MOSCOW, January 4 Correspondent of the Mediazona publication * (recognized by foreign media in Russia agent) reported that he was attacked by protesters in Alma-Ata. «Our correspondent said that several protesters knocked his phone out of his hands when he was filming people smashing six police cars behind the akimat building. Unidentified people wanted to steal a smartphone, but for Another participant of the rally stood up to our colleague. He urged people «not to steal the phone, because everything should be according to the law.» residents of the cities of Zhanaozen and Aktau in the Mangistau region (an oil-producing region in western Kazakhstan) rallied to protest against a two-fold increase in prices for liquefied petroleum gas. The country's Ministry of Energy explained that since January 1, the price of gas is formed on electronic exchange trading based on supply and demand. President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev instructed to form a government commission to consider the situation. On Tuesday, members of the commission announced that they were ready to fulfill the main demand of the protesters and reduce the price of gas in the Mangystau region. Protests began in other cities. As the RIA Novosti correspondent reported, on Tuesday evening, protesters clashed with security officials on the central square of Alma-Ata, the police used gas. 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.» * A mass media performing the functions of a foreign agent.
