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Re:Kazakh president’s home ablaze as protests escalate by eatonphil on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @01:25PM (#29812896)
Those are still all Russian "buffer" states. Why would he be enjoying unrest on Russian borders?
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Re:Kazakh president’s home ablaze as protests escalate by paxys on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @01:28PM (#29812940)
Because it gives him an opportunity to increase Russia’s sphere of influence (whether by exerting soft power or outright annexation).
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Re:Kazakh president’s home ablaze as protests escalate by smsm42 on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @01:46PM (#29813171)
He doesn't want to annex Kazakhstan, who needs this trouble? He wants it to be within his sphere of influence, but deal with their own problems by themselves, preferably in a way that doesn't give people of Russia any ideas about freedoms or democracy. So far it worked pretty well, but now something went wrong...
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Re:Kazakh president’s home ablaze as protests escalate by Cuuugi on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @01:35PM (#29813030)
Did you ever consider it might be an attack on his sphere of influence? Putin's not the only bad actor in the world.
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Re:Kazakh president’s home ablaze as protests escalate by moltar on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @02:55PM (#29814057)
Bingo!

And who was getting really friendly with KZ lately? Yes, yes!

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Re:Kazakh president’s home ablaze as protests escalate by Cuuugi on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @01:34PM (#29813014)
The left wing mob (let's face it, HN) blindly hates on Putin. There's probably more to the story (he may be trying to disrupt their oil export deals), but he's definitely concerned about the outcome.
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