The 2022 Kazakh unrest, also known as the Bloody January, was a series of mass protests that began in Kazakhstan on 2 January 2022. The official albeit not formally approved version is that the unrest was supposed to initiate a change of political regime.
Kazakhstan's former intelligence chief Karim Massimov, who Hunter Biden had described as a 'close friend,' was charged with high treason as violent anti-government demonstrations there see more than 160 people killed and nearly 8,000 more injured.
A photo unearthed in October 2020 appears to show Joe Biden meeting with Massimov and Kenes Rakishev, his son Hunter's alleged business partner in Kazakhstan.
Hunter and Massimov reportedly became friendly when the then-vice president's son served on the board of Ukrainian energy company Burisma and Massimov was in his second stint as Kazakh prime minister.
The pair met up in Kazakhstan sometime in 2014 to discuss a potential energy deal, emails obtained from Hunter Biden's laptop reveal.
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