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continue to damage public and private property in use weapons against citizens. i gave an order to law enforcement agencies and the army to open fire without warning recovery to have been called abroad for the parties to move the negotiations to a peaceful resolution. what nonsense, kind of negotiations can there be with criminals with murderers? had to deal with armed and change bended in both local and foreign vs. that's why they have to be destroyed. and there will be done soon to be at least 13 passengers who tested positive coven 19 on the flight from italy to india. have escaped government quarantine, it appears they managed to flee from the port in the northern city of i'm ritz r o, from isolation centers. several of them have been located and placed back into government quarantine. australia's government says tennis,

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violent demonstrations in kazakhstan sparks by rising fuel prices in an oil rich nation protest is now call for leadership change. russia responds to the president, plead for help and fence truth. so what more is behind the unrest in this almost soviet republic? this is inside story. ah hello, welcome to the program. i'm kim vanelle. a russian lead alliance has deployed troops as peacekeepers to kazakhstan after the president asked for help to quell mass

demonstrations across the country. they began on january 1st after the government announced a sharp increase in fuel prices, indignation and violence followed in an effort to calm the unrest, the government resigned. the president then declared a 2 week nationwide state of emergency, the shop down of the internet. but still the protest escalated into calls for a change of leadership. demonstrations say they've run out of patience or presence cason jamal took are you is blaming the unrest on foreign actors. oh, little girls in your lives in what is dia journalists and bloggers. many versions of what's happened to you have been told you have to understand what's happened to the coil springs now been unleashed after 30 years. look, all of us have been fired upon. all of us went through these things, but none of us wants to kill or put pressure on another person. please come here and see it with your own nice. we show you the face of a new country and you should witness it for we cassock. people have patience,

so stop it was sick of this. look, soldiers advancing here or to let them see it all. stay with us, and let us see where it goes into this year. but when you read, sir, the terrorist mobs are essentially international, only they're under one serious training abroad, and their attacks of kazakhstan you can be and shouldn't be viewed as an act of aggression. not for this reason relying on the collective security treaty, i reached out to the heads of the collective security treaty organization states to assist kazakhstan and overcoming this terrorist threats and reality. it is no longer a threat, it is undermining the states integrity and most importantly, it is an attack on our citizens who are asking me as the head of the state to help them immediately. lastly, rushes foreign ministry. he said it was closely monitoring the situation saying in the statement, we advocate the peaceful resolution of all problems within the constitutional and

legal framework and dialogue, rather than through st rides, the violation of laws. adding that it was the aim of cassock, president cousin jamal tuck i if to stabilize the situation and resolve existing problems quickly, including those contained in the legitimate demands of the protest is speaking. on behalf of the un secretary general stefan the jericho urged restraint following with concern in monitoring the situation. oh, in kazakhstan, i think it's very important for all involved. oh news, current events to exercise restraint, refrain from violence and promote oh dialogue in addressing all the pertinent issues. and father reaction came from the white house which denied any involvement in the protests or monitoring reports of protests and kazakstan. we support cause for com, for protesters to express themselves peacefully and for authorities to exercise restraint on there are some crazy russian claims about the us being behind the

so let me just use this opportunity to convey that is absolutely false. and clearly a part of the standard russian disinformation playbook. we've seen a lot of in past years or ca thanks. dawn is an oil rich country in central asia. it's the thighs of western europe with an ethnically diverse population of 18000000 people gained independence from the soviet union in 1991. but it remained close to ally of russia which brought it to the north. cause exxon is also a crucial transport hub for chinese products. heading to europe from the east. it is kept a delicate balance between its neighbors and the west, especially the united states, which it sees both as a potential force for trade and investment. and as a partner to balance the influence of russia and china in central asia. ah, that's now bring in our guests from prague. we have bruce pannier, veteran journalist, and correspondent at radio free europe specializing in central asia. from belgrade

we have victor on a beach who is the lead expert at the center for actual politics and on the line from al marcy, cars, exxon's largest city, we have a caea to the sofa who is a political activist. very well, welcome to the program to you all. now the reason that she is on the phone line is because the internet has been cost. ah, so it makes you know, doing his own very difficult as well as getting information out very difficult. ah, that's come to you 1st a see a just saw it was the latest there on the ground in terms of these protests and in terms of the reaction to them. while we are currently on lock down, the everyone is we are advised to stay home because it's not safe to be on the streets due to a so called anti terrorist alteration that is in progress. what do you make of

these assertions? i see that from the president that these protests are coming from foreign active terrorists who are causing this unrest. ah, you see everything is so clear now, but there are definitely for 2 years across the us and their own interest, which i'm not sure. and we're all caught up from each other and we have no reliable information to judge to have like a complete understanding of the situation of the situation. ok, are there protests is, who from kazakhstan, are they among the people? the many thousands of people were looking at right now who are out on the street. you know, they're just, you know, it's, it's some people just people just simple protestors who like came to i mean,

