The Government Commission of Kazakhstan met with the protesters gathered in the square in Aktau and announced a reduction in the price of liquefied gas from 120 tenge ($ 0.27) to 50 tenge ($ 0.13) per liter. Writes about this TASS with reference to the press service of the government.
«At the meeting, the decisions made during negotiations with the initiative group of the city of Aktau were announced, namely, on reducing the cost of liquefied gas and setting a price of 50 tenge per liter in the Mangystau region within the framework of social responsibility of JSC NC» Azmunaigas » , — the message says.
At the same time, as KazTAG writes, among the participants of the «initiative group», which represented the interests of the protesters at a meeting with the government commission, there were people associated with the authorities. KazTAG writes that several deputies and representatives of state media were present there.
members of the «initiative group» with the government commission
Against the background of the protests, President Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev has scheduled a working meeting on the socio-economic situation, the press secretary of the head of Kazakhstan said.
Earlier, the KazTAG information site was blocked after a refusal to remove an article about the protests at the request of the Ministry of Information. The Orda.kz portal, which covered the protests, was also subjected to extrajudicial blocking.
In addition, on January 4, in Almaty, while working at a rally, the head of the Almaty bureau of Radio Azattyk * Kasym Amanzhol was detained. He was taken to the police station and was not released for about two hours.