KZBlog

An American expat living in Astana, Kazakhstan

Tag archive for ‘protests’

  • Unrest

    Chris Merriman has a good summary of recent events in Kazakhstan including the two people who set themselves on fire in public buildings, the car bomb, and now the killing of two policeman in Aktobe. On the latter, there’s a little more information out now. According to Azattyq (RFE/RL), around midnight on June 30th a […]

  • December 86 a Rebellion?

    Some interesting news from RFE/RL: the movement Zheltoksan AkitatAkikat wants the government to investigate the December 86 protests and classify them as a rebellion. I assume this is a separate group from Zheltoksan 86, but I honestly don’t know what Akitat means in Kazakh (Zheltoksan means December). EDIT: Akikat, the actual name of the movement, […]