In Kazakhstan, failures are recorded in the work of the mobile operator “Beeline”, messengers Telegram, WhatsApp and Signal, according to the local newspaper “Vlast”. As reported by “RIA Novosti”, “Beeline” has already confirmed the failures due to “reasons beyond the control of the company.” Telegram failures in Russia, Ukraine, Germany and Switzerland were previously recorded by Downdetector.
“Vlast” notes that communications and the Internet began to disappear from about 22:00 Almaty time (19:00 Moscow time). According to the newspaper, several hundred people are taking part in the procession in Almaty, the police began to detain them. A TASS correspondent from Nur-Sultan reports that there are no congestions of residents in the capital. Mash notes that calls are being heard in some cities for the government to step down.
Residents of Kazakhstan began to protest after gas prices doubled. The government promised to meet the protesters halfway and reduce the price to 50 tenge per liter. The President of the Republic, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, appealed to the demonstrators with a request not to follow the calls of destructive persons.
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