Nine minute intro on Kazakhstans current issues.
> Seems to agree that the triggering point was the doubling of fuel prices but by the time the Kazakhstan government reversed the decision, the protests became about all sorts of things such as the income inequality, the rule of the Oligarchies, corruption, and the lack of economic development under the "Nayzerbayev" Regime and seeing President Tokayev as a figurehead.
Also the security crackdown seemed to resolve the issues within a week with the foreign troops already heading home. Government reports 225 people were killed including 19 Security Forces and around twelve thousand people arrested.
Plus it touched on the rumored power struggles at the top and that Tokayev has managed to cement power himself over the Nayzerbayev holdouts. And now Tokayev is vowing reforms including increasing the tax rates on mining companies and a redistribution of wealth from the richest people and companies into a social fund so the "So the economic growth should translate into actual benefits for ordinary citizens," according to the Kazakhstan Ambasasdor to the United States, Yerzhan Ashikbayev.