The unrest in Kazakhstan appears to be ending with the crackdown joined by 2,030 Russian-led CSTO troops. President Tokayev, who is presenting what happened as a failed coup, says the Russian troops will begin withdrawing in two days.
This is a particularly important point officials want to make. The US State Department loudly opposed the Russian involvement, warning that the Kazakhs would never get rid of them after the crisis was over. They were saying that Sunday, now on Tuesday the timetable for the pullout is already announced.
The protests started with rising fuel prices, and spread from smaller towns to all the major cities. Some 10,000 people were arrested for their roles in the protests, and looting.
Tokayev says it is expected that all the foreign troops will be out of Kazakhstan in no more than 10 days, putting an end to the intervention. The State Department is still demanding the CSTO withdraw.
It is a strange request ftom State Department. CSTO is a UN recognized organization and has obligations to its member states. There is no role for State Department here, other thn attempting to stir up some proto-Nazis, the types very instrumental in Ukraine.
Thee is no question that CSTO will keep antiterrorist units in Kazakhstan, and SCO has offered support from its antiterrorist and extremism management units. This will add China, Uzbwkistan, Iran and Turkey into the mix,
Fact is, such organized violence like in Syria, indicates that they have temporarily withdrawn into sace houses, urban warehouses, rural distant farms. And wait for aanothet opportunity. Tokayev, having barely excaped the catastrophy, will not be eager to let go of protection. Overt forces will go, covert will remain.
I hope the Russians have secured the Almaty biolab.
“The US State Department loudly opposed the Russian involvement, warning that the Kazakhs would never get rid of them after the crisis was over.”
The US should know full well about countries not being able to get rid of foreign troops once they are on their soil. Talk about the pot calling the kettle black.
So true, so very, very true…
Another CIA Instigated Failure…!
Pepe Escobar on the Kazak hybrid war attempt:
After Kazakhstan, the color revolution era is over
http://thesaker.is/after-kazakhstan-the-color-revolution-era-is-over/