Category: Belarus

Protests in Kazakhstan! Why Kazakhstan?

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

I’m quite sure this has western backing. That’s my relatively educated and insightful opinion. A“protest” of this size coming out of nowhere? Not credible.

Protests in Kazakhstan! Why Kazakhstan?

My thoughts, as well!

Related:

Kazakhstan: This is NOT a protest.

Further Reading Recommended by Penny (archived because it’s behind a paywall for me):

Will Unrest in Kazakhstan Inflame Tensions Between Russia and the West?

Previously:

Moscow: Events in Kazakhstan Are Attempt to Undermine Security of State, Inspired From Abroad

Moscow: Events in Kazakhstan Are Attempt to Undermine Security of State, Inspired From Abroad

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)1 Comment

Moscow: Events in Kazakhstan Are Attempt to Undermine Security of State, Inspired From Abroad

What happened:

Kazakhstan unrest: Dozens killed, about 2,000 arrested as protesters clash with police in Almaty

Kazakhstan is a major energy power, among the top exporters of oil globally and in the leading 20 for gas. The country’s government has subsidized liquefied petroleum gas for years, but when it lifted price controls on LPG, it argued that keeping them in place was no longer sustainable.

Previously:

BRI will make the whole region a well-connected village: Kazakhstan envoy

Terrorists operating in Afghanistan targeting CPEC projects: Pakistan

Nord Stream 2 is a double-edged geopolitical tool

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

When Pavel Zavalny, the chairman of Russian parliamentary committee on energy, made the forecast last Friday that Nord Stream 2 pipeline could start shipping natural gas to Germany as early as next month, it was received with disbelief. But Zavalny was categorical, and was quoted by Reuters as saying, “I can say with a high degree of certainty that the first gas via Nord Stream 2 will go in January.”

Nord Stream 2 is a double-edged geopolitical tool

Why It’s Unlikely Russia Will Deploy Troops Into Ukraine

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Why It’s Unlikely Russia Will Deploy Troops Into Ukraine

One thing is for sure: Unless Kiev starts a massive military campaign in the Donbass, or engages in a serious provocation against Russia, the Kremlin is unlikely to start a war against Ukraine. And even if a war breaks out, Russia’s actions are expected to be very calculated, limited and carefully coordinated with its Western partners, as part of moves toward a “stable and more predictable relationship” between Moscow and Washington.

Asia Times: Migration and geopolitics: the Belarus-Poland border crisis

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

It is crucial to cut through the hype and posturing to ensure this crisis does not escalate into dangerous conflict By ALFRED DE ZAYAS And ADRIEL KASONTA

Fake news and fake law make it difficult to understand the highly politicized migrant crisis in the Mediterranean, in the Balkans and on the border between Poland and Belarus.

Asia Times: Migration and geopolitics: the Belarus-Poland border crisis

Russia May Close Air Routes to Asia If EU Introduces Sanctions Against Aeroflot – Expert

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Russia May Close Air Routes to Asia If EU Introduces Sanctions Against Aeroflot – Expert

“I do not believe this accusation against Aeroflot at all. It is not coming from the European Union but from Bloomberg and really smells like fake news,” Xavier Moreau, an expert of geopolitics with the StratPol think tank, told Sputnik on Thursday.

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“The answer of Moscow would immediately be to cut all trans-Siberian air routes for European airlines to Asia, and that would really hurt Europe, which needs these direct transit routes. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has spoken of fake news and hoax. I think he is right in this instance,” Moreau said.