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The article “Kazakhstan is on the verge of great changes” by Lead Researcher for the Center for International Security of the IMEMO, Cand. of Science (History) Stanislav Ivanov was published on the website of the “InfoSCO” on January 14, 2022.

Now it is difficult to determine the roots and origins of the Kazakh riot, who initiated it, and how the spontaneous protest of the people against the increase of the gas prices soon turned into riots and acts of violence. It seems, there was made an attempt for a caucus room coup or for a redistribution of spheres of influence in the politics and the economy. There is a possibility, that the goal of the conspirators was to remove President Tokayev from power or weaken his position.

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