Barricade outside the city hall during protests in Almaty, Kazakhstan MOSCOW, Jan 6 More than 85 calls about the attack on fitness clubs, restaurants, shops and pawnshops were received by the hotline in Almaty, the Khabar 14 TV channel reports on Thursday, citing data from the city commandant's office. “The hotline of the National Chamber of Entrepreneurs received 87 calls about the attack to fitness clubs, clothing stores, equipment, catering facilities, pawnshops, «the TV channel reports. The agency urged entrepreneurs to record the damage from looters in photos and videos. Kazakh media reported attacks on doctors 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, and the broadcasting of a number of TV channels was temporarily stopped. Kazakhstan has declared a state of emergency. On the morning of January 5, Kazakh President Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev dismissed the government and headed the republic’s Security Council, removing the first head of state, Nursultan Nazarbayev, from this post. 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 «an undermining of 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, as 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;
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