🕳️ Released Phantom Node 31: Nursultan Nazarbayev. Elbasy. Father of Kleptocracy
- Foundation date
31 July 2025
🕳️ Released Phantom Node 31: Nursultan Nazarbayev. Elbasy. Father of Kleptocracy
“Stability” can be the most expensive disguise.
Kazakhstan gained independence — but not autonomy.
The system built by Nazarbayev inherited Soviet authoritarianism and fused it with the unrestrained plunder of global capitalism.
Node type: Post-Soviet Authoritarian Kleptocracy
State: Centralized control and nepotism
Mechanism of hold: Fear, personality cult, elite enrichment
Image: Elbasy — the untouchable guarantor of stability
Replaced phantom with: Transparent governance, rule of law, accountability
Core of the Node
All power in one man’s hands
Natural resources used to enrich a small elite
Judicial system weaponized
Media strictly controlled
Protests violently suppressed
What held it in place?
Total media control
Simulated democracy
A power structure built on family and loyalty
International legitimacy through investment partnerships
How did it become a phantom?
Stepped down officially, but remained in control
Successors operated under his shadow
Became a symbol “not to be touched”
Why does the phantom still exist?
Cities and institutions still bear his name
Family and close allies remain in key positions
Fear that questioning him could cause instability
Phantom’s Current State
Weakened, not gone
His name is being removed
But the system he built still persists
After the Regime
January 2022: a major popular attempt to break the phantom
Brutal repression followed — the structure was intact
People demand not only symbolic change, but structural dismantling
Collective Response
We didn’t choose the Elbasy. But we can choose a future without him.
Guiding Principle
You cannot build freedom on fear — even when disguised as ‘stability’.
Alt-text:
A graphite portrait of Nursultan Nazarbayev on aged paper. His stern face dominates the foreground, dressed in a formal suit. Behind him are vague silhouettes symbolizing elites tied to his rule. The atmosphere is somber, rendered in muted graphite tones with a sense of invisible control.
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Anna Pivtorak Kostyuk
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31.07.2025
