To the other point of some pointing to disgruntlement and anger about Covid vaccinations and color codes, this does play in to the chance of success of anti-Russian operation over Orthodox Christmas.
CTSO mobilizing rapidly does demonstrate resolve.
http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/kazakhstan-eyewitnesses-say-unrest-is-being-coordinated/296767
Referring to his telephone conversations with residents of the city of two million, he stated: “[They said:] The people who rioted and looted were not from our city. People dressed in camouflage on SUVs coordinated their actions.”
The crowd was not capable of such well-organised and swift actions, he stressed. “If you look at the objects they have seized – of course someone has coordinated them. And that crowd did not turn up there by chance. The chaos was instigated after a command.”
It took those responsible at least six months to prepare these actions, he added.
These events have the same template as the Maidan “uprising” in Ukraine masquerading as “spontaneous” protests over high LPG prices. The protests in Kazakhstan resulted in a nationwide crisis within just a few days. Violent demonstrators have been occupying one government building after another and have disarmed entire army and police units.
BTW, the web links you have to add manually to the text. It doesn't do it automatically, like it does in the comments. But it does show up in the emails, which makes it confusing.
Reading the rest of the article, I see that bitcoin and coal (both mining industries) seem the motive behind the coordinated rioting - which was clearly not the local protestors, judging from the views here.