kazakhstan, looting on the rise, crawling with russian troops, access to social media and internet is making it hard. so how did we get here? what initially started after an increase in gas prices snow balled as security forces cracked down. experts suspect fuelled by clashing political elites, as a result, kazakhstan's president gave the order to, quote, shoot to kill without warning those participating in the unrest. he also took advantage of the chaos to dismiss his cabinet and oust his predecessor, who is largely thought to be pulling the strings from behind the scenes from the security council. as one puts it, it is, quote, a coup by the current president against the old president. in order to solidify his shaky