World cities. Nur-Sultan. Archival photo MOSCOW, January 6 In the capital of Kazakhstan, public transport is operating normally, Sputnik Kazakhstan reports citing Nauat Azanbaeva, a spokesman for City Transportation Systems, who said that those who cannot pay for travel due to interruptions with the Internet are not allowed to get off the buses. «Since January 5, from about 17:00 Nur-Sultan time (14.00 Moscow time — ed.), Kazakhstanis could not pay for services and goods with bank cards,» according to the Telegram channel Sputnik Kazakhstan. All life support facilities in the capital of Kazakhstan Nur-Sultan are working as usual, Sputnik Kazakhstan reports with reference to the city's press service. It is reported that Keruen has been opened from the shopping centers. It is noted that the commandant of the city Yerzhan Sadenov is expected to speak at about noon. Mass protests in Kazakhstan began in the early days of 2022. Then the residents of the cities of Zhanaozen and Aktau in the Mangistau region — an oil-producing region in the west of the country — opposed a two-fold increase in prices for liquefied petroleum gas, then the protests spread to other cities. In Alma-Ata, the old capital of the republic, on January 4 and 5, clashes with security forces occurred, the police used gas and stun grenades. Throughout Kazakhstan, the Internet was turned off, a number of TV channels temporarily stopped broadcasting. On January 5, Kazakh President Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev declared a state of emergency for two weeks in Mangistau and Almaty regions, as well as in Alma-Ata and Nur-Sultan. This regime provides, in particular, a curfew from 23.00 to 7.00, a ban on holding mass events, strikes and the sale of weapons, as well as strengthening the protection of especially important facilities. On the same day, the state of emergency — also until January 19 — was extended to the entire territory of Kazakhstan. On the morning of January 5, Tokayev dismissed the government and headed the republic’s Security Council, removing the first head of state, Nursultan Nazarbayev, from this post. In addition, the president stressed that the authorities would act as harshly as possible in relation to offenders, and promised in the near future «to come up with a new package of proposals.» «undermining the integrity of the state» and said that he had asked the CSTO for help «in overcoming the terrorist threat.» On the same night, the CSTO Collective Security Council decided to send collective peacekeeping forces to Kazakhstan in connection with Tokayev's appeal. The forces, as reported, will be directed for a limited time period with the aim of stabilizing and normalizing the situation in this country. 
Kazakhstan assessed the situation in the country invasion from outside, CSTO reported
