Anonymous ID: 814f45 Jan. 7, 2022, 5:34 p.m. No.15329450   🗄️.is đź”—kun

Hot off the enemy's (Israel) press:

 

Is Kazakhstan Russia’s Next Ukraine?

 

JANUARY 5, 2022

 

With Russian troops massing on Ukraine’s borders, it’s not only Ukrainians who worry about what President Vladimir Putin may have in store for them. It’s Kazakhs too. For now, Kazakhs don’t have to be immediately concerned about Russian troop movements. What unsettles them is years of Russian rhetoric, spearheaded by Putin’s repeated comments. In his annual news conference, Putin used an unrelated question posed by Kazakhstan TV last month to remind his audience that “Kazakhstan is a Russian-speaking country in the full sense of the word.” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov charged that xenophobia had sparked several attacks on Russian speakers in Kazakhstan.

Kazakhstan shares a 6,846-kilometre-long border with Russia, which is the world’s second-longest frontier. The country hosts a Russian minority that accounts for 20 percent of the population. Ethnic Russians carry their empathy for the motherland on their sleeves.

 

Dariga Nazabayeva, a member of the Kazakh parliament and daughter of former president Nursultan Nazarbayev, who has a close relationship with Putin, shot back that “cases of xenophobia sometimes occur in Russia too.” Putin demonstrated his friendship with Nazarbayev when he sent doctors to treat the former Kazakh leader after he was infected by Covid-19. In recent years, some far-right, ultra-nationalist ideologues have been calling for the return of Russian rule to Central Asia, and the carving up of Kazakhstan.

“One can label calling ethnic Russians in Kazakhstan a Diaspora as a political mistake, for these are our lands which have been temporarily torn away from Russia,” said Pavel Shperov, a former ultra-nationalist member of the Russian parliament while he was still a deputy. “Borders are not eternal. We will return to the borders of the Russian state,” he added.

 

An informal poll in Ridder, a predominantly ethnic Russian coal-mining town on eastern Kazakhstan’s border with Russia, suggested several years ago that up to three-quarters of the city’s mostly ethnic Russian population favored becoming part of Russia. Putin first sent a chill down Kazakh spines seven years ago, when a student in a news conference asked him nine months after the annexation of Crimea whether Kazakhstan risked a fate similar to that of Ukraine. Echoing a widespread perception among ethnic Russians that Russia had civilized central Asia’s nomadic steppes, Putin noted that then-president Nazarbayev, Kazakhstan’s Soviet-era Communist party boss, had “performed a unique feat: he has created a state on a territory where there has never been a state. The Kazakhs never had a state of their own, and he created it.”

 

Dr. James M. Dorsey is a journalist and scholar / Senior Fellow at the National University of Singapore’s Middle East Institute

 

https://www.algemeiner.com/2022/01/05/is-kazakhstan-russias-next-ukraine/

Anonymous ID: 814f45 Jan. 7, 2022, 5:39 p.m. No.15329480   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>9505 >>9528 >>9534

Jerusalem Post

 

Israel-Kazakhstan: Celebrating 30 years of cooperation - opinion

 

Dec 16, 2021

 

The Republic of Kazakhstan is currently celebrating its 30th year of independence, after parting ways with the USSR. On this occasion, Israel is also celebrating 30 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries. Many of us think about Kazakhstan as one of the countries that in the past was an integral part of Motherland Russia. At best, many Israelis see Kazakhstan as a tourist destination that they might one day visit after they’ve exhausted all the other more popular and familiar options. Such an image, however, does this country a grave injustice. One is a small country, while the other is huge. Nineteen million people live in Kazakhstan, and it is one of the least populated countries that was formerly part of the former Russian empire. Covering over 2.7 million sq.km., Kazakhstan is almost as large as all of Europe – an entire world all on its own. Kazakhstan shares a 6,500 km. border with Russia, a 1,500 km. border with China, a 2,300 km. border with Uzbekistan, and a 1,000 km. border with Kyrgyzstan.

