Inflection EP28: Kazakhstan Crisis Made in USA

Violence ripped through Kazakhstan in what was clearly a US-sponsored color revolution.

We take a look at the evidence of US interference in Kazakhstan’s internal political affairs, the Western media’s coverage of the unrest, and what Russia’s response means for future instability in the region (Central Asia) and around the world.

Inflection is a weekly show featuring Angelo Giuliano and Brian Berletic, discussing recent headlines and in-depth discussion of topics shaping the shift from West to East and unipolarism to multipolarism.

References:

BBC - Kazakhstan unrest: Internet returns to Almaty following a five day outage:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-59927267
RAND Corporation - Overextending and Unbalancing Russia (2019):
https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB10014.html
New Eastern Outlook - Europe Has no Freedom But to Choose “Freedom Gas” (2019):
https://journal-neo.org/2019/06/06/europe-has-no-freedom-but-to-choose-freedom-gas/
US Embassy and Consulate, Kazakhstan - Demonstration Alert: U.S. Mission Kazakhstan December 16, 2021:
https://kz.usembassy.gov/demonstration-alert121521/
TASS - Fugitive banker calls himself leader of protests in Kazakhstan - agency:
https://tass.com/world/1384807?s=09
ABC Australia - Kazakhstan officer beheaded, protesters killed as government offices are targeted amid unrest:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-01-06/apn-kazakhstan-unrest/100743000
Eurasianet - Kazakhstan: Sinophobic sentiments trigger fresh rallies (2019):
https://eurasianet.org/kazakhstan-sinophobic-sentiments-trigger-fresh-rallies
NED - Kazakhstan 2020:
https://www.ned.org/region/eurasia/kazakhstan-2020/

NED-funded Orgs Called “Independent”

CPJ - Kazakh police detain, harass editor of independent weekly Uralskaya Nedelya:
https://cpj.org/2021/02/kazakh-police-detain-harass-editor-of-independent-weekly-uralskaya-nedelya/
Eurasianet - Kazakhstan: Feisty newspaper rages against the dying of the light:
https://eurasianet.org/kazakhstan-feisty-newspaper-rages-against-the-dying-of-the-light
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty - Kazakh Journalists, Activists Summoned Ahead Of Protest:
https://www.rferl.org/a/kazakhstan-journalists-activists-summoned-by-police-ahead-of-planned-protest/29304676.html
Frontline Defenders - KAZAKHSTAN INTERNATIONAL BUREAU FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE RULE OF LAW (KIBHR):
https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/organization/kazakhstan-international-bureau-human-rights-and-rule-law-kibhr
Freedom House - Kazakhstan: Government Suspends Key Human Rights Organizations:
https://freedomhouse.org/article/kazakhstan-government-suspends-key-human-rights-organizations

NED-funded Groups Leading Protests

Eurasianet - Kazakhstan: Waking up to reform:
https://eurasianet.org/kazakhstan-waking-up-to-reform
Democracy & Parties - Winter School 2020:
https://democracyandparties.com/odihr/alumni/2020-winter-school/
LPRC - Partners (archived):
http://web.archive.org/web/20171022194109/http://lprc.kz/en/partners
Eurasianet - About (US/UK government and Open Society funded):
https://eurasianet.org/about
RFE/RL - Kazakhs Mark 50th Anniversary Of Gulag's Official Closure:
https://www.rferl.org/a/Kazakhs_Mark_50th_Anniversary_Of_Gulags_Official_Closure/1939484.html
Wikileaks - KAZAKHSTANI YOUTH MOVEMENT FINDS INSPIRATION IN ORANGE REVOLUTION (2005):
https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/05ALMATY2838_a.html
Guardian - US campaign behind the turmoil in Kiev (2004):
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/nov/26/ukraine.usa
NYT - Who Really Brought Down Milosevic? (2000):
https://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/26/magazine/who-really-brought-down-milosevic.html

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