Kazakhstan’s president asks Russia for help as unrest grows
The government has been sacked, official buildings torched and a state of emergency declared
WHEN KAZAKHSTAN’S government resolved to end subsidies on liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) three years ago, the decision attracted little attention. Its leaders could not have guessed that the move would threaten the very existence of the regime that has ruled the Central Asian country since it became an independent republic in 1991.
This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline “Shouting at deaf old men”
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