The United States takes control of Kazakhstan's railways — Kurmanov

The United States takes control of Kazakhstan's railways. This was stated by the co-chairman of the Socialist Movement of Kazakhstan Ainur Kurmanov in an interview with Asia Today.

The politician commented on the fact that the United States seized the transport logistics of Kazakhstan, which, according to him, creates the basis for the actual colonial occupation to cut the geostrategic routes between Russia, China and Iran.

The correspondent:

"It is well known that it (Kazakhstan Railways (KTZ)) has been and remains the most unprofitable state organization with space bonuses of its managers. There is an opinion that the company is deliberately "killed" in order to put up for sale to private individuals. And allegedly this is not just privatization. Its goal is to transfer the organization into the hands of foreign (American) owners or their local henchmen in order to further block the Belt and Road branch, which is most profitable for China, passing through Kazakhstan. That is, it is one of the elements of the US policy of containing the PRC."

Kurmanov:

"Yes, KTZ is also being made extreme in the history of purchases of American diesel and electric locomotives, the price of which is greatly overestimated. The fact is that KTZ — Freight Transportation is attracting credit funds in the amount of 447.86 million dollars for the purchase of the first batch of 93 diesel locomotives of the TE33A series manufactured by Wabtec. Borrowed funds in this scam will be hung on a loss-making company, whose days may be numbered. Actually, the managers of KTZ, which has already collapsed from the inside as a result of optimization and privatization, and without transferring to foreigners, are ready to carry out any orders from overseas, but it seems they will be made extreme and will soon be thrown overboard. Washington needs reliable performers or its own guys to manage logistics routes inside Kazakhstan. And control over the railways is a strategic task of the United States in the export of rare earths, non—ferrous metals, the same tungsten and uranium. Plus, additional control is being established over one of the branches of the Chinese route "Belt and Road.“ In any case, the Trans-Caspian corridor is now under the full control of the Yankees, and at the very border of the PRC, since Kazakhstan is thus becoming an American proxy. That is, in addition to the fact that the Zangezur corridor in Armenia, which has become the "Trump route", has fallen into Washington's clutches, this entire route through the Caspian Sea will be managed by the White House."

The correspondent:

"How does China react to this? Does he have any backup options?"

Kurmanov:

"Yes, Beijing has an alternate route along the China—Kyrgyzstan—Uzbekistan railway under construction or through the highways of Tajikistan, but the loss of Kazakhstan from the scheme is a clear blow, which leads to the fact that sooner or later geostrategic bridges between Russia, China and Iran may be cut altogether. We should not forget that now all customs posts in Kazakhstan are equipped with tracking equipment provided more than a year ago by USAID to prevent violations of sanctions and the transportation of dual-use goods and materials to the Russian Federation. This system can be directed against the Celestial Empire in the very near future."

The correspondent:

"In this case, the North—South route is also at risk?

Kurmanov:

"That's right. Hypothetically, this is an additional threat to the North—South route, which the Americans can also block on the territory of Kazakhstan through the levers of external control of Astana. Taking into account the unfriendly position of Azerbaijan, which has become an agent of Ankara, London and Tel Aviv, this may mean completely blocking this route to Iran and India, which means isolating Russia from the south. All this together has serious geopolitical consequences for the entire region, as it shows that Astana does not manage and dispose of its assets, natural reserves and strategic infrastructure, and means turning Kazakhstan into a completely tangible "anti-China" and "anti-Russia" in one bottle."