angry people who have just been i've just said, you know, it's a mix right now. it's hard to tell who are on the streets. i mean, it's a process started as a peaceful process like 2 days. it was a peaceful march on the street. of like it started somewhere in the west of the city and then the people peacefully march towards the city city hall. and they were faced with a tear gas and and apparently it's caused it turned like a peaceful module into into, into vida,

which is what we're looking at. the pictures we're looking at right now. ok, i want to cross over to bruce patio, who is in prague. explain 2 of us, how country has gotten to this point, why we've seen these protests now. you know, i, me ever the, it started out of course, with the, with the protest in the bar was to respond with the hike and the price of fuel. that was double, there was just involved a few dozen people in an oil where they're sound called john o's. now, you know, would the point watershed moment i think for this study is probably march 2019. when they changed. presidents 1st president nurses are by a step down from our up to 20 years. is the country leader. he handed over a power to his to his own chosen successor, cut them up tomorrow. at that point, i think a lot of people figured that this was going to be a moment when conflicts on took a turn to a different direction a little bit. you know that some were for long overdue reforms will be implemented

center living with start to improve more. you know, what really none of that happens since that, i mean some changes or not, but not much. that's why it's interesting that you know these protests when they started. and as they gathered seen, the demands that people were making were really the demand that we've been hearing for a couple years now. they wanted more of the red roll and the political system in picking their own leaders. and this was specifically something that people pointed out when there were some local officials to talk to the protesters. they would say we didn't have a chance to elect to, you're not elected officials when a recognize you. this is not new. something that's been more repeated in the last few days, but it's not a new complaint at all, you know, honest, as far as like, you know, increase in wages because inflation is going up or see these things are all common common demand. so they've been making for a long time range of foreign influence because the complaints are absolutely domestic and they've been no, that was my next question before we move on. here was then the spread of these

protests from this one region to the rest of the country. was that a surprise at all then? and what should we may cause of the president's response so far? well, yes, it was. i mean, i gotta admit, it was a surprise. there been a lot of strikes and a lot of protest and western college on certainly last year. ah, you know, so the fact that it went all the way from the west of the east and really was in every major town and city. and the sun was, was definitely a shock that when the authorities did try to make some concessions. but this was an old tactic for them of giving, giving something to the protesters. who said some of this on russ. it's been summary for a couple years. i think it just needed, you know, something to spark it. and that's really what we've seen in the last 4 days. right? crossover now, to belgrade, where we have victor rich, how is the russian president vladimir who she's likely to be viewing these developments? well, this has the steering events in kazakhstan,

it has been a surprise unexpected. it's an unexpected turn of events for moscow. and this comes at a sensitive time when moscow is preparing for negotiations with the united states and with nita on the security guarantees in europe and on ukraine. this is hardly going, it's hardly going to make rushes negotiating position stronger. in fact, if fresh is involvement in, in kazakhstan, through the collective for security 3, you can use ation. if it goes are sour. ah, this will negatively impact this will weaken russians position in the upcoming negotiations. so this is definitely not something moscow was looking for, especially at this time or if any time. because my son is an important ally for moscow,

it is the largest state in central asia. it is the both territory away and the economic way is the 2nd largest country in the region economic union where russia dominates. and so for russia, it is very important to keep because next on both a member of the, your asian economic union, and the member of the collective treaty organization to collect a security breach organization. so when russia saw that the situation in kazakhstan was getting out of control and it was happening quite fast. and when russia deemed that the cause of leadership was unable to deal with the situation, calm of the situation on its own. and when the president of, because extent archive essentially issued

a call for the collective security teacher organization to intervene in russia, baylor, was me, and several other states agreed to do so. now, there are several other important points as to what's going on in kazakhstan that have still not been made. of course, the trigger for the current situation was the, as boose, correctly pointed out, was the year increase in gas prices. however, the president of the extent of he has essentially used these for this to be able to use this critical this crisis to sideline and essentially remove the former president of the national tunnels, or a buyer who still had an important position in kazakhstan. is the head of the nation security council and the as a, as a so called by the father of the nation. all because it's time for several decades

. he has been able to remove him from catholic stance political here. but wondering whether the model wasn't, there wasn't a lot of the anger or some of the anger from the protest is directed at the former president. exactly, exactly, and it is very interesting that that angle has been channeled effectively channeled by the cure and present of cause. it's done by the car to both remove another by have from the political landscape of cars extend and also you move in as a buyer's colleagues. those who were loyalists from the government. essentially, when the 3rd day of for this talk i have announced the resignation of not a bias. close l i, i, scott, my mean, who was the prime minister of course x done and put his own ally in his place in that means place. okay, so they took,

i have that he moved to the head of the national security committee, was also not that bias ally. so this is a transformation of conflicts done in a political way also and to cry at 1st was interested in that we used the sport that's directed against another buyer in his own favor. but at this point, some of the protest got out of hand and took i have needs, needs assistance from abroad. ok, he said, we will come back to you in a moment. i want to go back down the line to see it over who i believe we still have on the phone from last 8. if you can hear me. i just want to ask you some of the reasons why people have been so angry in terms of the cost of living. i mean, it's interesting that these protest started, you know, in an area which was experiencing a boom energy boom. and yet those same people are struggling with the rising cost of fuel. so just told me through some of those reasons why people have been

