Russia News Review – Front Page – LINKS | Kazakh President Fires Rare Criticism At Predecessor After Unrest | Kazakh leader blames ex-president for creating ‘layer of wealthy people’ - 7:48 AM 1/11/2022
Russia News Review – Front Page – LINKS | Kazakh President Fires Rare Criticism At Predecessor After Unrest | Kazakh leader blames ex-president for creating ‘layer of wealthy people’ - 7:48 AM 1/11/2022 Kazakh President Fires Rare Criticism at Predecessor After Unrest Tuesday January 11 th , 2022 at 8:31 AM 1 Share Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev issued rare criticism of his long-ruling predecessor Tuesday, and said he expected Russian-led forces to leave the troubled Central Asian country in the next 10 days. The oil-rich country's descent into chaos has laid bare infighting at the top of a government once dominated by Tokayev's mentor, 81-year-old Nursultan Nazarbayev. The older man retains the constitutional status of "Leader of the Nation" despite stepping down from the presidency in 2019. Addressing lawmakers in a video conference broadcast live, Tokayev fired an eyebrow-raising broadside at Nazarbayev as the post-Soviet country reels from