U.S.-Russian Scholar, Who Has Criticized China, Banned From Entering Kazakhstan

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U.S.-Russian Scholar, Who Has Criticized China, Banned From Entering Kazakhstan
September 06, 2021

Russian-American scholar Yevgeny (Gene) Bunin, known for raising awareness over the situation faced by indigenous peoples in China's northwestern province of Xinjiang, says he has been banned from entering Kazakhstan for five years.

Bunin wrote on Facebook that he was refused entrance to the Central Asian state when he arrived there by plane on September 4 from neighboring Kyrgyzstan, where he had stayed for a month "without any problem whatsoever."

According to Bunin, he was informed by a passport-control official that he could not enter Kazakhstan, as he was banned for five years for unspecified reasons, and recommended Bunin speak with the Foreign Ministry for an explanation.

"Congratulations, Kazakhstan, on your path down to authoritarian hell," Bunin wrote.

Kazakh Foreign Ministry spokesman Aibek Smadiyarov was not available for immediate comment on the situation.

In 2019 and 2020, Bunin was also denied entry to Uzbekistan.

U.S.-Russian Scholar, Who Has Criticized China, Banned From Entering Kazakhstan

Russian-American scholar Yevgeny (Gene) Bunin, known for raising awareness over the situation faced by indigenous peoples in China's northwestern province of Xinjiang, says he has been banned from entering Kazakhstan for five years.

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[RogerRanger]

Is this guy Jewish? Seems like a trouble maker.

 

[xizhimen]

Is this guy Jewish? Seems like a trouble maker.

All central Asian countries are China' s good friends, they won't allow him to stir trouble in this region. Kazakhstan is ethnically, culturally, geographically the closest to Chinese XInjiang region. Xinjiang shares the longest common border with Kazakhstan. People don't need a visa to visit Kazakhstan from Xinjiang for a short trip.


This Uighur girl just "jumped" into Kazakhstan from Xinjiang, the red paint part is China, the blue paint part is Kazakhstan

 

[RogerRanger]

All central Asian countries are China' s good friends, they won't allow him to stir trouble in this region. Kazakhstan is ethnically, culturally, geographically the closest to Chinese XInjiang region. Xinjiang shares the longest common border with Kazakhstan. People don't need a visa to visit Kazakhstan from Xinjiang for a short trip.


This Uighur girl just "jumped" into Kazakhstan from Xinjiang, the red paint part is China, the blue paint part is Kazakhstan

Interesting. The geo-political stuff must be hotting up with Russia in central Asia? Was China invaded a lot historically from central Asia/Xinjiang?

 

[xizhimen]

Interesting. The geo-political stuff must be hotting up with Russia in central Asia? Was China invaded a lot historically from central Asia/Xinjiang?

The history in this region is very complex, various peoples come and go.

 

[xizhimen]

Small desert town Hotan in southern Xinjiang, XInjiang's poorest region because of being surrounded by deserts.