Protesters demanding a reduction in the price of liquefied natural gas in Aktau ALMA-ATA, January 5 A group of young people on Wednesday goes on foot and by car from the outskirts of Almaty to the city center, where massive clashes with law enforcement officers took place on Tuesday, KazTAG reports citing materials from social networks. march participants are holding a shield from a special police unit, allegedly captured during yesterday's clashes. Photos and videos from social networks also show that the protesters are moving on special vehicles, which may also belong to the security forces. In the early days of 2022 city residents Zhanaozen and Aktau in Mangistau Oblast (an oil-producing region in western Kazakhstan) protested against a two-fold increase in the price of liquefied petroleum gas. President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev instructed to form a government commission to consider the situation. On January 4, she announced that she was ready to fulfill the main demand of the protesters and reduce gas prices. 
Kazakhstan is set on fire with liquefied gas However, protests have spread to other cities. In Alma-Ata, the largest city in the country, on the evening of January 4 and on the night of January 5, protesters clashed with the security forces, the police used gas and stun grenades. Tokayev urged people to show prudence and not succumb to provocations from inside and outside. He noted that calls to attack civilian and military offices are illegal. According to him, «the power will not fall,» but the country «does not need a conflict, but mutual trust and dialogue.» It provides for a curfew from 7.00 to 23.00, a ban on mass events and strikes, a ban on the sale of weapons, ammunition and alcohol, the confiscation of weapons and ammunition from people, and increased security of especially important facilities. Entry and exit from Alma-Ata is restricted, document checks, inspections of people and vehicles are prescribed. On the morning of January 5, Tokayev dismissed the government and said that the Cabinet was especially guilty for allowing a protest situation. The President noted the gradual rectification of the situation in Alma-Ata and the Mangistau region after the introduction of the state of emergency.
