What’s Happening in Kazakhstan

... of their accomplices have already gone (although the number is down this year). The way the attack was organized, however, is not characteristic of Islamists, particularly as it took place on the first day of Ramadan, the Muslim fast. Meanwhile the Kazakhstan authorities have stated that a coup d’état planned by a group of security officials and military officers has been successfully thwarted. The plotters were led by the businessman Tokhtar Tuleshov, who is currently in prison. In May of this year the security services prevented ...