 

This vast area is 140 times as large as the State of Israel and is home to thousands of streams and rivers, seven of which are over 1,000 km. long, as well as 48,000 lakes. The country is rich in natural resources, which are almost unlimited. It has within its borders billions of tons of oil and over 1.8 trillion cu.m. of natural gas. Moreover, 20% of the earth’s uranium reserves are located in Kazakhstan. These statistics are undoubtedly impressive and excite the imagination, and yet they fail to offer a clear picture of this country, the lifestyle of its population and its status vis-à-vis Asia, Europe, and to a large extent the rest of the world. It certainly does not reflect the potential relationship it could have with the State of Israel. From Kazakhstan’s first day as an independent state, the person who is rightly considered the father of the nation, Nursultan Nazarbayev, was intent on establishing full and intensive diplomatic relations with Israel. This relationship has only grown stronger over the years. The hand of Nazarbayev, who served longer than any other head of state of the other former Soviet republics, is evident in almost every aspect of this relationship. There still remains tremendous potential for the two countries to reach full economic cooperation in the areas of technological and agricultural development, as well as in many other areas. This is the challenge these two countries will be facing for the foreseeable future.

 

In contrast with leaders of other neighboring countries, and although his regime in Kazakhstan was completely stable, president Nazarbayev resigned a couple of years ago, and was replaced by Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. It’s true, Kazakhstan’s political structure might not resemble the democratic model that is normally found in Western countries; however, the country does enjoy impressive internal calmness and social stability, which has enabled it to become an economic power. Most importantly, it has shown a desire to join the global community and to be a tolerant country striving for progress, accelerated modernity, and an improved quality of life for its citizens. The most obvious example of this effort is Kazakhstan’s capital city, formerly called Astana and whose name was recently changed to Nur-Sultan, after the country’s first president who ruled Kazakhstan from its creation.

 

IN TERMS of political rules of the game, some might turn a blind eye to the lack of more aggressive political competition in Kazakhstan. Someone who compares it with the political culture in Israel, or with other countries that were part of the Soviet Union, might not necessarily like the dominant role Nazarbayev played. There still remains tremendous potential for the two countries to reach full economic cooperation in the areas of technological and agricultural development, as well as in many other areas.

 

https://www.jpost.com/opinion/israel-kazakhstan-celebrating-30-years-of-cooperation-opinion-688968

Anonymous ID: 814f45 Jan. 7, 2022, 5:44 p.m. No.15329500   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>9506

What if the Cabal is falling and they're [Cabal] trying to break into Kazakhstan to flee to because of the resources. If Kazakhstan is their panic fallback I feel sorry for them. Putin can chew bubblegum and walk at the same time.

Anonymous ID: 814f45 Jan. 7, 2022, 5:55 p.m. No.15329542   🗄️.is đź”—kun

NSO Spyware Found on Activists’ Phones in Kazakhstan

 

December 9th, 2021

 

The phones of at least four activists who are critical of their government in Kazakhstan were found to have been infected with software developed by Israeli spyware firm NSO Group, a forensic analysis by Amnesty International’s Security Lab said Thursday. Three of the four had received prior warning from Apple at the end of November that their iPhones could have been infected by a “state-sponsored attacker.” NSO’s clients are usually state intelligence agencies from around the world. Its Pegasus spyware can provide clients with remote access to successfully hacked phones. Amnesty did not identify who the client could be in this case.

 

An NSO spokesperson told Haaretz that as “Amnesty chose to publish accusations in the media, rather than provide us with the information for the purpose of thorough investigations … we cannot refer to an alleged report we have not seen, published by an organization that has been known for publishing false accusations against NSO.”

