.@joannalillis: Denied entry to Kazakhstan at land border near Bishkek. No entry to foreigners at land borders, not even journalists - though I've often crossed this border when it's closed in the past. Devastated I can't get back home to Almaty to report on its terrible traumas from the ground
2 year agoIt's now Saturday morning in Kazakhstan, where internet has been cut for some 60 hours. The blackout has produced an information vacuum as anti-government protests escalate, hindering independent media and human rights monitors
Blinken in his typical ill-mannered style spoke about the events in Kazakhstan, - the Russian Foreign Ministry said on “once Russians are in your house, it's very difficult to get them to leave”
2 year agoMilitary convoy in Ulan-Ude filmed, comment "the military equipment is on the move, not for the first day"
Tokayev: Gangsters and militants very well trained, organized and commanded by the special centre. Some of them were speaking non-Kazakh languages. There were at least six waves of attacks of militants at Almaty, total amount of them 20 thousand
The Ministry of the Interior of Kazakhstan: 7 policemen were killed during a security operation in the city of Almaty
Developments in Kazakhstan are politically, economically different than what's happening outside Ukraine, Blinken says. "Having said that, I think one lesson of recent history is that, once Russians are in your house, it's sometimes very difficult to get them to leave," he adds
Blinken says "we are very concerned" about developments in Kazakhstan and "have questions" about the nature of the request for assistance from CSTO. "It would seem to me that the Kazakh authorities certainly have the capacity to deal appropriately with protests"
In Taldykorgan, a tense situation persists, shooting continues there, Sputnik reports.
Kazakhstan Ministry of Internal Affairs: 3811 suspected terrorists detained, 26 killed, control over all administrative buildings over country restored
Russian Security Services are now in control of situation at Baikonur city. Prohibited to gather more than 3 people
Lukashenka held phone call with Nazarbayev
2 year agoPhoto of military equipment posted yesterday. Equipment at Razdol'noe, Primorsky Krai
2 year agoMilitary echelon filmed in Transbaikal region
2 year agoMilitary echelon filmed in Irkutsk region
China firmly opposes any force undermining Kazakhstan's stability and is ready to provide necessary support for Kazakhstan to overcome hardship, Chinese President Xi Jinping made the remarks in a verbal message to Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
2 year agoAllies are following developments in Kazakhstan very closely, says NATO SecGen Stoltenberg, lamenting the loss of life
NATO is concerned about events in Kazakhstan
Orda Kz quoting witnesses reports 3 audible explosion near intersection of Tolstogo street and Chernyshevskogo street in Turksib district of Almaty and chemical smell in the air after
2 year agoRussian Air Force Ilyushin Il-76MD-90A CTA0558K airborne from Almaty Kazahstan
Curfew in Taraz extended, to start at 19 instead of 23
Khabar TV also released Kazakh language statement of President Tokayev
Josep Borrell Fontelles: Received debrief on the situation in call with Kazakhstan Foreign Minister Mukhtar Tileuberdi. Expressed EU's readiness to support de-escalation and stability, and we will continue to follow the situation closely. Important that rights and security of civilians are guaranteed
Putin had multiple conversations with Tokayev on the CSTO measures to ensure order in Kazakhstan were discussed - Kremlin's spokesperson
2 year agoKazakh police detained Arman Dzhumageldiev nicknamed Dikiy, organized-crime leader, suspected in organizing riots in Almaty
Lukashenka had phone calls with Pashinyan and Putin
Russian Il-76 with Tajikistani troops has already taken off from the Gissar airfield, - the Russian Defense Ministry reported
Twelve more Il-76 and An-124 military transport aircraft departed from the Chkalovsky airfield with servicemen and airborne equipment to Kazakhstan, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.
The Belarusian military contingent, which is part of the CSTO forces, arrived in Kazakhstan in full force and began to fulfill the assigned tasks - Ministry of Defense of Belarus
2 year agoA small gathering outside the parliament in Tbilisi in support of Kazakhstan protests happening now
Central Asia is the core region of the Asian continent and stretches from the Caspian Sea in the west to China in the east and from Afghanistan in the south to Russia in the north. It is also sometimes referred to as Middle Asia, and, colloquially, "the 'stans" (as the six countries generally considered to be within the region all have names ending with the Persian suffix "-stan", meaning "land of") and is within the scope of the wider Eurasian continent.
Central Asia include five republics of the former Soviet Union: Kazakhstan (pop. 17 million), Kyrgyzstan (5.7 million), Tajikistan (8.0 million), Turkmenistan (5.2 million), and Uzbekistan (30 million), for a total population of about 66 million as of 2013–2014. Afghanistan (pop. 31.1 million) is also sometimes included. (wikipedia)
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