The country, which is among the ten largest states in terms of surface area unexpectedly surprised us at the very beginning of 2022.
Due to the increase in prices for gas motor fuel, from 11cts. which is ridiculous for most countries, to 21cts, thousands of residents of Kazakhstan took to the streets and started riots. There were so many protesters that Kazakh law enforcement forces were powerless to deal with them.
While Kazakhstan was blazing with riots, the reaction of the world's leading media to this is interesting. Bloomberg, for example, stubbornly ignored what was happening, highlighting last year's raid on the Capitol in Washington by Trump supporters. Although at that time in Kazakhstan there were already dead bodies on the streets, the collapse of the transport system and the disconection of Internet.
The protests, which was extremely unusual in this country, did not have any leaders, nor any sane political demands. They expected, the resignation of the president, but was inaccurate. Most likely it was used as a cover up to justify the riots. The protests consisted in ramsacking shops, the gutting of ATMs and other robberies.
It was even reported about the engagement of a well-known criminal gang leader, so to speak, so as to force the law enforcement officers to do their job.
News about what is happening in Kazakhstan began to appear, but still was not given the impotance it should have.
Shortly before what was happening in Kazakhstan, the NYT posted a map of the location of Russian troops near the border with Ukraine.
For some time now, the Western media have been talking about the possible entry of Russian troops into Ucraine.
Here against the backdrop of unrest in the country, the president,managed to escape the protestors, and asked Putin to send troops to Kazakhstan to curb the protesters.
The reaction of the world media was that nothing unusual happened. The united western media write about invading the Russian forces in other country as if it were a common thing.
The western media look to the situation with Ukraine as hysterics.
Both countries of the former USSR republics, look similar on the map. There is a big difference in treatment by the western world dealing both countries.
S.S.