The number of peacekeepers from the CSTO countries sent to Kazakhstan: Russia - 3000 Belarus — 500 Tajikistan — 200 Armenia — 70 Kyrgyzstan - not decided #Kazakhstan #CSTO

Thanks to oDR Tom Rowley for being the first to report on the UK dimension of the #kazakstan story, with quotes from Tom Mayne and yours truly As Kazakhstan burns over inequality, the elite’s wealth is safe and sound in London opendemocracy.net/en/odr/-kazakh…

The CSTO peacekeepers were summoned by the President of 🇰🇿 to fight terrorists. Meanwhile, demonstrators in Almaty, with a poster "We are ordinary people, not terrorists"

Kyrgyzstan will send 150 soldiers to neighboring Kazakhstan. The newly-sworn parliament has just approved this plan despite widespread calls not to do so. #Kyrgyzstan #Kazakhstan

Kazakh president gives stark 'Shoot To Kill' order even as the police forces, bolstered by a Russian-led troop contingent, appears to be in control of most cities after days of unprecedented anti-gov demonstrations. rferl.org/a/kazakhstan-a…

Great interview Joanna Lillis describing political grievances of protestors and the geopolitical implications of the CSTO to the future of Kazakhstan.

In #Kazakhstan, since the start of the nationwide #protests the police detained 5,969 people; 164 people were killed, including 103 in #Almaty, the largest city. theins.ru/news/247729

This fantastic Ethics & Global Politics article by Academic Freedom & Internationalisation WG colleague evapils identifies forms of complicity by democratic actors in global authoritarianism. Relevance for studies of #corruption, transnational repression, and internationalisation of HE. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Our collaborative paper on Internationalisation and Academic Freedom with Tena Prelec, Catarina Thomson @catarinathomson.bsky.social and John Heathershaw @jheathershaw.bsky.social is out now! In this paper we examine challenges to academic freedom posed by marketisation and internationalisation in HE sector. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

'Our findings constitute the results from what is, to our knowledge, the very first survey of UK academics exploring the link between internationalisation and academic freedom'

Ukraine is burning. Whatever measures the West brought to bear to stop Russia have failed. Ukrainians are fighting for their lives with barely any help. It’ll be a shameful day most of all in the pages of Russia’s history but also for the free world for failing to do more.

Still early to understand how sanctions imposed on #Russia play out on #CentraAsia. But never too late to listen to latest Majlis Podcast that discuses dynamics whereby invasion of #Ukraine is perceived + discussed in the region: rferl.org/a/majlis-podca…

Today, as the fighting continued in #Ukraine with new civilian casualties, #Russia’s Supreme Court shut down Memorial, the country’s leading civil society organisation.

Uzbekistan becomes the first Central Asian country to openly support the territorial integrity of Ukraine and condemn "military actions and agression"

A🧵on Criminality Notwithstanding, our forthcoming Tom Mayne Exeter Politics Exeter Central Asia Global Integrity FCDO Pol,Conflict,Humanitarian Research report on the how & why the UK's unexplained wealth order (UWO) system has failed against kleptocracies - and will continue to fail w/o further reform. 1/

After co-managing Exeter Central Asia at the University of Exeter with John Heathershaw @jheathershaw.bsky.social I am now moving forward and opening my own page. Follow me Saipira Furstenberg about my new #MarieCurie research project at @ Ca'Foscari Venice:unive.it/pag/40619/

«Заставили удалить видео». Журналистка Eurasianet Джоанна Лиллис рассказала о своем задержании в Нукусе rus.azattyq.org/a/31932645.html