KAZAKHSTAN AFTERMATH IN PICTURES

In the spirit of "nothing to see here, please move along," the Kremlin-controlled news agency TASS has released a number of cheery images from the Kazakhstan city of Almaty, where there were violent uprisings recently against the dictatorial government of Putin-puppet Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. So, let's see what all the fuss wasn't about...

Above: A young Kazakh lady nervously eyeing a Russian soldier as order is re-imposed on the streets of the city. 

Below: A defaced public memorial to one of Kazakhstan's puppet rulers.

Next: The monumental Soviet-era architecture of Almaty City Hall gutted by fire:

Armenian soldiers standing around trying not to shoot each other:

Possible site of a Xmas party:

Man delivering eggs to a ransacked police kiosk:

The headquarters of the "most popular" political party in Kazakhstan:

Forgot to bribe the traffic police:

The Belarussian contingent with a flag possibly knitted by one of their grandmothers:

The Armenians again, confused by the lack of mountains:

Soviet-era statue of Kazakh man struggling to understand the concept of "collective security."