Stories I'm following today
Steven Mufson of The Washington Post reports on Saudi Arabia
Bruce Pannier of RFE-RL reports on the release of more leaked recordings of top insiders in
Stefan Nicola of UPI reports on the latest developments in
Labels: caspian oil, Nazarbayev, Rakhat, russia oil, saudi oil
2 Comments:
How is Rakhat going to remain more relevant than Kazhegeldin? He's using essentially the same tactics that AK pioneered (releases of kompromat to sympathetic media outlets), but that barely registered on the public consciousness, and to the extent that it did, it pushed up new opposition faces like Zhakiyanov, rather than keeping AK in the mix. Unless he's got friends still on the inside, say with the KNB (and I don't think he does, but what do I know),
Rakhat's done. Toast. Old news.
Hello Anonymous. You accurately depict the political reality for the exiles (and in-country opposition for that matter). They are relegated to nuisance roles, though that can reach fairly active levels when once considers how much trouble Kazhegeldin stirred up for Nazarbayev in Washington. Rakhat's version of this propaganda contest is the leak of recordings of high-level officials discussing various embarrassing affairs. I think Rakhat is behind those leaks, demonstrating that he does have friends remaining inside. Thanks for the note, Steve
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