Military on a square in Kazakhstan MOSCOW, Jan 6 People gather again on the central square of Aktau In Kazakhstan, among those who came there are many elderly and women with children, reports Sputnik Kazakhstan. It is reported that despite the fact that some of those gathered in the square in the daytime dispersed, there were much more people in the evening. As reported by Sputnik Kazakhstan, small grocery stores operate in Aktau. They only accept cash, there is no excitement. Large shopping and entertainment centers are closed. At the same time, police or military men are not visible on the street. Earlier on Thursday, the local TV channel «Khabar 24» reported that the situation in Aktau was gradually stabilizing, the peaceful rally that lasted for four days was almost over and residents dismantled the tents. Mass protests in Kazakhstan began 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. A state of emergency has been introduced in Kazakhstan for two weeks. President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev dismissed the government and headed the republic’s Security Council, removing the first head of state, Nursultan Nazarbayev, from this post. He turned to 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 Russian Foreign Ministry said that Moscow views the events in Kazakhstan as an attempt to violently undermine the security and integrity of the state, inspired from the outside. in Alma-Ata, a sweep is underway throughout the city Follow the situation in Kazakhstan in the online report & gt; & gt;