Kazakhstan’s Border Service in disarray
04.01.2013
By Kazis Toguzbaev and Daisy Sindelar
In May, 14 border guards serving at a remote outpost on the Kazakh-Chinese border were shot dead and their post burned to the ground. A fellow guard, 19-year-old Vladislav Chelakh, was charged with the slaughter and eventually sentenced to life imprisonment.
The incident sparked an immediate...