President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev during a meeting of the CSTO Collective Security Council MOSCOW, 4 Jan. The President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev, in connection with unauthorized rallies in different cities of the country against the background of a twofold increase in gas prices, made an appeal. Thus, the head of state urged residents to show prudence and not succumb to internal and external provocations. «Calls to attack the offices of civilians and military departments are absolutely illegal. This is a crime that may be punished. Power will not fall, but we do not need a conflict, but mutual trust and dialogue, «the president said. According to Tokayev, the well-being of Kazakhstanis and the country's place in modern world. 
Kazakhstan is set on fire with the help of liquefied gas «All legitimate requests and demands on your part will be carefully considered, appropriate decisions will be made. Tomorrow there will be a working meeting on all these issues,» the president concluded. At the beginning of the year, residents of the cities of Zhanaozen and Aktau, which are the oil-producing Mangystau region in the west of the country, went to rallies, protesting against a twofold increase in the cost of liquefied petroleum gas. As explained in the Ministry of Energy of Kazakhstan, from January 1, prices began to be formed on electronic exchange trading based on supply and demand. Tokayev instructed to create a commission to study the situation.
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Rallies in support of residents of the Mangistau region began in the capital and other cities of the country. Several arrests were reported. protesters. After a meeting with the activists, the government commission stated that the gas price will be lowered and the protesters will not be held accountable. 
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