 

Over the summer, an international consortium of journalists, led by Paris-based NGO Forbidden Stories in collaboration with Amnesty International’s Security Lab, published a major investigation into a leak of 50,000 potential targets selected for possible snooping by NSO’s clients. Reports at the time said that up to 2,000 of them were linked to Kazakhstan, with potential targets including a former prime minister and current President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. Tokayev became president of the Central Asian country in 2019 after being named the successor of strongman Nursultan Nazarbayev, who nominally resigned after almost three decades’ rule. Nazarbayev still retains key leadership roles and remains head of the country’s security council, maintaining what Reuters terms ”sweeping powers.” According to Amnesty International’s Security Lab, the four devices were “infected from as early as June 2021” – just as the global investigation, which Haaretz was a part of, was being published.

 

Amnesty’s lab examined nine phones in all, and four were found to have been infected. The victims belong to a progressive civil society group called “Wake up, Kazakhstan” (“Oyan, Qazaqstan”) and their phones were “infected with the spyware between 3 and 5 June 2021,” Amnesty stated. It added that the “surveillance campaign continued until at least July 2021.”

 

Apple began notifying victims at the end of November that their phones may have been compromised. Three of the four targets had received such messages but the fourth had not, indicating that there may be additional victims in Kazakhstan. The notifications followed news that the U.S.-based tech giant had filed a lawsuit against NSO, accusing it of helping its clients break into Apple’s mobile software, iOS, through an “exploit” of its iMessage service. Last week, Reuters and others reported that anywhere between nine and 11 U.S. State Department officials working in Uganda and using non-U.S. phone numbers were also targeted. NSO has recently been blacklisted by the U.S. Department of Commerce, along with another Israeli cyberware firm called Candiru. NSO was likely placed on the U.S. blacklist because its software was allegedly used by one of its clients to target the U.S. officials.

 

Historically, some of its best-known clients have included Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Mexico. Israel’s Defense Ministry must approve export licenses for NSO – which has close ties to Israel’s defense and intelligence communities – in order for it to sell its technology globally. In a statement given to Reuters, the Israeli Embassy in Washington said the targeting of U.S. officials would be a serious breach of its rules. “Cyber products like the one mentioned are supervised and licensed to be exported to governments only for purposes related to counterterrorism and severe crimes,” an embassy spokesperson said. “The licensing provisions are very clear and if these claims are true, it is a severe violation of these provisions.” Kazakhstan is in the midst of a crackdown on social media, claiming recently that it had reached a deal with Facebook’s Meta to allow it to take down posts. Meta denied the claim, which came as the country advanced “data localization” legislation that would allow such actions.

 

https://web.archive.org/web/20220106213125/https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/tech-news/.premium-nso-spyware-found-on-activists-phones-in-kazakhstan-1.10453477

Anonymous ID: 814f45 Jan. 7, 2022, 6:05 p.m. No.15329577   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>9597 >>9748 >>9755 >>9806 >>9853

>>15329534

In 1990 Bush Sr had the opportunity to prop the Soviet Union up and didn't. He let the Soviet Union collapse. Why? What did the Cabal get out of it? What happened in Kazakhstan when the USSR fell (broke apart)? Where did the Bolsheviks (Israeli dual passport holders) go? Why Kazakhstan? Why now? Who was in charge of Kazakhstan? Who is trying to gain control of Kazakhstan? As anons have already concluded all is not what it seems.

Anonymous ID: 814f45 Jan. 7, 2022, 6:25 p.m. No.15329664   🗄️.is đź”—kun

>>15329646

The World is divided into two realities. In Europe, Asia, US, South America, etc… there are the cities that are getting the totalitarian treatment big time and the Rural areas are pretty much being left out of the war save the corporate stores, who have relaxed in rural areas because of the total pushback economically. As long as you're willing to live in a rural area Western Europe is still ok but the metro areas? Forget it. People are fleeing in droves to escape the coming collapse.

Anonymous ID: 814f45 Jan. 7, 2022, 6:42 p.m. No.15329738   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>9747 >>9757

Food and cash shortages spread as Kazakhstan throttles internet

 

Modern life falls apart without an internet connection.

