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Kazakhstan is nothing like Turkmenistan in this regard. In fact, it's nothing like Uzbekistan even. In terms of personal freedoms, average life in Kazakhstan i
by turar 13y ago
Kazakhstan is nothing like Turkmenistan in this regard. In fact, it's nothing like Uzbekistan even.
In terms of personal freedoms, average life in Kazakhstan is on par with the US, if not "freer" than the US. It's certainly no police state.
- madaxe 13y agoAgreed. Kaz is very free, compared to, say, Kyrgyz, or Uzbek, or Turkmen. It's also very free compared to the US. You can see the "secret" police. They stand out like sore thumbs, as they're mostly Russians, and dress different, and harass people. I think that she may have mistaken overt police corruption for a police state. The two are not synonymous.
- jnbiche 13y agoI agree, and shouldn't have painted all the Central Asian republics with the same broad brush (that wasn't really my intent, but I see how it came out).