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A year after Kazakhstan's deadly riots, questions persist
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FILE - In this photo released by Kazakhstan's Presidential Press Service, Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev speaks to people as he attends an unveiling a memorial to the hundreds of people killed amid the worst unrest in Kazakhstan's three decades of independence in January of 2022 in Republic Square, in the heart of the country's former capital Almaty, Kazakhstan, Friday, Dec. 23, 2022. Words on the stark concrete "Reverence" memorial speak of the need for unity and harmony in the former Soviet country. But a year after calm was restored and a state of emergency lifted on Jan. 20, 2022, both appear elusive in the country of 19 million. - photo by Kazakhstan's Presidential Press Service via AP, File
Wisps of fog hung over central Almaty, Kazakhstan, last month as President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev somberly unveiled a monument to those killed a year ago in the worst unrest in the Central Asian nation's three decades of independence. Words on the stark concrete “Reverence” memorial speak of the need for unity and harmony in the energy-rich country of 19 million. But a year after calm was restored and a state of emergency lifted on Jan. 20, 2022, both appear elusive.