Zholdas Orisbay

Social Media Editor at @AzattyqRadiosy | Interested in Post-Soviet States Policies and Economy | Words in @detroitnews, @eurasianet, @Diplomat_APAC

[Torokul Doorov @Torokul]

Could Kazakhstan president Qassym-Jomart Toqaev be thinking about leading the UN? He says he will stay in power until 2029, but talk is growing because of recent reforms, upcoming UN deadlines, and his past UN job. @zholdasorisb explains https://t.co/s51JJFwMje

[RSF @RSF_inter]

#Kazakhstan: journalists Zholdas Orisbay, Saniya Toiken and Aigerim Eskendirova were arrested and questioned for several hours yesterday in Astana as they covered the constitutional referendum. RSF condemns this clear attempt to hinder their work in a country where press freedom is already being strangled.

[Zholdas Orisbay @zholdasorisb]

ҚР Бас прокуроры Асылов Қаңтарға қатысқандар арасында Ru, Uz, Kg және Tj азаматтары бар екенін айтты. Қырғыз бен тәжік билігі бұл тезисті жоққа шығарып отыр. Қазақ билігінің еш дәлел келтірмей, осындай мәлімдеме жасау себебін саясаттанушы @ShalkarNurseit түсіндіріп беріпті.

[Zholdas Orisbay @zholdasorisb]

Дауыс беру аяқталған тұста туындаған ой: "Токаев поздравил Дайрабаева с победой, не дожидаясь результатов exit poll", деген жаңалық тарап кетпесе екен 😀

[Zholdas Orisbay @zholdasorisb]

Published with my name as an author, taken down (pressed by MFA of KZ) for 4 days, and now, republished without my name as an author. Because, I am not accredited FREELANCE contributer for Eurasianet, according to MFA of KZ, 😀
https://t.co/5UEHiSyAzU

[Alex & Books 📚 @AlexAndBooks_]

20 Awesome books in 20 different genres:

[Zholdas Orisbay @zholdasorisb]

Chinese Muslims want ICC to hear former Xinjiang detainee
https://t.co/GpzlhIPdr5

[Zholdas Orisbay @zholdasorisb]

State funded TV stations in Kazakhstan has started use the term "military operations", instead of the war. Russia's censorship has reached our land and the Kazakh government is going along with it.

[Valerie Hopkins @VALERIEinNYT]

I went to Kazakhstan's capital to examine how the legacy of Nursultan Nazarbayev, who led the country for almost 3 decades, even after he had formally stepping down, is evolving now that he has been stripped of his power. 🧵
📸 @SergeyPonomarev @nytimes
https://t.co/jjqYX7zobZ

[Matthew Kupfer @Matthew_Kupfer]

New from @OCCRP, @kloopnews & @Vlastkz:

In his 1st appearance since the unrest in #Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev called himself a "pensioner." But he doesn't need any pension for income.

He controls $8 billion in assets through "charitable" funds. https://t.co/gFKpta42PM

[Vyacheslav Abramov @vvabramov]

Вся редакция жива и не переставала работать ни на минуту, что пытается делать и дальше. Наш сайт почти сутки доступен в Казахстане, но все так же недоступен за рубежом, когда это изменится - не знаю, но наши телеграм и твиттер - выход для тех, кто ищет информацию.

[Zholdas Orisbay @zholdasorisb]

So, all this unrest and clashes are the results of the battle of the clans, who intend to take over the power in Kazakhstan.

[Zholdas Orisbay @zholdasorisb]

For those of my foreign friends and colleagues, who know very little about Kazakhstan and people who live there, please read my explanatory thread below:

Kazakhstan is not a big player in the world arena, that’s why the western world may not know a lot about it.

[Zholdas Orisbay @zholdasorisb]

Western nations might not know that the internal structure of a political establishment in Kazakhstan. It is actually divided into several clans by motives and territory origin or belonging to certain tribes.