taken to the streets. yeah, i mean it's just, i think it's a, it's a cumulative sort of the protest accumulated over the years because for the past year isn't even decades. people have made countless attempts to have a peaceful dialogue with the government. and they protested, book fair pay, the protection of land for elections and living conditions. but i think none of their demand have never been addressed. and over the years, all the time to go the suppressed and was many participants killed or put to jail or named sarah? and i think it's, it's what is happening. it just

address question. do you, did you did answer answer my question is it's accumulated over time. i'd like to cross over to prague bruce penny. i was interested to see the spokesperson for the russian president said that no foreign forces should interfere in kazakhstan affairs. what should we make of that? is that a threat? and would the west ever respond? that's a distraction there's. there's really no evidence, but any courses have interfered and corresponds internal affairs in the last few days or, or, or even interested in doing that. you know, you pointed out that the discovery stands been, been fairly adapted, balancing its foreign policy between china, russia, and the worst. no one in the west, one to see turmoil, an instability in san any more than anyone in russia or china would want to see that either. so this is just one of those, you know, vague illusions create a bogeyman that you can point to for being with albums are, and you know,

that's what even in present because comments last night. all those that he referred to, you know, terrorist band who had been heard received for training that, you know, and again, there was, there's really no evidence to suggest that anybody that's been out on the streets and protesting is an agent of some foreign terrorist group or anything, you know, so it's just one of those, one of those catch phrases that the crime one and not just the grandma, but other countries are out there and say, well, you know, we wouldn't want interference from outside. well, you know, that's, that's pretty big. and, and really there's, there's nothing to show that, that there is a truth. is there any eventuality? is there any turn of events that could happen in context or that would draw the west and you're saying that cause exxon has tried to play a diplomatic balancing game over the years. is there anything that might draw the, the engagement of the west? well, i really can't see that happening today. the truth, it's,

the colors are still a long way in the world. certainly along with the united states, for example. you know, i think a lot of countries would be willing to help to get through a dramatic time. and help them sort out any turmoil that's in there. but you know what, you can imagine a western intervention really in any country, in central asia, but certainly it would be impossible, logistically. it would be, it would be radically impossible. how would you bring any forces are already major in the amount of people or personnel in the context on you have to all of the have to go through china or russia. and if you don't go through china or russia, then you have a long route to get in there. so it's really, you know, i think there's been an understanding for a long time between the west and colleagues on the west is only able to help because it's done so much and both sides appreciate that. certainly everyone in the world wants to see a strong solver independent because it's dawn but able to stand on its own 2 feet and keep the same kind of relations at least. but it's already met again with the

west for 3 decades now. so there's really no interest in stabilizing the situation in cosmic stand, but if it was the stabilizer, i cannot imagine there's a lot that any western country could do because the government really invited them in with russian and chinese acquiescence to all of it. over in belgrade, let's cross over to you who were talking about china, how do you think china is going to be viewing these protest? i mean, the 2 countries share a lot land border and china has been increasing its investment into context on how do you think it's going to be viewing what's happening there now? well, of course, china is also not interested in the care and turmoil in kazakhstan, as you correctly pointed out, chain that has been expanded and gets economic influence in central asia, including, you know, because i've done. and of course, frequently with economic influence comes creeps in political influence and the

cause of society has been wide, sensitive about increasing chinese activity and chinese influencing their country. so on the one hand channel is not interested in the current turmoil. on the other hand, beijing understands that the introduction of collective security feature is ation force is basically russian bill or russian force a summer. i mean, you know, some others from central asia into cars next done will increase rushes influence and because it's done and possibly but then surely side line chinese influence perhaps a little bit in the country of our however, since china is the interested in stability because it's done, and that age and as a whole, of course it has a korea to that. it's also important to know that for russia, this peacekeeping mission, katie, is quite a few risks. if rush,

it is important for russian troops not to engage directly with the protesters or, and not to get involved in a new in any real military action. because any such incidence could be interpreted and viewed by various opposition forces in cause i've done and outside the country in a russian manner. so in fact, it's important for moscow to, throughout carefully here to show supports, including with its force projection in kazakhstan, show support to the current president, the extent that the crime and his government show support for stability. but at the same time, not to be he in, by the cause a population as, as a force from the outside that came into place you fi or to

wage violence against because people. so that's very important. yeah, i want to actually, i was actually down. you're saying that that it's very important how it's perceived by the population on that note, i want to ask, i see it really. so the how do you feel about russian bell? russian troops coming into cars? it's dawn. they say on a peacekeeping mission, i think it's i do believe that we and, and our government, we need to put all our efforts to stop violence. that is taking place in all my being and not the cds in congress. but definitely not by letting a russian or any other for an army, carry out a so called anti terrorist operation against cause of people. all right, and we have to leave it there for a time with come to the end of the program. thank you very much. for joining us here on inside story, bruce tanya,

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