In a recent interview, Kazakh Tokayev directly named the former Nursultan Nazarbayev, accusing his closest people of playing political games behind the massive riots in the country. The unrest stemmed from attempts by some to impose a "dual power" model in Kazakhstan after Nursultan Nazarbayev left office. Tokayev stressed that the essence of this riot was a political game that almost tore the whole country apart. He hoped that leaders would learn from this lesson and put the interests of the country and the well-being of society first.
From 1989 to 2019, Nazarbayev was in charge of Kazakhstan's government for 30 years. During his reign, due to the Knott's long-term control of the state's monopoly industry, many people used public power to get involved in the economy and industry for personal gain. As a result, there is a huge gap between the rich and the poor in Kazakhstan, with only 162 people holding 55% of the wealth of society. In 2019, Trump's protectionist policies in the United States had a severe impact on the global economy, and Kazakhstan also suffered greatly. The imbalanced social distribution system of Kazakhstan has been severely impacted, and activities have erupted across the country, demanding Nazarbayev. As a result, Nazarbayev had to temporarily bow his head and let Tokayev take the throne. However, he plans to let his eldest daughter, Nursultan Nazarbayeva, take over as head of the Senate after Tokayev's term ends. However, a series of events took place that completely changed the situation.
Nazarbayev's eldest son-in-law, Aliyev, was deposed due to a struggle for power and eventually died in a prison in Vienna, an incident that made Nazarbayev's grandson hold a grudge against Tokayev and made public the $1 billion in stolen money that Nazarbayeva had hidden abroad. Tokayev took the opportunity to launch an anti-corruption campaign and removed Nazarbayeva from the post of head of the Senate. Not to be outdone, in January 2022, they took advantage of the public's dissatisfaction with the increase in natural gas prices and launched a nationwide campaign with the intention of persecuting Tokayev. However, Tokayev approached Putin for help, who sent CSTO troops to help quell the unrest. At the same time, Tokayev also disbanded the entire ** team, purged or replaced Nazarbayev's cronies in ** and state-owned enterprises.
Tokayev declared the riots a coup d'état and pointed the finger at the Knotts, winning popular support. Nazarbayev realized that the tide was turning, and publicly expressed his support for Tokayev in order to preserve his reputation. Over the past two years, Tokayev has gradually cleaned up the Nazarbayev family and weakened Nazarbayev's position and influence. He abolished Nazarbayev's status as the "first **" and abolished the "First ** Law", making Nazarbayev and his family no different from ordinary people before the law. Nevertheless, Tokayev repeatedly praised Nazarbayev in public, therewereriotsinkazakhstantwoyearsago, andPresidentTokayevdirectlynamedhispredecessor, Nursultannazarbayev, asbeinginvolvedinapoliticalgamethatalmostdividedthecountry.tokayevemphasizedthatthereshouldnotbeadistinctionbetween"seniorandjunior"presidents.hebelievesthattheriotswereaseriouslessonforfutureleadersandthattheyshouldfocusonnationalinterestsandsocialwelfare.
duringnazarbayev's30-yearrule,therewasalargewealthgapinkazakhstanduetohisfamily'scontroloverstatemonopolies.manypeoplewereabletobenefitfinanciallythroughtheirconnectionsingovernment.in2019,thetradeprotectionismpoliciesledbyformeruspresidentdonaldtrumphadasevereimpactontheglobaleconomy,includingkazakhstan.thisimbalanceinsocialdistributionresultedinnationwideprotestsdemandingnazarbayev'sresignation.asaresult,nazarbayevtemporarilysteppeddownandtokayevsucceededhim.
however,nazarbayev'splantoh**ehiseldestdaughter,dariganazarbayeva,takeoveraschairmanofthesenatewasdisrupted.thiswasduetothefallfromgraceandsubsequentmysteriousdeathofhisson-in-law,rakhataliyev,whohadbeeninapowerstruggle.tokayevtookadvantageofthissituationbylaunchingananti-corruptioncampaign,removingnazarbayevafromherpositionaschairmanofthesenate.thisledtotensionsbetweenthetwocamps.
injanuary2022,thenazarbayevfamilyusedthepublicdiscontentoverrisingnaturalgaspricestoincitenationwideprotestsinanattempttoforcetokayevtostepdown.tokayevsoughtassistancefromrussianpresidentvladimirputin,whodeployedtroopsfromthecollectivesecuritytreatyorganizationtohelpsuppresstheriots.tokayevalsodisbandedtheentiregovernmentandreplacedorremovednazarbayev'salliesfromgovernmentandstate-ownedenterprises.
afterstabilizingthesituation,tokayevdeclaredtheriotsasanattemptedcoupandpointedtheblameatthenazarbayevfamily.nazarbayevrealizedthatthesituationwasnotinhisf**orandpubliclydeclaredhissupportfortokayevtoprotecthisownreputation.overthepasttwoyears,tokayevhasgraduallymarginalizedthenazarbayevfamily,includingreducingnazarbayev'sstatusfrom"firstpresident"toaregularpresident.however,hestillacknowledgesnazarbayev'spoliticalachievementsandurgesobjectivitywhenassessinghislegacy.