I was thinking aTurkey might be in the mix as well, but Tokayev has already thanked Erdogan for his support this morning, along with the Uzbek, Chinese presidents.
Erdogan loves him some nationalism and wants to get the band back together again a la Ertugrul (good series BTW, especially season 1). Not too sure he has eyes set on a prize this big. But anything is possible in Central Asia.
Like some have said, us figuring out what has happened may take a while, if we figure it out at all.
My dos centavos is good ole fashioned greed. They lifted the cap to give more money to themselves and their cronies. The regular Joe got pissed. Tokayev conveniently replaces the remaining Nursultan folk with his own to show the folk he’s ridding the corruption. Two birds one stone, more moolah for himself.
Yeah I know he was handpicked by Nulsultan. Don’t ever underestimate the other guy’s greed. Do you know what a chazer is Frank?
Tokayev makes a deal with Putin to cut him in on the action, but now Vlad’s the heavy and will be at his beck and call. Putin doesn’t help folk for free and I’m not referring to being a good neighbor. Money, resources, et al agreements were made.