Crisis in Kazakhstan: The hollow core of Eurasia’s most “stable” autocracy exposed




Silvan Kristiina, Ketola Johanna

PublisherUlkopoliittinen instituutti

Helsinki

2022

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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.


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