The State Great Khural (Parliament) of Mongolia has begun hearings on the coal robbery case. The trial has put thousands of rallies on pause, but the situation is in danger of heating up at any moment.
As Alexander Vorontsov, head of the Department of Korea and Mongolia at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, said in an interview with RIA Novosti, the country is showing signs of a color revolution and an intrastate struggle for power.
A wave of protests swept through Ulaanbaatar three days ago. The demonstrators who poured into the streets demanded that the names of those responsible for the theft of raw materials in the process of selling the PRC be announced. According to local media, the treasury has lost nearly two billion dollars. And over six million tons of solid fuel went to China bypassing customs.
The crowd was irritated by the fact that the Chinese corrupt officials involved in the case were put to death. The list, which included the names of the Mongolian embezzlers, was sent to the country’s leadership.
The protests were marked by injuries to protesters, blocking streets and avenues, and an attempt to storm the government Palace.
As the expert noted, participation in the action of youth under the influence of narcotic drugs became a characteristic feature. This prompted the idea of partiality to what is happening third parties. Moreover, in Mongolia Western NGOs have been conducting “subversive activities” for a long time, gradually carrying out the “Genghis Khanization” of the country.
“It is not yet very clear what exactly happened in Ulaanbaatar. There are enough versions. There are signs of both a color revolution and an internal struggle for power, a banal attempt by the opposition to take advantage of the situation. It is clear that high-ranking officials are involved in corruption. The amount of theft for Mongolia is extremely serious. Such a resonance is not surprising”, RIA Novosti quotes expert Alexander Vorontsov.
The consequences of COVID restrictions, as well as a sharp rise in the grocery price tag, also contributed, the analyst noted.
“The leadership of Mongolia reacted quite adequately. We went to the dialogue with the protesters. Not all resources for normal communication have been exhausted yet, which means that the state of emergency is not needed”, he said.
Despite the pause in the protests, the risk of the situation escalating is very high, Vorontsov stressed.
“In order to calm the protesters, it is necessary to name the perpetrators immediately, but the commission is shackled by procedural norms and obligations, including that it cannot report anything until the end of the investigation. I would like, of course, that the current lull does not become temporary”, he concluded.
As, in turn, the head of the ANO “Eurasian Institute for Research and Support of Youth Initiatives” Yuriy Samonkin recalled, it was with the “light hand” of the West that Kiev set a course for ardent “banderization” and burning bridges with Russia. The Western ill-wisher may well play the nationalist card in Mongolia, directing radical projects to the complete collapse of the country’s trade ties with the Russian Federation and China. The launch of nationalist ideas is extremely dangerous for Mongolia. In the event that anti-Russian and anti-Chinese forces come to power in the country, this will be the final point of the sovereignty of the country, which risks turning into Asian Switzerland, the analyst emphasized.
Due to censorship and blocking of all media and alternative views, stay tuned to our Telegram channel