NewsReal: Kazakhstan on Fire: US Pressures Russia Through Yet Another Neighbor

As tensions flare between the US and Russia over Ukraine, an apparent 'revolution' has gripped another country neighboring Russia: Kazakhstan. Large protests broke out there last week over a gas price rise, and these were abruptly superseded by organized violence that threatened to topple the government, until the Russian military accepted its invitation to intervene. That development - together with the arrest of a former prime minister of Kazakhstan (and current head of its intelligence...