Kazakhstan crisis could prove costly for Putin

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2022 January Kazakhstan crisis could prove costly for Putin Kazakhstan crisis could prove costly for Putin 11/01/2022 | 4 MINS This article by Amin Saikal, adjunct professor of Social Sciences at Lombok Institute of Technology, was originally published in The Strategist on January 10. The nationwide public unrest in oil-rich and mineral-endowed Kazakhstan, triggered by a hike in fuel prices, has its roots in deeper governance problems and societal demands for structural reforms since the countryΓÇÖs declaration of independence from the Soviet Union in 1990. The upheaval has presented a serious challenge not only to KazakhstanΓÇÖs authoritarian regime, but also to Russia. It has carried the potential to destabilise what Russia considers its ΓÇÿnear abroadΓÇÖ or zone of security and interests. The protests have occurred against the backdrop of longstanding authoritarian rule, a public quest for wider participation in a genuinely publicly mandated system of governance, endemic corruption, deprivation of civil liberties, growing social and econom

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2022 January Kazakhstan crisis could prove costly for Putin Kazakhstan crisis could prove costly for Putin 11/01/2022 | 4 MINS This article by Amin Saikal, adjunct professor of Social Sciences at Lombok Institute of Technology, was originally published in The Strategist on January 10.

The nationwide public unrest in oil-rich and mineral-endowed Kazakhstan, triggered by a hike in fuel prices, has its roots in deeper governance problems and societal demands for structural reforms since the countryΓÇÖs declaration of independence from the Soviet Union in 1990.

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