2022 Kazakhstan violent unrest

miketheterrible wrote:https://tass.ru/mezhdunarodnaya-panorama/13369897

Kyrgyzstan has signed that they are sending 150 troops and some equipment to Kazakhstan under CSTO operation.

flamming_python wrote:

https://twitter.com/ASBMilitary/status/1479170383727235073

Moral of the story here actually is -
don't forget to take out an insurance policy

lyle6 wrote:

flamming_python wrote:

https://twitter.com/ASBMilitary/status/1479170383727235073

Moral of the story here actually is -
don't forget to take out an insurance policy

Those must be the faggiest horse c*ck polishers on this side of the steppe. Stole all the jewels but left the cutie behind Would've wifed her then and there - she even brought her dowry

flamming_python wrote:

miketheterrible wrote:I have read that there are now volunteers helping police to provide protection in some areas of Kazakhstan.

Anyway, since people can't answer my questions, I'm assuming majority of the conflict is centralized to Almaty.

Surroundings of Almaty and nearby cities. There are a bunch of these armed groups across the south of the country.

I'd imagine all but the most hardcore would have either gone back home to hide, skipped over the border to Kyrgyzstan by now or fled to the west of the country in the hope that security operations won't extend to there.

flamming_python wrote:

https://twitter.com/ASBMilitary/status/1479170383727235073

Moral of the story here actually is -
don't forget to take out an insurance policy

ATLASCUB wrote:Can't even secure or keep your own backyard stable but expect "legal" security guarantees from the masters of deception and chaos cause "I'm Putin, and I'm a big boy"..... good luck fellas.

I'm loving the spin doctors at work. "This might strengthen Russia's hands"....."Russia's not messing around this time"...... and the sheep will believe this, if it sounds plausible enough. They'll believe anything that soothes the anxiety, and makes the elephant in the room disappear.... if only temporarily.

Godric wrote:Demands of the Protesters in Kazakhstan

1. Immediate release of all political prisoners
2. Full resignation of president and government
3. Political reforms : Creation of a Provisional Government of reputable and public citizens.
4. Withdrawal from all alliances with Russia

We were told this "democracy movement" is about "rise in fuel prices".  The govt already conceded that demand and revoked those prices. And yet the protests continue.  Point 4 looks like a grand geo-political objective.  big hints of colour revolution.

ATLASCUB wrote:My standpoint is pretty clear on Russia's reactionary foreign policy, and Putin's record of it at particular flashpoints. I'm making a drive by comment on the situation. Simple as that. I've wasted enough time trying to explain the source and root causes of it - the way of thinking that leads to such decision making. The U.S and its allies will continue to do what is competent of them to do... encircle Russia, and keep it down as much as humanely possible without triggering world war. Great power competition 101. That Russia struggles in its responses to such is of course of interest to any observer.

The spin doctors do what they're supposed to do and sheep will believe them cause they're predisposed to believe it to avoid cognitive dissonance... it's 100% normal for some humans to do this. Nothing controversial, except to those catching feelings cause maybe they believe the description fits them... and as we know, no one likes to feel like their brain matter is made of sheep sauce.

ATLASCUB wrote:By the time the great leader retires there won't be a single post soviet state that hasn't experienced a color revolution, a former allied state that isn't part of NATO or, if a holdout, experienced a color revolution instead.

But... "we winning..."    

The only hope for Russians is for the Chinese to pre-occuppy the U.S (already happening), and for internal U.S strife to tear the empire from within (already happening). Without that... with the geniuses at the Kremlin playing grand strategy... just imagine.

Here is what you won't see till the great leader retires and someone with balls take charge. You won't see a Russian puppet regime as a result of a soft coup or color revolution in any of the following: NATO member states, allied protectorates of the U.S (Korea, Japan, Mexico, Saudi Arabia etc)...

It's what it's.

Without reciprocal pressure, the U.S will continue to be at the offensive, for as long as it can keep the effort - which is dependent on the push-back, plus other variables. Looking at the speed in which they pull these, the clear assessment is that the push back is rather meak thus "keep doing it".

miketheterrible wrote:I've asked this question but received no answer. Has Almaty more or less been surrounded and control of flow of people coming in and out?

miketheterrible wrote:I have read that there are now volunteers helping police to provide protection in some areas of Kazakhstan.

Anyway, since people can't answer my questions, I'm assuming majority of the conflict is centralized to Almaty.

Of course we should help. We absolutely should help. But there are several conditions to make -- recognize Crimea (as Russian territory), return the Cyrillic alphabet, (and institute) Russian as a second state language, like in Kyrgyzst

PapaDragon wrote:Margarita Smyonan delivers excellent advice:

Of course we should help. We absolutely should help. But there are several conditions to make -- recognize Crimea (as Russian territory), return the Cyrillic alphabet, (and institute) Russian as a second state language, like in Kyrgyzst

ATLASCUB wrote:By the time the great leader retires there won't be a single post soviet state that hasn't experienced a color revolution, a former allied state that isn't part of NATO or, if a holdout, experienced a color revolution instead.

But... "we winning..."    

The only hope for Russians is for the Chinese to pre-occuppy the U.S (already happening), and for internal U.S strife to tear the empire from within (already happening). Without that... with the geniuses at the Kremlin playing grand strategy... just imagine.

Here is what you won't see till the great leader retires and someone with balls take charge. You won't see a Russian puppet regime as a result of a soft coup or color revolution in any of the following: NATO member states, allied protectorates of the U.S (Korea, Japan, Mexico, Saudi Arabia etc)...

It's what it's.

Without reciprocal pressure, the U.S will continue to be at the offensive, for as long as it can keep the effort - which is dependent on the push-back, plus other variables. Looking at the speed in which they pull these, the clear assessment is that the push back is rather meak thus "keep doing it".

Backman wrote:Not sure if this detail was covered. Yes Armenia is sending forces. But it's even better. Pashinyan is the current chairman of the CSTO and he gave the official command.