Crisis in Kazakhstan: The hollow core of Eurasia’s most “stable” autocracy exposed
: Silvan Kristiina, Ketola Johanna
Publisher: Ulkopoliittinen instituutti
: Helsinki
: 2022
: FIIA Comment
: 2
: https://www.fiia.fi/en/publication/crisis-in-kazakhstan?read
: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/68523790
What started as a peaceful protest over commodity prices escalated into a mass display of popular dissatisfaction and a clash within the ruling elite. While President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev seems to have come out on top in the unexpected crisis, the impact of January 2022 will be profound and long-lasting in Kazakhstan and the region as a whole.