Law enforcement officers during a protest in Almaty, Kazakhstan MOSCOW, Jan 6 The Kazakh authorities will soon introduce a temporary moratorium on raising tariffs for water supply, sewerage and heat supply, the press service of the government said. , heat supply, gas supply and electricity supply, «the message says. 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, 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 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. 
The government of Kazakhstan has set the maximum prices for oil gas On the morning of January 5, Tokayev dismissed the government and headed the Security Council of the republic, 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 force, it was reported, will be sent for a limited period of time to stabilize and normalize the situation in this country. Follow the situation in Kazakhstan in the online report & gt; & gt; < img src = "/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/3aee074d12719ee6c73421d2ddaddbac.jpg" /> A monument to Nazarbayev was demolished in the city of Taldykorgan
