To the nation, kazakh president kassym jomart tokayev said he had given orders to his security forces to shoot to kill without warning, describing the street demonstrations as coordinated attacks by foreign led agents. the events in kazakhstan are being closely watched by opposition groups in other former soviet republics, including belarus and its exiled opposition leader, svetla na ti kha novs kaya. it is shameful belarusians should not fight abroad and should not participate in such operations, should not help another dictator to stay in power, by all means. russia says its deployment of troops is temporary. china has expressed support for what it calls strong measures taken to restore stability in kazakhstan, where it has significant investments. the us has advised some of its consular staff to leave, describing the country as in a state of emergency. russell trott, bbc news.
The events in kazakhstan are being closely watched by opposition groups in other former soviet republics, including belarus and its exiled opposition leader, svetla na ti kha novs kaya. it is shameful belarusians should not fight abroad and should not participate in such operations, should not help another dictator to stay in power, by all means. russia says its deployment of troops is temporary. china has expressed support for what it calls strong measures taken to restore stability in kazakhstan, where it has significant investments. the us has advised some of its consular staff to leave, describing the country as in a state of emergency. russell trott, bbc news. earlier i spoke to annette bohr, associate fellow of the russia and eurasia programme at chatham house. i started by asking her whether it is unusual for russia to be invited in to react to these protests. there have been several occasions
Welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. with the world focused on russia s invasion of ukraine, it s easy to overlook one other key element of vladimir putin s greater russia strategy moscow s ever tighter grip on ukraine s northern neighbour belarus, now used as a launchpad for the ukraine assault. belarus s authoritarian president lukashenko seems to be in putin s pocket, whether he likes it or not. my guest is exiled leader of the anti lukashenko movement, svetla na ti kha novs kaya. is the fate of belarus now tied to the fate of ukraine?
Belarus s authoritarian president lukashenko seems to be in putin s pocket, whether he likes it or not. my guest is exiled leader of the anti lukashenko movement, svetla na ti kha novs kaya. is the fate of belarus now tied to the fate of ukraine? svetla na tikhanovskaya, welcome to hardtalk. hello. it s nice to have you in our studio. tell me, what are your feelings as you see your country, belarus, being used
It s easy to overlook one other key element of vladimir putin s greater russia strategy moscow s ever tighter grip on ukraine s northern neighbour belarus, now used as a launchpad for the ukraine assault. belarus s authoritarian president lukashenko seems to be in putin s pocket, whether he likes it or not. my guest is exiled leader of the anti lukashenko movement, svetla na ti kha novs kaya. is the fate of belarus now tied to the fate of ukraine?