Protests began in Kazakhstan on January 2 after the price per liter of liquefied gas rose to 120 tenge ($ 0.27). The number of protesters and clashes with the security forces is increasing every day. On January 4, the Kazakh authorities promised to fulfill the demands of the dissatisfied and reduce gas prices to 50 tenge per liter ($ 0.13). A few hours later, the Internet was turned off in the country and popular messengers were blocked. & Nbsp;
Internet shutdown
On the evening of January 4, the GlobalCheck portal recorded a complete shutdown of the Internet in Almaty. “Including the Internet does not work for wire operators,” the portal notes.
The Kazakh mobile operator Kcell explained the interruptions in communication with the measures of the competent authorities to ensure security. Beeline said that restrictions on access to the mobile Internet occur «for reasons beyond the control of the companies.»
< p> “Streets are being blocked in the city, there are mass detentions, clashes between protesters and security forces have been recorded,” KazTAG notes.
The authorities write that people are walking along the carriageway, cars are moving along with them, the procession stretched out for hundreds of meters.
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In Almaty, in the area of the Promenade trading house, protesters clashed with the police: to stop the march, the security forces practically drove into the people, but they were stopped and showered in response, Vlast writes.