Ex-head “Bank Turan Alem” (BTA Bank) Mukhtar Ablyazov may not be the main organizer of protests in Kazakhstan, but nevertheless is one of them, the head of the Eurasian Analytical Club Nikita Mendkovich believes. By his opinion on the role of an ex-banker in the events taking place in Kazakhstan, the political scientist shared in a conversation with “Tape.ru.”
Protest coordination
The personal influence of Ablyazov on protests in Kazakhstan is insignificant, Mendkovich noted. But the subordinates of the structures are used as contractors, that is, the organizers, the political scientist believes. “I mean the” Democratic Choice of Kazakhstan “and the Open Dialog Foundation in Warsaw. It was they who moderated the chats through which the protests in Almaty and other cities coordinated. Also nominally, his structure belonged to the notorious headquarters in Kiev. In addition, he It is an intermediate link when the opposition’s means is received, “the political analyst believes.
According to Mendkovich, these actions are needed former banker for survival. The political scientist believes that opposition activity is now the only relevant in the West and this is what the ex-head of the Bank Turan Alem (BTA Bank) can offer today.
failed enterprise
Disgrace Ablyazov to recognize in involvement in the organization of protests The political scientist spoke unequivocally: no one wants to be responsible for the failure enterprise. “Naturally, he is rejected from him. Although his structures did everything possible to protest,” the head of the Eurasian Analytical Club said.
He stressed that it would be wrong to believe that only Ablyazov was involved in the organization of protests in Kazakhstan. According to Mendkovich, along with his party “Democratic selection of Kazakhstan” and the Open Dialog Foundation in Warsaw, other groups financed from the USA worked on this.
January 9 of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan reported that 164 people were killed in the country during the riots, including 103 in Alma-Ata. In the Kyzylorda region, 21 people died, in Zhambyl – ten people, in Almaty – eight. On January 8, the death of a 22-year-old citizen of Israel during protests was also reported. Levan Kogeashvili, who came to his parents for the New Year holidays, killed in Alma-Ata. The agency notes that these data are not final.
In early January in Kazakhstan, due to the increase in the price of liquefied gas, mass protests broke out, which turned into riots. Participants in the shares put forward political requirements, including the departure of the Nursultan Nazarbayev’s former President of Nursultan. The most significant collisions with security forces occurred in Almaty. In different regions, participants in the riots seized and set fire to several government buildings.