Why must Putin be horrified when he watches the news from burning Kazakhstan – Diary N

Autocratic leaders around the world are most concerned about the moments that Kazakhs experience these days during unprecedented protests.

They are unpredictable and at the end may lose power that until then seemed infinite.

That’s why Russian President Vladimir Putin has a hard time looking at photos from Taldykorgan, where people tore down a statue of their former longtime ruler, Nursultan Nazarbayev.

Kazakhstan: Statue of former President Nazarbayev reportedly being pulled down in the capital of the Almaty region, Taldykorganpic.twitter.com/hGTzSmXDh2

– Peter Leonard (@Peter__Leonard) January 5, 2022

Wow, wow. The statue to Kazakhstan’s first president and until a few hours ago head of the Security Council Nazarbayev is seemingly down in Almaty region. pic.twitter.com/aetzwdNQqf

– Bakhti Nishanov (@b_nishanov) January 5, 2022

Kazakhstan is Putin’s most important ally alongside Belarus.

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