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actually looks like revolution was more of "revolution". taking advantage of civil protests current president managed to get rid of previous president, a bunch
by tguvot 5y ago
actually looks like revolution was more of "revolution". taking advantage of civil protests current president managed to get rid of previous president, a bunch of his relatives who had high posts and a bunch of people in security apparatus who were loyal to previous one.
there is a talk that violent protestors were like "titushki" during ukranian revolution: i.e. people that were operated by current president to achieve his goals.
- teetertater 5y agoYes, the author of the tweet completely missed this aspect I can't find the original article that was a great summary, but this one has most of the points https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/08/world/asia/kazakhstan-protests-karim-masimov-arrest.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/08/world/asia/kazakhstan-pro...