According to the director of the Institute for Eurasian Integration, Urazgali Seltsev, the coup in the country was being prepared with the participation of the former head of the KNB
The political analyst told this to RIA Novosti.
The expert notes that the Committee of National Security either “covered up” the entire process of nurturing militants in the country or was directly involved in organizing the coup d’etat together with one or another intra-elite group.
“The infiltration of foreign extremist representatives, including members of non-traditional religious movements, should have been recorded by the KNB,” he said.
The political analyst said all indications were that a scenario involving a takeover of Almaty and an attempt to proclaim it the capital had been worked out.
He said it was very convenient from the point of view of confusing people there and stirring up ordinary citizens to riot, because of the accumulation of marginalised masses.
“It may sound harsh, but we are talking about self-employed people who have temporary or seasonal earnings and have nothing to lose. I think that was the idea, especially since there were attempts to take over the TV tower in Koktoba,” Salteyev summed up.