In Kazakhstan, protests for lower prices for liquefied gas escalated into massive protests across the country. President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev accepted the resignation of the government led by Askar Mamin. A state of emergency (state of emergency) has been introduced throughout the country. A tense situation remains in a number of cities. The CSTO, in response to the president’s request for help, sent a military contingent to the republic. Tokayev said he had ordered law enforcement agencies and the army to open fire without warning. DW follows the events of Monday, January 10 (Moscow time).
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Courts of Kazakhstan brought to account 3022 people for violating the state of emergency and holding rallies. According to the country’s Supreme Court, 1743 people were arrested, 913 offenders were warned, 359 were fined
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NATO is closely following the situation in Kazakhstan. “The massive protests in Kazakhstan, which were accompanied by the widespread use of force, arouse close attention of the analytical and expert communities of NATO allies, which will carefully study them. Considerable attention will be paid to the CSTO military operation,” a diplomatic source told TASS in the permanent mission of one of the European countries. under NATO.
Kyrgyz jazzman Ruzahunov was released
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Representation European Union in Kazakhstan expressed concern about violence in the country and announced its readiness to help resolve the situation. The statement, published in connection with the day of national mourning in Kazakhstan, calls on the CSTO mission to respect “the sovereignty and independence of Kazakhstan”, as well as the fundamental rights of the citizens of the republic. The authorities of Kazakhstan must fulfill their obligations in the field of fundamental freedoms of their citizens.
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Jazzman Vikram Ruzahunoin, whom the Kazakh security forces previously passed off as a mercenary and a terrorist, has been released, reports
press service of the Kyrgyz State Committee for National Security. According to media reports, Ruzakhunov is currently being taken to his homeland, Kyrgyzstan. At the moment, five citizens of Kyrgyzstan have been detained in Kazakhstan, the country’s Foreign Ministry said.
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Everything airports of Kazakhstan operate as usual, with the exception of the air enterprises of Alma-Ata and Taldykorgan. According to the Civil Aviation Committee of the republic, the activities of these two airports will resume after the situation stabilizes. in the country.
Kazakhstani business calculates losses
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Exemplary damage to Kazakhstani business of what happened in the country is estimated at more than 93.7 billion tenge (more than 190 million euros – Ed.). This was reported by the press service of the Atameken National Chamber of Entrepreneurs.
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According to the situation center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, number of detainees in Kazakhstan increased to almost 8 thousand people. “7939 persons were detained throughout the country,” the ministry said in a statement released on Monday.
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V Kazakhstan in the military operation, which the authorities call “counter-terrorist”, only local special forces and the military are involved. The state secretary of the republic Yerlan Karin announced this on Monday. Earlier, he noted that “the CSTO mission is exclusively peacekeeping” and is designed for a short period of time. “After the stabilization of the situation, the entire combined CSTO contingent will be withdrawn from our country,” he said.
Kyrgyzstan accuses Kazakh security officials of torturing Vikram Ruzakhunov
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The Ministry of Justice of Kyrgyzstan demands from the General Prosecutor’s Office of the republic to initiate a criminal case on the use of torture against Kyrgyz citizen Vikram Ruzakhunov, detained in Kazakhstan for participating in the riots. This was announced on Monday by the press service of the Kyrgyz Ministry of Justice. The department also intends to send a request to Kazakhstan to carry out the necessary investigative actions in relation to the relevant employees of Kazakhstani law enforcement agencies.
“The case of torture of Vikram Rozakhunov, in case of further denial of access to lawyers and consular officers of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyzstan, may also be an indicator of the widespread and / or systematic use of the practice of torture against foreign citizens to obtain an unsubstantiated confession of guilt in committing any crimes and allegedly participating in events that took place in Kazakhstan in the first decade of January 2022, “the department said.
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In the capital of Kazakhstan Nur-Sultane resumed the work of the Internet, reports “Interfax”. According to the agency’s correspondent, the Internet works with a time limit, the connection is unstable, and there is a lack of access to some resources and sites. In other regions of the country, the Internet is still absent.
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Anthony Blinken
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken urged the government of Kazakhstan to cancel the order to open fire to kill protesters, whom the Kazakh authorities call “bandits” and “terrorists.” The “shoot to kill” order, insofar as it exists, is wrong and should be canceled, “Blinken said in an interview with ABC. He said the US government is” very concerned “about the state of emergency in Kazakhstan.
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V Kazakhstan detained 5.8 thousand people, including a significant number of foreigners. According to the press service of the President of the country, 125 criminal cases have been initiated.
National mourning declared in Kazakhstan
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In Kazakhstan on Monday, January 10, announced nationwide mourning in connection with the loss of life as a result of clashes between the participants of the mass protests and the security forces. The corresponding decree was signed by the country’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on Saturday, January 8.
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Situation in Kazakhstan – topic video conferencing with the participation of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the leaders of the CSTO countries, which will be held on Monday. This information was confirmed by the official representative of the Kremlin Dmitry Peskov. The Kremlin press service also reported that during telephone conversations with Belarusian ruler Alexander Lukashenko and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, he supported the proposals of the leader of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev, to hold a meeting of the CSTO Collective Security Council in the format of a video conference, currently chaired by Pashinyan.
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan accused foreign media of distorted coverage of the latest events in the country. According to the ministry’s statement, we are talking about the armed aggression to which the country was subjected by well-coordinated terrorist groups trained abroad. Currently, law enforcement and military forces are confronting terrorists, not “peaceful protesters,” the Kazakh Foreign Ministry said. The Foreign Ministry also announced that “in the current situation, Kazakhstan was forced to ask for help from the CSTO, which sent a peacekeeping force with a total strength of about 2,500 to help stabilize the situation.”
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