Kazakhstan leader gives 'kill without warning' order...

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  (CNN)Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has ordered security forces to "kill without warning" to crush the violent protests that have paralyzed the former Soviet republic and reportedly left dozens dead.In a defiant public address Friday, Tokayev claimed the unrest, which began earlier this week as protests against rising fuel prices, had been masterminded by well-trained "terrorist bandits" from both inside and outside the country. Kazakh state media reported Friday 18 security personnel and 26 "armed criminals" had been killed in violent protests. More than 3,800 people have been detained so far, Kazakh state media reported Friday, citing the country's Internal Affairs Ministry. More than 100 people were arrested while carrying out "terrorist actions," the state media added.  In Almaty, the country's largest city, several dead bodies riddled with bullets lay in the streets and the air was repeatedly filled with gunfire, according to a journalist in the area.An internet outage has knocked out ATM machines and at least one gun store appeared to have been ransacked, said the journalist, whom CNN has agreed not to name over fears for their safety.

Tokayev said the situation had "stabilized" in Almaty, and that the "introduction of a state of emergency is yielding results.""But terrorists continue to damage state and private property and use weapons against citizens," he said. "I gave the order to law enforcement agencies and the army to open fire to kill without warning."Tokayev doubled down on that rhetoric on Twitter later, writing 20,000 "gangsters and terrorists" were involved in at least "six waves of attacks" in Almaty this week and added: "No talks with the terrorists, we must kill them."

http://www.cnn.com/2022/01/07/asia/kazakhstan-kassym-jomart-tokayev-address-intl/index.html

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Russia reacts furiously to Blinken jibe over troops in Kazakhstan
http://www.reuters.com/world/russia-reacts-furiously-blinken-jibe-over-troops-kazakhstan-2022-01-08/


What will Russia gain from intervening in Kazakhstan?
http://www.aljazeera.com/program/inside-story/2022/1/8/what-will-russia-gain-from-intervening-in-kazakhstan

Russian perspective from TASS
Situation in Kazakhstan stabilizes after Tokayev’s address, peacekeepers’ arrival
http://tass.com/world/1384955


Kazakhstan Detains Ex-Security Chief on Suspicion of Treason
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/01/08/kazakhstan-detains-ex-security-chief-a75987

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Russia reacts furiously to Blinken jibe over troops in Kazakhstan
http://www.reuters.com/world/russia-reacts-furiously-blinken-jibe-over-troops-kazakhstan-2022-01-08/


What will Russia gain from intervening in Kazakhstan?
http://www.aljazeera.com/program/inside-story/2022/1/8/what-will-russia-gain-from-intervening-in-kazakhstan

Russian perspective from TASS
Situation in Kazakhstan stabilizes after Tokayev’s address, peacekeepers’ arrival
http://tass.com/world/1384955


Kazakhstan Detains Ex-Security Chief on Suspicion of Treason
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/01/08/kazakhstan-detains-ex-security-chief-a75987

Yeah it seemed a curious move. If Kazakhstan can't control matters with its own army then is there much hope for it. Almost seemed like a move that might Kazakhstan a puppet state of the Russians. Makes you wonder if it was all an orchestrated situation between the Kazak government & the Russians to avoid a full on Russian Invasion, that or the Kazak military might been too prone to a coup so Russia's interests were in intervention rather than face a potentially less friendly Kazak regime. My guess is probably likely the latter possibly with some offering to the Russians for intervening to steady the situation.