2022 President's order to "Shoot without warning"
It never sat right with me.
A President, the head of state, who is SUPPOSED to serve the people and their interests, had brought foreign troops, and gave them the right to shoot without warning on its own citizens, which resulted to 220+ killing of civilians.
And yet? Minor elite reshuffle, and not a single major protest against those deaths besides localised protests or MakeAFund sites for the families afflicted.
Not even remorse or "with a heavy heart" when declaring the "free fire on all," just an apathetic declaration.
Why? Kazakhstan still ranks among the bottom of countries, which are ranked 23/100 on corruption/free indexes, yet nobody declares it.
The country is ridden with authoritarian legalism, where any kind of act against the government symbolically is treated with swift action and public humiliation on social media, yet it's treated as normal.
Why?
Posted Aug 13, 2026, 4:06 PM UTC