Entering Russian paratroopers under the guise of the CSTO-Zhomart Tokayeva, under the appearance of the CASYM-Zhomart Tokayev, will help the authorities to take the situation under control. However, the commissioning of foreign troops to Kazakhstan is not supported by the overwhelming majority of the Kazakhs and will become an indelible spot for Tokayev’s reputation in the country. This is stated in the article Washington Editorial Radio Liberty.
The author of Bruce Panier reminds that in Kazakhstan these days celebrated the 35th anniversary of the bloody suppression by the Soviet troops of protests in Almaty in 1986. It is believed that hundreds of people died during these events, although official sources report dozens of victims.
Call Tokaeva to enter the CSTO troops commented on the former US ambassador to William Courtney: “Kazakhstan people understand that it did not attack terrorist gangs to the country from abroad, but an uprising against corrupt tyranny. Russia’s military intervention will be poorly perceived by residents Kazakhstan, since they appreciate the sovereignty and independence of their country. So military intervention and will undermine friendly relations that have developed in 30 years between the two states. “
Nargis Kassenov, expert Davis Center on Russian and Eurasian research in Washington, said that Tokayev’s appeal in the CSTO “is a terrible solution and destroys the possibility of preserving his legitimacy.”
Former Kazakhstan Banker and Ex-Minister of Mukhtar Ablyazov, who is located in emigration, who announced himself with the leader of the protests, in an interview with the Kyrgyz service “Radio Liberty” said: Formally, Tokayev turned to the CSTO. But everything is clear that the decision took Nazarbayev.
“This appeal was done urgently, because in Almaty, the riot police and the military began to move on the side of the people. And in fact, Nazarbayev understood that the situation uncontrolled. Its power structures suddenly turned back to the regime. In such a situation, they decided to urgently contact Putin. Not to someone else, namely to Putin. Because the organization called the CSTO consists of Putin’s troops, and everything else is a fiction. It seems that countries are going together and make decisions. No, everything solves Putin, “says Ablyazov .
Ex-Minister notes that he is like a person who knows Tokaeva well, firmly sure: the president can not be any position, his own will, he simply performs what Nazarbayev said.
“But after entering Putin’s troops to Kazakhstan there was a dead-end situation. And now there is a decisive voice, a person who hosts the final decisions, is Putin himself. If nearest Nazarbayev could use his old relationship and come to an agreement with the Russian president, now interests. Putin is such that he can terminate these agreements at any time. Therefore, when Russian troops are located in the country, and the possibilities of the Kazakh army do not inspire confidence, Tokayev will do what Putin says. Putin will speak very politely, delicate. And Nazarbayev And his people are silent, “the oppositionist believes.