 

Kazakhs woke on January 8 to find themselves, for the fourth straight day, cut off from the world. Without an internet connection – essential there, too, for modern services, including paying for goods – many were also beginning to run out of food. Around 95 percent of internet users in Kazakhstan have been unable for the most part to get online since January 5, according to NetBlocks, a data provider. KazakhTelecom, the state-owned telecommunication giant, began throttling access on January 4 amid nationwide protests that began over fuel prices and quickly swept a nation with longstanding grievances about inequality and corruption. The worst hit city is Almaty, epicenter of a violent government crackdown that has left dozens dead. Yet even there, several customers of the Russia-owned Beeline mobile service reported they could get online at times, and many sites are blocked. Telephone connections come and go, though data and cellular connections appear to be better in western Kazakhstan, which has been spared the violence. Even many government websites have been forced offline. Many Kazakhs do their daily shopping with debit cards. These were often rendered useless by the outage because payment terminals depend on internet connections. By the end of the week, long lines were forming at ATM machines in Almaty, Nur-Sultan and Aktau as residents sought cash to procure staples. Nurserik Zholbarys, a resident of Nur-Sultan, told Eurasianet that he stood over 30 minutes in a line to withdraw 10,000 tenge ($23) from a SberBank ATM machine in Nur-Sultan’s fashionable Esyl district. This is the daily limit imposed on those who can find a working ATM: The National Bank suspended commercial bank services on January 6; some fear they will not be available again until the state of emergency is lifted. Lada.kz, a media outlet in the western city of Aktau, also reports long lines for bank machines. “Most ATMs have run out of cash,” the outlet said on its Telegram channel on January 7, pointing residents to one functioning ATM at a Halyk Bank.

 

A Nur-Sultan-based economist said the 10,000 tenge limit is effective in that it helps commercial banks avoid panic withdrawals. “The internet outage showed how the nation’s economy wholly depends on it. Cashless payments went down, food supply chains were disrupted, long lines formed in supermarkets. It has sent our society back to the early 2000s,” the economist said just before his connection died, and before Eurasianet could ask permission to print his name. Kultegin Aspanuly, an Orda.kz reporter in Aktau, a city of 180,000, told Eurasianet that residents are helping each other out. “Store owners understand that people have money in their bank accounts, but have issues with withdrawals. So, they are giving out food essentials based on trust that customers will pay later when commercial bank services are restored,” Aspanuly said. Residents of Almaty report difficulty finding food as periodic bursts of gunfire continue to ring out in the city of 1.8 million, Kazakhstan’s largest. “People are buying more food than usual to stock up for possible worse upcoming days. Bread shortages mean one per person,” Doskhan Zhylkybay, a graduate student at Almaty’s Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, told Eurasianet via the Instagram messenger. Though the protests that have shaken Kazakhstan more than any event since the fall of the Soviet Union began this week in nearby Zhanaozen, the surrounding Mangistau region saw mostly peaceful and well-organized rallies. Protesters are still standing in central squares demanding political reforms, while bigger cities like Almaty, Shymkent and Kyzylorda have seen provocative destruction, looting and bloody confrontations with security services.

 

In a defiant televised address on January 7 in which he ordered security forces “to shoot to kill without warning” and blamed unnamed foreign terrorists for the unrest, without providing evidence, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev promised to lift the internet restrictions. “As the situation is stabilizing, I have decided to turn on the internet in some regions of the country at certain time intervals. This decision, I am sure, will have a positive effect on the life of our citizens,” Tokayev said. That did little to ease worries among Kazakhstanis in the West, who are concerned that, with the internet out, their loved ones didn’t hear his warning that they could be gunned down in the street.

 

 

https://eurasianet.org/food-and-cash-shortages-spread-as-kazakhstan-throttles-internet

Anonymous ID: 814f45 Jan. 7, 2022, 6:51 p.m. No.15329769   🗄️.is đź”—kun

Anons need to bone up on the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO). It appears to me the Cabal plan is to activate the CSTO to draw Russian allies into the conflict so they can escalate this to a theater war.

