Dmitriy Mazorenko is the editor of Kazakhstan independent online media Vlast.kz, and researches capitalism, social transformations, and mass culture.
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Published in: oDR: AnalysisHow Kazakhstan’s rising utility prices could lead to more deadly violenceThe government says price hikes are needed to fix crumbling infrastructure – but experts fear move will spark protests
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Published in: oDR: OpinionToo little has changed in Kazakhstan in the year since ‘Bloody January’A ‘New Kazakhstan’ was promised after last January’s deadly protests. It looks a lot like the old oligarchic order
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Published in: oDR: FeatureHundreds died in Kazakhstan’s ‘Bloody January’. Who were they?
In partnership with Kazakh media Vlast, we tell the stories of those who were killed or injured – some of whom are...
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Published in: oDR: FeatureOn the ground in Kazakhstan’s protests: what really happened?
What began as peaceful rallies over gas price hikes became widespread violence as Kazakhstanis took to the streets...
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Published in: oDR: FeatureKazakhstani couriers are pushing back against the gig economy
Workers pushed into unstable jobs by the pandemic are fighting against repressive local rules to set up their own trade union
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Published in: oDR: FeatureKazakhstan is caught in a vicious cycle of debt. The pandemic has only made it worse
A culture of credit was nurtured for years in the Central Asian state, but now many left jobless by the pandemic...
