Protest in Almaty, Kazakhstan NUR-SULTAN, Jan 6 Speaker of the Senate of Kazakhstan Maulen Ashimbayev, assessing the current situation in the country, called on citizens to unite around the president to protect the independence and statehood of the country, and also not to succumb to provocations. “It is important for Kazakhstanis to unite around the president of the country to protect our independence and statehood. It is necessary to strictly suppress any criminal actions. It is important to learn from the events that took place in some neighboring countries, which caused colossal damage to the stability and economic development of these countries, «Ashimbayev said. 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. 
The European Union took note of Kazakhstan's appeal for help to the ODKButrom On 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 «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; 
The Government of Kazakhstan has set cap prices for petroleum gas
