Russia's "Moscow Communist Youth League Newspaper" quoted Nazarbayev's hometown villagers on the 16th as reporting that on January 2-3 this year, Kazakhstan's first president Nazarbayev may have returned to his birthplace - Shamargan Village, an hour's drive from Almaty, to visit his brother Borat, who was sick and recuperating at home.
Shamargan Village
But most local taxi drivers don't venture there, admitting they're scared. They said the village was guarded from all sides by security forces, in which case they would be shot without warning.
Cemetery of the Nazarbayev family.
Residents of Almaty confirmed the driver's fears: "Nazarbayev's relatives live there and their houses are under special control. You can't get close, let alone take pictures. Cemeteries are even more unlikely. ”
Led by a local in the village, the reporter of the newspaper went to the cemetery of the Nazarbayev family to find out, and an administrator of the cemetery briefed him on the specific situation.
The last time Nazarbayev appeared publicly in front of the camera was at an informal meeting of CIS heads of state in St. Petersburg on December 28, 2021.
According to reports, on the same day, Zarbayev and some of his family members drove to the border crossing between Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, crossed the border into Kyrgyzstan, and estimated to go to Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan.
According to reports, the family traveled more than 230 kilometers in an armored vehicle from Almaty to Bishkek and then flew from Manas International Airport in Bishkek to Dubai.
The cemetery keeper lives nearby, and villagers say he is a relative of Nazarbayev.
But the Moscow Komsomol newspaper acknowledged that the tomb keepers did not see Nazarbayev himself, but made this judgment based on the size of the group's convoy and the level of security.
However, villagers in the village told reporters that they met Nazarbayev himself.
A paved asphalt road leads to the cemetery.
Now, Nazarbayev's whereabouts are a mystery. But what is at stake is the political stability of Kazakhstan. Because:
If Nazarbayev is still alive, then the current President Tokayev's assumption of the post of Chairman of the State Security Council is "illegal", because there are no legal formalities and no handover procedures, all of which Tokayev himself said and did;
If Nazarbayev is already dead, then the current government of Kazakhstan is "secretly mourning", which is really a bit unreasonable;
If Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko lied, the conspiracy behind it, or the layout, could be in big trouble. Because Lukashenko himself said that he also spoke with Nazarbayev on January 7.
A little more news
41 bodies were stolen from the Almaty morgue
On the 16th, The Chief of the Almaty City Police Department, Temerdenov, reported that 41 bodies had been stolen from the Almaty morgue.
"The attacks are carried out by well-trained people who are proficient in weapons and methods of warfare. They did not leave the casualties behind, but took them away. "In the past few days, there have been 7 attacks on morgues, 41 of which have been taken away by unidentified persons." Temerdenov said.
According to Temerdenov, 149 civilians and 11 protectors died during the riots in the city.
Source: Silk Road New Observation Compilation