Analyses
Developments in Kazakhstan: Backgrounds, repercussions and future scenarios
23 January 2022
Economic hardship in Kazakhstan aggravated by the COVID-19 pandemic has caused social dissatisfaction; and, to make things worse, an ill-conceived and steep increase in the cost of LPG sparked civil unrest with unpredicted circumstances. However, the two factors affecting this situation are the transition from Nazarbayev’s period and the involvement of the CSTO.
