MOSCOW, Jan 5 «Roscosmos» Dmitry Rogozin. «The operational headquarters, created under the Baikonur administration, fully controls the situation in the city. The armed protection of key facilities of the cosmodrome has been strengthened,» he wrote in his Telegram channel. 
Tokayev said that battles were going on near Alma-Ata Rogozin noted that the day had passed calmly at Baikonur. Branches of Roscosmos enterprises, law enforcement agencies, city services and organizations are operating normally. Mass protests began in Kazakhstan in the first 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. So, in Alma-Ata, the old capital of the republic, on January 4 and 5 there were clashes with security officials, the police used gas and flash-noise grenades. All over Kazakhstan, the Internet was turned off, and a number of TV channels temporarily stopped broadcasting. 
The State Duma urged to immediately consider Tokayev's appeal to the CSTO. On January 5, President Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev introduced a state of emergency for two weeks in the Mangistau and Almaty regions, as well as in Almaty and Nur-Sultan. This regime provides, in particular, a curfew from 23.00 to 7.00, a ban on 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 will act as tough as possible in relation to the offenders, and promised in the near future «to come out with a new package of proposals.» On the night of January 6, Tokayev held the first meeting of the Security Council under his leadership, at which he called the situation in Kazakhstan «undermining the integrity of the state» and said that he had asked the CSTO for help «in overcoming the terrorist threat.» Follow the situation in Kazakhstan in online report & gt; & gt;
