{"id":40460,"date":"2022-01-09T05:10:02","date_gmt":"2022-01-08T20:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2022\/jan\/08\/as-order-is-restored-in-kazakhstan-its-future-is-murkier-than-ever"},"modified":"2022-01-09T05:10:02","modified_gmt":"2022-01-08T20:10:02","slug":"as-order-is-restored-in-kazakhstan-its-future-is-murkier-than-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=40460","title":{"rendered":"As order is restored in Kazakhstan, its future is murkier than ever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The tragic events of last week, in which dozens lost their lives, have exposed hidden political tensions<\/p>\n<p>For many Kazakhs, the full story behind the unrest of the past week remains as murky as the mist that enveloped Almaty, the country\u2019s largest city and the centre of violence, at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>People were unable to access accurate information, as an internet blackout froze almost all access to the outside world during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/gallery\/2022\/jan\/06\/violent-clashes-in-kazakhstan-amid-fuel-protests-in-pictures\" title=\"\">tragic few days of violence<\/a> in which military vehicles rolled through the streets, government buildings burned and state television carried rolling threats that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2022\/jan\/07\/kazakhstan-president-vows-to-destroy-bandits-and-terrorists-behind-protests\" title=\"\">\u201cbandits and terrorists\u201d would be eliminated without mercy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2022\/jan\/08\/as-order-is-restored-in-kazakhstan-its-future-is-murkier-than-ever\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The tragic events of last week, in which dozens lost their lives, have exposed hidden political tensionsFor many Kazakhs, the full story behind the unrest of the past week remains as murky as the mist that enveloped Almaty, the country\u2019s largest city a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":246,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1203,262,80,61,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-inequality","category-kazakhstan","category-protest","category-south-and-central-asia","category-world-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/246"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40460"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40478,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40460\/revisions\/40478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}