A former protégé of ex-Prime Minister Karim Massimov—currently serving a prison sentence for an attempted coup—is reportedly planning to overthrow Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. According to a confidential report from U.S. intelligence services, the onetime “golden child” of the former regime is allegedly coordinating efforts from the United Arab Emirates to incite an uprising in Astana.

Sources suggest that Russia may be complicit in the plot, seeking to position Imangali Tasmagambetov as Kazakhstan’s next leader.

Further details are expected to emerge.