 

January 08, 2022

The Kazakhstan Crisis: A View From Kyrgyzstan

In supporting the CSTO intervention today in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov is perhaps hoping to secure similar CSTO support for himself in the future.

 

The Kazakhstan Crisis: A View From Kyrgyzstan

It is the fifth day since protests began in Kazakhstan, turning violent in recent days while the government shut down the internet. Here in neighboring Kyrgyzstan, meanwhile, people have actively expressed their concerns about the crisis next door on various social networks. The mood is as if the unrest were happening here. People are quite emotional in voicing their support for our neighbors, whom we see as a brother nation. Therefore, the news that the Kyrgyz army would participate in the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) coalition to support Kazakh government forces to fight against what they have labeled “foreign terrorists” was immediately and widely condemned.

 

People in Kyrgyzstan began signing a petition against participating and a number of activists protested in front of the main government buildings in the capital, Bishkek. Kyrgyz also worry that participating in the CSTO mission may cause a rift between two neighbor nations. They called on the president and the parliament not to send Kyrgyz soldiers to support the corrupt Kazakh dictatorship against its people. They see the CSTO a weapon of Russian President Vladimir Putin, with which Russia can fight proxy wars to strengthen dictatorships in the former-Soviet satellite states. Kyrgyz also note that the CSTO rejected Bishkek’s requests for support during the inter-ethnic clashes in 2010 and when the Tajik army attacked Kyrgyz civilians in bordering villages last year. Activist lawyers point out that the CSTO’s mandate to intervene is aimed at situations in which there is an act of aggression by a foreign state, which is clearly not the case now.

 

Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, however, made his request for the CSTO intervention claiming that the country was not just experiencing domestic social unrest but an act of aggression by “foreign terrorists.” On January 7, the Kyrgyz parliament approved President Sadyr Japarov’s proposal to send Kyrgyz troops as part of the CSTO coalition to Kazakhstan. The president may feel obliged to do so, as he understands that his own country is notorious for its numerous revolutions. Revolutions and protests have overthrown three Kyrgyz presidents in 30 years and Japarov must know that he may well face the same fate. As such, he may hope that by supporting the CSTO intervention today in Kazakhstan, he is securing similar CSTO support for himself in the future.

 

Meanwhile, for Russia, the Kazakhstan crisis is an opportunity to flex its muscles ahead of talks on Ukraine next week with Western leaders. It is also a chance to strengthen the role of the CSTO, as this will be the organization’s first military intervention. Until now, the CSTO has mostly been a symbolic anti-Western body without much weight in the international arena. The Kazakhstan crisis is thus a model demonstrating how Russia can quickly mobilize forces if the regimes favored by Moscow are under threat.

 

https://thediplomat.com/2022/01/the-kazakhstan-crisis-a-view-from-kyrgyzstan/

Anonymous ID: 814f45 Jan. 7, 2022, 7:01 p.m. No.15329808   🗄️.is đź”—kun

Contingents of the CSTO Collective Peacekeeping Forces are deployed to the Republic of Kazakhstan

 

In accordance with the decision of the CSTO Collective Security Council adopted on January 6, 2022, the Collective Security Treaty Organization Collective Peacekeeping Forces have been sent to the Republic of Kazakhstan for a limited period of time to stabilize and normalize the situation.

 

They included units of the armed forces of the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Tajikistan.

 

The main tasks of the CSTO Collective Peacekeeping Forces will be the protection of important state and military facilities, assistance to the law enforcement forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan in stabilizing the situation and returning it to the legal field.

 

From the Russian Federation, the CSTO Collective Peacekeeping Forces include units and military units of the Airborne Troops.

 

At present the Russian part of the Russian peacekeeping contingent is being redeployed to the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan by planes of the military transport aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces. The advanced units of the contingent have already begun to carry out their assigned tasks.

 

https://en.odkb-csto.org/news/news_odkb/kontingenty-kollektivnykh-mirotvorcheskikh-sil-odkb-napravleny-v-respubliku-kazakhstan/#loaded