MOSCOW, Jan 5 Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) regular championship match between Kazakhstani «Barys» and Magnitogorsk «Metallurg» will pass without spectators, the press service of the league told reporters. The League appealed to the fans of the clubs with a request not to leave the place of their stay. The meeting between Barys and Metallurg is scheduled for January 5, beginning at 16:30 Moscow time. In the first days of 2022, residents of the cities of Zhanaozen and Aktau in the Mangistau region west of Kazakhstan) came out to protests against a two-fold increase in prices for liquefied petroleum gas. Subsequently, the protests spread to other cities. President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev introduced a state of emergency in Mangistau and Almaty regions, as well as in Almaty and Nur-Sultan until January 19.
