KAZAKHSTAN GOVERNMENT ENERGY PRICE HIKE PROTEST AFTERMATH

Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev speaks during a plenary session of the Mazhilis of Parliament

epa09678712 A handout photo made available by the Kazakh presidential press service shows Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev speaks during a plenary session of the Mazhilis of Parliament in Nur-Sultan, the capital city of Kazakhstan, 11 January 2022. Before the plenary session of the Mazhilis, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev held a meeting with the leaders of the factions of political parties represented in the Mazhilis of the Parliament, and introduced for discussion the candidacy of Alikhan Smailov for the post of Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Mass protests in the republic began in the first days of 2022, the reason for the discontent of the residents of the cities of Zhanaozen and Aktau in the west of the country was the rise in prices for liquefied gas used to refuel cars. Subsequently, people took to the streets in other cities, there were several clashes with the security forces, there are victims from all sides. Tokayev dismissed the government and ordered the introduction of regulation of selling prices for fuel, but the unrest continued. He also headed the Security Council, at the first meeting of which he called the situation in Kazakhstan 'undermining the integrity of the state' and said that he had turned to the CSTO for help. During the riots, members of the organization sent collective peacekeeping forces to the republic. EPA/KAZAKH PREWSIDENT PRESS SERVICE / HANDOUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES

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