Barricade outside the city hall during protests in Almaty, Kazakhstan WASHINGTON, Jan 6 The US State Department has called on the authorities and protesters in Kazakhstan to work together to find a way out of the situation resulting from the country's declaration of a state of emergency. and protesters, «State Department spokesman Ned Price said in an official statement.» We ask Kazakhstanis to respect and protect constitutional institutions, human rights and freedom of the press, including by restoring Internet services. We call on all parties to find a peaceful solution to the situation with a state of emergency, «Price said in a statement. 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 5 January, 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. 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; 
Kazakhstan is set on fire with liquefied gas
