakhstani events. The accumulated socio-economic problems were the cause of the people's discontent. For more than 30 years of Nazarbayev's rule, these problems have not been resolved. All this was the cause of the social explosion. It is worth noting that the Mangistau region of Kazakhstan, where these events began, is an oil and gas region. But despite the fact that this region provides the lion's share of the country's oil and gas revenues, its residents live poorer than residents of other regions.
Political factors should not be disregarded either - people are tired of the fact that for 30 years the same person has always been in power, of authoritarianism, restrictions on freedoms, real suffrage, etc.
As for external factors, I have no such information.
The West has no real leverage in Central Asia. There are only two serious players here - Russia and China. True, the United States may be interested in drawing Russia as much as possible into various problems along the perimeter of its borders, including in this region. –0---
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