can and should be considered an act of aggression. protesters claim that their movement was peaceful and blamed the authorities for provoking the violence. translation: when the president said i he s at war with thugs, he called us thugs, terrorists. we re neither thugs, nor terrorists we participate in rallies. when he said that, i was deeply disappointed. the events in kazakhstan are now quickly turning into a geopolitical crisis as russia has sent its peacekeeping forces. these can help to stop the violence, but the public discontent that fuelled the protests is likely to remain. abdujalil abdurasulov, bbc news, almaty. i spoke to gaven helf from the us insititue of peace institute of peace to find out how he sees the situation in kazhakstan developing. in many ways, up to now,